Biotech grants in Belgium

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Funds €7M projects that make bio-based additives safer and easier to recycle or biodegrade in products across at least two markets.

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Funds one €1.2M project to map barriers and build industry roadmaps for switching from fossil-based to bio-based feedstocks and processes.

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Funds one €20M industrial project that scales biotechnology into sustainable biorefineries and market-ready bio-based products.

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Funds two €7M projects that make durable products from renewable feedstocks and give cross-linked plastics viable recycling, reuse or upcycling routes.

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Funds two €7M projects that turn farm, forestry, aquatic and urban bio-waste into market-ready chemicals, materials and ingredients.

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Funds one €20M industrial project making safe bio-based fertilisers or crop-protection products that work in real fields.

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Funds consortia to cut cost, solvent use, energy and water in biorefineries, tested across at least three industrial or demo-scale use cases.

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Funds two €7M projects turning bark, sawdust and other woody residues into validated bio-based chemicals or materials for sustainable end products.

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Funds two €3.25M projects that turn alternative bio-feedstocks into safe, circular polymers tested across at least two markets.

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Funds two €3.25M projects that turn sustainable biomass or bio-based textile waste into high-performing, circular fibres.

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Funds two €7M projects that map how antimicrobial resistance develops in soil and turn it into guidance for policymakers and land managers.

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Funds international biotech R&D consortia through each country's own national funding scheme.

Funds a research consortium that studies why immune-mediated diseases behave differently when they first strike older adults and hunts for biomarkers to predict them.

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Funds early-career researchers building an independent research team and pursuing frontier research through an ERC Starting Grant hosted at a public or private research organisation.

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Funds teams that curate a valuable health dataset and prove its worth with a working AI application.

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Supports translating decades of ageing biology into biotech or pharma proofs-of-concept that prevent, delay or revert age-related disease.

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Funds research consortia developing biotechnology-based interventions, biomarkers or non-animal test methods that target the root causes of age-related disease.

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Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.

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Supports scaling deep-tech for soil health, sustainability, and resilience of EU agriculture.

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Funds strategic deep-tech challenge projects in materials, energy, biotechnology, and climate innovation.

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Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.

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Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.

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Funds European doctoral networks enabling multi-country training in life and engineering sciences.

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Funds collaborative European defense research consortia delivering disruptive solutions across security, space, and quantum technologies.