This week, CBE JU published its Annual Work Programme for 2024, defining 18 topics for submission of project proposals. They are:
Innovation actions – flagship (IA-flagship)
- Biobased value chains for valorisation of sustainable oil crops – €20 million
- Biobased dedicated platform chemicals via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass – €20 million
- Biobased value chains for valorisation of sustainable natural fibre feedstock – €20 million
Innovation actions (IA)
- Biobased 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 Biobased construction & building materials with functional properties – €15 million
- Selective and sustainable (co)-production of lignin-derived aromatics – €15 million
- Innovative biobased adhesives and binders for circular products meeting market requirements – €15 million
- Innovative conversion of biogenic gaseous carbon into biobased 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 biobased chemicals/materials replacing animal-derived ones – €7 million
- Sustainable, biobased alternatives for crop protection – €10 million
- SSbD biobased coating materials for applications under demanding and/or extreme conditions – €7 million
- Innovative biobased 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 biobased 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
Important dates
- The CBE JU Info Day 2024 is planned for 23 April 2024 in person in Brussels, with ample face-to-face networking opportunities.
- The sessions will also be streamed online.
- The call for proposals will open on 24 April 2024, and the call deadline is planned for 18 September 2024.
Read more on the CBE JU website.
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