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.
This is a Horizon Europe Joint Undertaking Innovation Action, run by the Circular Bio-based Europe JU rather than the Commission directly, though it still uses the standard single-stage EU Funding & Tenders Portal process from submission to grant management. The topic expects two grants of EUR 7 million each, one line inside CBE JU's wider call that spans thirteen topics sharing the same overall f…
The call wants demonstrated continuous biotech processes — microbial, cell-factory or enzymatic — that replace existing batch or fed-batch manufacturing of bio-based chemicals, materials or ingredients other than proteins. Proposals must pair continuous upstream processing with efficient downstream separation to reach the purity needed for the target application.
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