The Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has officially published its Annual Work Programme for 2025, highlighting a significant investment aimed at fostering innovation and competitiveness in Europe's circular bio-based industries. A total of €165 million will be allocated across 13 distinct project topics, underscoring the EU's commitment to sustainability and bio-economy growth.

The overarching objectives of the CBE JU are:

• to drive forward a competitive, bio-based circular economy for a sustainable Europe in line with the European Green Deal and the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, inter alia by
  • Accelerating the innovation process and the development of innovative bio-based solutions
  • Accelerating the market introduction of existing mature and innovative bio-based solutions
  • Ensuring a high environmental performance of bio-based industrial systems

Target groups:

• All actors in bio-based value chains and industries, including primary producers, researchers and civil society.

Timetable and funding conditions:

• 03/04/2025 - Info day in Brussels; meetings will be broadcast online
• 17/09/2025 (17:00 CET) - Deadline for the submission of applications
• Collaborative projects with at least 3 partners from 3 participating countries

Topics:

• Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation
• Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass
• Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties
• Retrofitting of (bio)refineries industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products
• Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems
• SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production
• Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources
• Cost-effective and robust continuous biotech bio-based processes
• SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications
• Valorisation of untapped forest biomass
• Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health
• Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber
• Develop and deploy new curricula and knowledge exchange practices relevant to bio-based systems

Further information:

• CBE JU
• CBE JU Work Program
• EPC call overview for Horizon Europe (internal link)
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