Bio-based chemicals and/or materials from woody residues
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2026 · HORIZON-JU-IA · TRL 5–6 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds demonstration projects that turn woody residues like bark, sawdust and harvesting leftovers into bio-based chemicals and materials, rather than burning them for energy or low-value uses. Projects should show the technology works at meaningful scale, test the resulting products in real end-use applications, and design them so they can be safely and sustainably disposed of or recycled at end of life. Close cooperation with forest owners and cooperatives on sourcing and supply chains is expected.
bioeconomy · circular economy · sustainable materials · forestry · waste recycling
Who wins this
A consortium including industrial technology developers, forest-based value chain actors (forest owners, cooperatives), and end-product manufacturers aiming to demonstrate at TRL5-6 novel bio-based chemicals/materials from woody residues.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €7M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Proposals must apply a multi-actor approach with close collaboration with local forest owners/managers and apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework; incineration end-of-life is out of scope.
- 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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