Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking 2025 call
The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking 2025 call opened on 3 April (deadline for submission on September 18). With a budget of €165 million, this call supports projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe.
 You can access the CBE JU Annual work programme 2025 document here. 
The two calls below have closer links to construction: 
 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-RIA-03 Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber
 • Total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6 million
 • RIA, TRL-Level 4-5 at the end of the project
 Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
 • Wider availability of sustainable sources of natural and/or bio-based synthetic rubber supporting European industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy across various sectors of the (bio)economy.
 • Competitive and robust production routes for natural and/or synthetic rubber, with high environmental performance, resource efficiency and sustainability.
 • Biomanufactured alternatives to conventional natural and/or to fossil-based synthetic rubber meeting market requirements for targeted final applications
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IAFlag-04 Retrofitting of industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products
 • Innovation Action, TRL 4-5, at the end of the project
 • Total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 20 million 
 Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: 
 • Full-scale biorefinery based on a retrofitted industrial plant towards bio-based products with a higher value than the ones produced in the old configuration. 
 • Deployment of a competitive, replicable, regional/local business model, encompassing all segments of the value chain, centred on the reconfiguration of the targeted industrial site. 
 • Improvement in overall sustainability and circularity compared to the old configuration. 
 • Increased value for society, in terms of direct and indirect employment at local and regional levels, considering also maintaining jobs in plants risking closure/downsizing. 
Further to the Info day organised 2 weeks ago, you can get more information in the dedicated webpage, including the presentations made during the event and the recordings.
 
         
                                    
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                
                             
                                    
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                
                             
                                    
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                
                             
                                    
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                
                             
                                    
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                
                             
                                    
                                    
                                        