Supporting industry in the switch to sustainable and circular bio-based products and processes
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2026 · HORIZON-JU-CSA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a coordination and support action to help traditional and non-bio-based industries switch to bio-based, sustainable and circular products and processes. It will fund consultations with industry across at least three critical sectors to identify barriers and solutions, case studies of successful adoption, a multi-stakeholder forum, and published roadmaps for transitioning to bio-based approaches.
bioeconomy · sustainable materials · circular economy · agriculture agritech
Who wins this
A consortium experienced in bioeconomy policy, industry consultation and stakeholder engagement, capable of analysing barriers and producing cross-sectoral roadmaps for non-bio-based and partially bio-based industries.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €1.2M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Coordination and Support Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Proposals must include a consultation covering at least 3 industrial sectors critical for the green transition and ensure complementarity with past/ongoing R&I projects; detailed eligibility, financial and evaluation conditions are set out in the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes rather than in this call text.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in section 2.2.3 Calls for proposals in the CBE JU Annual Work Programme 2026
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