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Improving biomass flows for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: enhanced capacity of private and public stakeholders to increase resource efficiency in collecting, processing and using primary and secondary biomass, ensuring that ecosystems and biodiversity are protected and restored, emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants reduced, and human needs for biomass satisfied in sufficient and fair…

Deadline 22 Sep 2027Opens 20 Apr 2027Budget €14MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €7MSingle stageHORIZON Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €7MEU contribution per project
  • €4.1Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 145projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy
Espoo
FinlandResearch organisation83MixMatters, HARWASTING, PRIMED
Luonnonvarakeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation93BIOEASTsUP, WoodCircus, NPower
Agenzia Per La Promozione Della Ricerca Europea
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation73C4B, BOOST4BIOEAST, Transition2BIO
Cluster Viooikonomias Kai Perivallontos Dytikis Makedonias
Kozani
GreeceOther · SME70BBTWINS, C4B, ROBOCOOP-EU
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant Vzw
Desteldonk Gent
BelgiumOther · SME61Tech4Biowaste, WASTE2FUNC, PROMOFER
Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen
NetherlandsResearch organisation70C4B, CEE2ACT, BIN2BEAN
Fundacion Circe Centro De Investigacion De Recursos Y Consumos Energeticos
Zaragoza
SpainResearch organisation62CEE2ACT, SYMBA, RIBES
Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia I Gleboznawstwa, Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Pulawy
PolandResearch organisation51BIOEASTsUP, CEE2ACT, LANDFEED
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V.
Mol
BelgiumResearch organisation50MixMatters, BBTWINS, ROBOCOOP-EU
University College Dublin, National University Of Ireland, Dublin
Dublin
IrelandUniversity51PROMOFER, NPower, AgriChemWhey
Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion
Athina
GreeceUniversity51ROBOCOOP-EU, LANDFEED, WATER-MINING
Q-Plan International Advisors Pc
Kalamaria, Thessaloniki
GreeceCompany · SME51BIOTRANSFORM, BIO4AFRICA, Transition2BIO
Greenovate ! Europe
Bruxelles / Brussel
BelgiumOther50bioSOILUTIONS, CEE2ACT, HUBS4BUILD
Irish Bioeconomy Foundation
Thurles
IrelandOther · SME40PRIMED, NPower, BOOST4BIOEAST
Association Of Cities And Regions Ffor Sustainable Resource Management
Bruxelles
BelgiumOther50BIOCIRCULARCITIES, HUBS4BUILD, BIOTRANSFORM

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 17partners (median)
  • 7countries (median)
  • 38%of partners are SMEs
Company 34%Research organisation 26%Other 19%University 16%Public body 5%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • MixMatters – Smart and flexible Separation and Valorisation of mixed bio-waste from along the agri-food value chain. (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-04)
  • BIOEASTsUP – Advancing Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy in Central and Eastern European countries: BIOEASTsUP (H2020 · 2019 · RUR-18-2019)
  • CAFIPLA – Combining carboxylic acid production and fibre recovery as an innovative, cost-effective and sustainable pre-treatment process for heterogeneous bio-waste (H2020 · 2020 · BBI-2019-SO2-R2)
  • HARWASTING – Valorisation of harvested agroforestry biomass waste as feedstock for value-added bio-based solutions as a green development pathway (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-6-two-stage)
  • Tech4Biowaste – A dynamic database of relevant technologies of bio-waste utilisation (H2020 · 2021 · BBI-2020-SO4-S2)
  • PRIMED – Redesigning the Primary Sector for Maximizing Bioeconomy Development (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-9)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.