Horizon Europe · Cascade funding
BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call for Scaling-up & Piloting (OC2)
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-CSA-01
Summary
A Polish company can apply here for an R&D project.
Four seven-month pilots will scale high-value bio-based products from underused biomass, involving primary producers and demonstrating circularity and market potential.
- Call budget
- €280K
- Deadline
- 31 Dec 2026 18:00 CETin 59 days
- Status
- Openopened 1 Nov 2026
Checked at the source: 2 Nov 2026. Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Who can apply
The source does not say whether a company can apply.
- Readiness level (TRL)
- TRL 6–8
- Region
- No limit
- Topics
- Bio-based products
- Agricultural biomass
- Forestry residues
- Circular bioeconomy
- Cooperative business models
Description
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.
Useful Links
BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call II website page. Here it is possible to find all necessary documents and information as well as a FAQ section: https://bioeconomygiants.com/open-call-2/.
Contact details
Requests for information or clarification may be submitted to the following email address: giantsopencall@apre.it
Who can apply, in detail
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 2 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 1 Nov 2026
Amounts and costs
- Call budget
- €280,000
Indicative topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
Call facts
- Opens
- 1 Nov 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021–2027
- Call
- BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call for Scaling-up & Piloting (OC2)
- Types of action
- —
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 2 Nov 2026
- Portal updated
- 30 Oct 2026
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