Open calls · Research grant · Agricultural and Biological Sciences
BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call for Scaling-up & Piloting (OC2)
BIOECONOMY GIANTS · Horizon Europe cascade funding · FosterinG collaboratIon among primAry producers and beyoNd to promoTe Sustainable growth · HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-CSA-01
Deadlines
- 31 Dec 2026 Deadline in 50 days
Who can apply
- Countries
- EU member states and countries associated with Horizon Europe
Money
- Total budget
- €280k
About the call
BIOECONOMY GIANTS will fund four 7-month pilots to scale up and pilot high-value bio-based products from secondary or underutilised agricultural, agri-food and forestry biomass. Proposed solutions must already be at TRL 6–8, with their current maturity justified and expected progress described. Projects must actively involve primary producers, strengthen cooperative business models and demonstrate circularity and market potential. Standalone bioenergy and biofuel projects are excluded.
Text from the funder (European Commission, CC BY 4.0).
Conditions in full
Applications must be submitted in English via https://bioeconomygiants.com/open-call-2/ , including Part A (online), the impact pre-assessment (online) and Part B (PDF). Eligible proposals will be assessed by independent experts against five criteria: Concept, Implementation, Consortium Capacity, Scalability & Replicability, and Climate Impact. Each criterion is scored 0–5, with a minimum threshold of 3/5 per criterion and 15/25 overall. The four highest-ranked proposals will be selected.
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