Formas Biosociety — Fossil-Free Bio-based Production Call 2
Funds collaboration between business and academia on bio-based and fossil-free industrial production.
The Formas Biosociety call — formally titled "Fossil-free and Resilient Bio-based Production" (Call 2, 2026) — distributes SEK 50 million to business-academia consortia developing fossil-free and bio-based primary production and industrial processes in Sweden. Formas allocated the total equally: SEK 25 million to Focus Area 1 (primary production — fossil-free and resilient bioeconomy) and SEK 25 m…
Two focus areas: (1) Primary production — fossil-free and resilient bioeconomy; (2) Industrial processes — bio-based production. Energy technology development and pharmaceutical development explicitly excluded.
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