Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement
Funds R&D into bio-based alternatives that replace hazardous chemicals like PFAS in industrial products and processes.
Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement is a Horizon Europe grant from the European Commission, worth EUR 5 million, that funds R&D into bio-based alternatives replacing hazardous chemicals like PFAS in industrial products and processes. This topic runs alongside three sibling two-stage topics under the same call, HORIZON-CL6-20…
This call wants projects that track substances of concern and emerging pollutants (such as PFAS and endocrine disruptors) released by bio-based industrial processes and products, then develop safer bio-based replacements. It excludes food, feed, biofuels and bioenergy from its scope, focusing instead on industrial materials and chemicals.
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