SSbD bio-based alternatives for fertilising and/or crop protection products
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2026 · HORIZON-JU-IA · TRL 6–8 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds projects that develop and scale up bio-based alternatives to synthetic fertilisers and crop protection products, like biopesticides, biofertilisers or biostimulants. Projects need to prove these products work efficiently at industrial scale, are safe and sustainable by design, and can be produced and tested on real farms across different soil and climate conditions. The goal is to reduce Europe's dependence on synthetic/mineral agrochemicals while improving soil health and food security.
bioeconomy · agriculture agritech · sustainable materials · circular economy · environmental monitoring
Who wins this
This call best suits a consortium of bio-based industry players, technology developers and primary producers/farmers working together to industrially scale and field-validate a bio-based fertiliser or crop protection product from TRL6 to TRL8.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €20M
- 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 follow a multi-actor approach involving all key value-chain actors including primary producers, address EU regulatory compliance and risk assessment, and apply the EC's Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework; detailed eligibility, financial and evaluation conditions are set out in the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes and CBE JU Annual Work Programme 2026.
- 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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