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RISEnergy opens its 5th transnational access call

The Horizon Europe project RISEnergy has opened its fifth transnational access call. Researchers from academia and industry can apply for free-of-charge access to the research infrastructures of the consortium, in the areas of concentrated solar power, materials for energy, photovoltaics, energy storage, hydrogen and related topics. The call closes on 18 November 2026, 23:59 CET; applications are submitted through the project's ConfTool platform.

Why it matters for emissivity

Among the infrastructures on offer is the Smart and Solar Energy Materials Laboratory of CNR-INO in Florence, listed in the call as CNR-IMA1. According to its RISEnergy facility page, the laboratory offers:

• spectrometers covering 0.18 to 55 µm (UV–VIS–NIR spectrophotometer 0.18–3 µm; FT-IR spectrometer 1.2–55 µm);
• a high-temperature furnace for emissivity measurements at roughly 570 to 1200 K;
• reflectance, transmittance and absorbance characterisation of solar absorbers, thermal emitters, luminescent materials and colloidal systems;
• support from the laboratory's researchers during the access period.

The laboratory indicates that access can be in person or remote. For groups without their own high-temperature emittance set-up, this is a direct route to measurements on a core-tier facility of the research map, at no cost.

How to apply

Read the call text, choose the infrastructure (CNR-IMA1 for the Florence laboratory), and submit the official application form before the deadline. Only applications sent through the official form are considered. The project encourages applications from women and from researchers in groups under-represented in energy research.

Call page and application   CNR-IMA1 facility page

RISEnergy is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement no. 101131793. Information forwarded to the editorial board by Elisa Sani (CNR-INO), 1 October 2026.

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