• H2020
• Societal Challenges
• Bioeconomy

The Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking (JU) has released indicative information about its upcoming calls for proposals under Horizon 2020.

The topics an budget allocations are yet to be agreed by the JU’s governing board, yet a range of Research and Innovation Actions (with an anticipated total budget of €40m), Innovation Actions – Demonstration Actions (€60m), and Co-ordination and Support Actions (€6m) are likely to be funded.

Topics expected to be financed include ‘Tailoring tree species to produce wood designed for industrial processes and biorefining purposes’, ‘Production of bio-based elastomers from Europe-grown feedstock’ and ‘Bioeconomy related open access research infrastructure and assessing its capabilities for industry driven development projects’.

Full information can be found here.