MateriNex Project Call 10.2025

• Mandatory pre-application with appropriate templates: from 1 October 2025

• Feedback and GO/NO GO to proceed to full project proposal: circa 6-8 weeks

• Submission of full project proposals to VLAIO: maximum 6 months after GO and before 31 August 2026

Please do not hesitate to ask us for advice before submitting your project; we are happy to assist you in ensuring that everything runs smoothly and that potential obstacles are avoided. Contact us at: info [at] materinex.be

ICON Projects

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 (projects[at]materinex[dot]be) along with a copy of the completed 'Pre-application template VLAIO-ICON'.

Mandatory Templates

• Pre-application template VLAIO-ICON
• Additional requirements and commitments for MateriNex -ICON
• MateriNex Letter of Intent ICON

MateriNex Roadmaps

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

Explanatory Documents

• General procedure project submission via MateriNex 

• Toelichting en handleidingen ICON-projecten versie juli 2025. 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

By independent experts:

• Technical-scientific: international expert(s).
• In accordance with the roadmap: MateriNex team.
• Complementarity with spearhead cluster roadmaps: MateriNex team and spearhead clusters.
• Economic: national experts with knowledge of the industrial context in Flanders.

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.

In an Industrial Advisory Board, members have no automatic rights to exploit the results. The implementer is the owner and subsequent transfer will be by non-discriminatory offer at prevailing market conditions.  

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).