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Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)

CBE JU funds multi-partner projects working across the bio-based value chain, from cultivation and processing to new bio-based materials.

European Union
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Total grants14
About

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a roughly €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium, funding projects that build competitive, circular bio-based industries under Horizon Europe. It is the legal and universal successor to the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), and reports a leverage effect of €1.28 in private …

Programs & grants under this funder
CBE JU 2026 Call for Project Proposals

Funds EU bio-based innovation projects with up to Euro20 million per topic.

1 grant
CBE JU 2026 Call for Project Proposals
Open
€170.7M pool·11 days
Develop and deploy new curricula and knowledge exchange practices relevant to bio-based systems

Pays a university-industry network to build and test new training curricula for bioeconomy skills like biomanufacturing, ecodesign and circularity.

1 grant
Develop and deploy new curricula and knowledge exchange practices relevant to bio-based systems
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Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems

Funds companies scaling up sustainable macroalgae cultivation and turning the harvest into new bio-based food, feed or industrial products.

1 grant
Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems
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SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production

Funds demonstration of safe-and-sustainable bio-based chemicals or processes that replace hazardous coatings, dyes and solvents used in making textiles.

1 grant
SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production
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Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources

Funds scale-up of protein extraction or production processes from alternative sources like plants, fungi, microorganisms or fermentation, aimed at food use.

1 grant
Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources
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Cost-effective and robust continuous biotech bio-based processes

Funds converting a batch biotech process for making bio-based chemicals or materials into a continuous process with higher productivity and lower cost.

1 grant
Cost-effective and robust continuous biotech bio-based processes
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SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications

Funds scale-up of safe-and-sustainable bio-based polymers or co-polymers that match or beat fossil-based alternatives on performance.

1 grant
SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications
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Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation

Funds a full-scale flagship biorefinery that turns separately-collected urban bio-waste into higher-value bio-based products instead of compost or biomethane.

1 grant
Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation
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Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass

Funds a full-scale biorefinery that produces bio-based drop-in platform chemicals able to compete directly with their fossil-based equivalents.

1 grant
Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass
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Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties

Funds a full-scale plant scaling up fibre-based packaging with new or improved properties, designed from the start for recycling or reuse.

1 grant
Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties
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Retrofitting of (bio)refineries industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products

Funds retrofitting an existing industrial or biorefinery plant to produce higher-value bio-based chemicals or materials than its old process line.

1 grant
Retrofitting of (bio)refineries industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products
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Valorisation of untapped forest biomass

Funds research into new tools and conversion routes that turn low-value forest residues into bio-based chemicals, materials or products beyond bioenergy.

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Valorisation of untapped forest biomass
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Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health

Funds research into bio-based, biodegradable delivery coatings for fertilisers that replace today's microplastic-shedding polymer coatings.

1 grant
Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health
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Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber

Funds research into biomanufactured alternatives to imported natural rubber and fossil-based synthetic rubber for automotive, healthcare and industrial uses.

1 grant
Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber
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