Develop breakthrough and sustainable bio-based textile fibres
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2026 · HORIZON-JU-RIA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds research to create new sustainable fibres for textiles made from renewable biomass, including natural fibre extraction/refinement and bio-based synthetic fibres, instead of fossil-based ones. Projects should make these fibres work with existing textile factories, meet performance standards like strength and durability, and be designed to avoid microplastic pollution and have a sustainable end of life.
bioeconomy · sustainable materials · circular economy · advanced materials · pollution control
Who wins this
A multi-actor consortium spanning feedstock suppliers, fibre developers, textile manufacturers and end users/consumers, working on scalable bio-based fibre production for the circular textile industry.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €3.3M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Research and 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 textile manufacturers, feedstock suppliers, and end users/consumers, and apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework; 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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