SSbD bio-based solutions for home and/or personal care
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2026 · HORIZON-JU-IA · TRL 6–8 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds large-scale industrial demonstration projects that produce safe and sustainable bio-based alternatives to conventional chemicals used in home and personal care products, like surfactants, preservatives, and emulsifiers. The goal is to prove these bio-based solutions work at real industrial scale, meet performance and regulatory requirements, avoid water pollution and microplastics, and are accepted by consumers, reducing Europe's reliance on fossil fuels and imported biomass.
bioeconomy · sustainable materials · circular economy · biotechnology · environmental monitoring
Who wins this
A consortium including industrial biorefinery operators, chemical/ingredient producers, and brand owners in the home and personal care sector, capable of demonstrating bio-based chemical production and product formulation at TRL 7-8 with end-user and consumer involvement.
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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 end-users/brand owners/consumers, apply the SSbD framework, assess regulatory gaps, and ensure complementarity with past Horizon Europe and BBI JU/CBE JU projects.
- 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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