Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking: 2024 funding priorities announced
Call topics for the CBE JU 2024
The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has published its Annual Work Programme for 2024. Eighteen topics for the next call for project proposals are announced and 213 million euros will be dedicated to advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe covering 4 types of actions.
Innovation actions – flagship (IA-flagship):
Bio-based value chains for valorisation of sustainable oil crops - €20 million
Bio-based dedicated platform chemicals via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass - €20 million
Bio-based value chains for valorisation of sustainable natural fibre feedstock - €20 million
Innovation actions (IA):
Bio-based materials and products for biodegradable in soil applications - €15 million
Sustainable microalgae as feedstock for innovative, added-value applications - €15 million
Enlarging the portfolio of commercially produced “Safe and Sustainable by design” (SSbD) solvents - €15 million
Circular and SSbD bio-based construction & building materials with functional properties - €15 million
Selective and sustainable (co)-production of lignin-derived aromatics - €15 million
Innovative bio-based adhesives and binders for circular products meeting market requirements - €15 million
Innovative conversion of biogenic gaseous carbon into bio-based chemicals, ingredients, materials - €15 million
Research and innovation actions (RIA):
Valorisation of polluted/contaminated wood from industrial and post-consumer waste streams - €7 million
Biotech routes to obtain bio-based chemicals/materials replacing animal-derived ones - €7 million
Sustainable, bio-based alternatives for crop protection - €10 million
SSbD bio-based coating materials for applications under demanding and/or extreme conditions - €7 million
Innovative bio-based food/feed ingredients - €7 million
Coordination and support actions (CSA)
New forms of cooperation in agriculture and the forest-based sector - €4 million
Mobilise inclusive participation in bio-based systems and supporting the CBE JU widening strategy and its action plan - €3 million
Supporting the CBE JU Deployment Group on Primary Producers - €3 million