MateriNex ICON call 11.2026

• Mandatory pre-application: from 1 November 2026, using the designated templates.

• Feedback and GO/NO GO decision to proceed with the full project proposal: approximately 6 to 8 weeks after submission of the pre-application. Other project preparation activities can continue during this assessment period.

• Submission of the full project proposal to VLAIO: before 31 August 2027.

Get in touch with MateriNex before submitting your pre-application. Our innovation manager will guide you through preparing your pre-application, developing your full project proposal and submitting it.

Contact us at info [at] materinex.be (info[at]materinex[dot]be).

Mandatory pre-application to both MateriNex and VLAIO.

• VLAIO: Online submission via the portal https://forms.kris.services/Dossiermodule/VA using the 'Pre-application template VLAIO-ICON'.
• MateriNex: Email the completed "Additional requirements and commitments for MateriNex -ICON" to projects [at] materinex.be along with a copy of the completed 'Pre-application template VLAIO-ICON'.

Mandatory Templates

• Pre-application template VLAIO-ICON
• MateriNex Pre-application ICON
• MateriNex Letter of Intent ICON

MateriNex Roadmaps English versions will be available soon.

• MateriNex Roadmap Materials for Building and Construction 
• MateriNex Roadmap Materials for Battery Technology
• MateriNex Roadmap Strategic and Critical Raw Materials

Explanatory Documents

• Toelichting en handleidingen ICON-projecten Only available in Dutch

• VLAIO-ICON-Toelichtingsdocument  - Bijlage Scorerooster ICON-specifieke criteria. Only available in Dutch

• Toelichtingsdocument ontwikkelingsprojecten, onderzoeksprojecten en haalbaarheidsstudies, (VLAIO also applies R&D criteria mentioned therein when evaluating the business part of an ICON). Only available in Dutch

MateriNex assesses preliminary applications in consultation with VLAIO against the following criteria:

• Compliance with the call requirements;

• Fit with the relevant roadmap(s);

• Complementarity with the Flemish spearhead clusters.

For ICON projects, VLAIO will carry out a thorough screening and formulate advice on the usefulness of developing and submitting a project proposal. This screening will maximally be carried out as an advanced part of the evaluation. Various aspects may be considered in this screening, including eligibility criteria (e.g. partial or full analysis of 'enterprises in difficulty') and financial evaluation criteria (e.g. financial terms). 

• Feasibility studies can be submitted at any time.
• Contact info [at] materinex.be (info[at]materinex[dot]be) for more information.

The following conditions apply to ICON projects: 

• Access rights to the background knowledge of research organisations for the exploitation of results by a company will always be at market price.  
• Access rights to the foreground knowledge (= project results) of research organisations for the exploitation of their own project results by a participating company must always be granted on market terms for a MateriNex ICON. Therefore, if the project receives a GO from MateriNex, the Template Term Sheet 'Agreement Framework Market Terms' must be selected when submitting the full project proposal to VLAIO.

Contact us at info [at] materiNex.be (info[at]materinex[dot]be).