PRIMARY Agricultural Bioeconomy Innovation Cascade

PRIMARY Agricultural Bioeconomy Open Call

Funds agricultural bioeconomy initiatives converting crop and biomass resources into circular-value products.

Eligibility · Finland, Greece, Estonia

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PRIMARY is a Horizon Europe project that has created a €900,000 cascade grant fund to pilot local upcycling solutions from underutilised agricultural feedstocks. Climate-KIC (Stichting Climate-KIC International Foundation) serves as the administering consortium partner, with ultimate funding flowing from the European Commission through the PRIMARY Horizon Europe project to sub-grantees. The call supports 6–9 pilot projects targeting four feedstock streams: grass, greenhouse byproducts, cotton residues, and olive tree prunings, all within a circular economy framework for rural farming communities.

Consortia of exactly 2 partners are eligible for up to €100,000 each; consortia of exactly 3 partners qualify for up to €150,000. Eligible partner types include farmers, cooperatives, SMEs, start-ups, NGOs, universities, and public bodies. Geography is strictly limited to Finland, Greece, and Estonia — the three PRIMARY consortium member countries. Applications must be submitted via the opencalls.fund portal by 8 June 2026 at 17:00 CET, with an overall call deadline of 17 June 2026. Individual applicants and single-entity submissions are not eligible.

Organisations best positioned for this call combine agricultural sector knowledge with at least one of the four target feedstock streams and a cross-border or cross-sector consortium partner based in one of the three eligible countries. Because funding is tied to the lifecycle of the PRIMARY Horizon Europe project, this is a one-off call with no expected continuation. Applicants should document how their pilot generates replicable business model blueprints, as producing transferable upcycling blueprints for rural communities is a stated objective of the parent project.