The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has recently published its Annual Work Programme for 2024.
In 2024, the JU will open a call covering 18 topics for submission of project proposals, with a total indicative budget of €213 million to advance competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe.
Innovation actions – flagship (IA-flagship)
- Bio-based value chains for valorisation of sustainable oil crops – €20 million
- Bio-based dedicated platform chemicals via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass – €20 million
- Bio-based value chains for valorisation of sustainable natural fibre feedstock – €20 million
Innovation actions (IA)
- Bio-based materials and products for biodegradable in soil applications – €15 million
- Sustainable microalgae as feedstock for innovative, added-value applications – €15 million
- Enlarging the portfolio of commercially produced “Safe and Sustainable by design” (SSbD) solvents – €15 million
- Circular and SSbD bio-based construction & building materials with functional properties – €15 million
- Selective and sustainable (co)-production of lignin-derived aromatics – €15 million
- Innovative bio-based adhesives and binders for circular products meeting market requirements – €15 million
- Innovative conversion of biogenic gaseous carbon into bio-based chemicals, ingredients, materials – €15 million
Research and innovation actions (RIA)
- Valorisation of polluted/contaminated wood from industrial and post-consumer waste streams – €7 million
- Biotech routes to obtain bio-based chemicals/materials replacing animal-derived ones – €7 million
- Sustainable, bio-based alternatives for crop protection – €10 million
- SSbD bio-based coating materials for applications under demanding and/or extreme conditions – €7 million
- Innovative bio-based food/feed ingredients – €7 million
Coordination and support actions (CSA)
- New forms of cooperation in agriculture and the forest-based sector – €4 million
- Mobilise inclusive participation in bio-based systems and supporting the CBE JU widening strategy and its action plan – €3 million
- Supporting the CBE JU Deployment Group on Primary Producers – €3 million
The call for proposals will open on 24 April 2024, with a deadline of 18 September 2024.
Info days on the 2024 CBE JU Call
A dedicated CBE JU Info Day on the 2024 call for proposals is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 23 April 2024. Further information will become available in mid-February.
A separate UK info day, organised by the Innovate UK Europe team and the UK Science & Innovation Network, will take place on 29 February. Registration is now open.