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Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

Funds research and industrial projects that turn renewable biological resources into circular products.

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Horizon Bio-based Industry Transition Roadmaps
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Residual Biomass Biotech
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bio-based Additives for Circular Products
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Woody Residue Biorefinery
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Circular Thermoset Materials
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Circular Packaging Films & Coatings
Open

Funds two €7M projects that make bio-based packaging films and coatings perform better, work in factories and support circular end-of-life routes.

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Biotech Biorefineries
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Safe Bio-based Farm Inputs
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
CBE JU: Safe Bio-Based Ingredients for Home & Personal Care
Open

Funds one €20M project that turns bio-based chemicals and ingredients into safer, sustainable home and personal care products at industrial scale.

€170.8M pool·26 days
CBE JU: Nutritional Food Ingredient Resilience
Open

Funds one €20M innovation project that scales alternative proteins, oils, fibres or specialty carbohydrates into safe, accepted food ingredients.

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon Bioeconomy: Scalable Biorefinery Processing
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon CBE: Alternative-Source Bio-Polymers
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Horizon CBE: Bio-Based Textile Fibres
Open

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

€170.8M pool·26 days
Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Source: www.cbe.europa.eu