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Boosting biorefinery competitiveness through biotech 2026 Grant

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This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies and 1 other, at scale-up and mature. Funding is a grant of Up to EUR 20000000. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Algeria, Iraq and Jordan and 11 others.

Summary

An EU innovation-council funding programme supports full industrial-scale biorefinery projects using biotechnology to produce sustainable bio-based chemicals, polymers, and other market-relevant products at TRL 8. Eligible applicants are companies and consortia demonstrating robust biomanufacturing routes with improved sustainability, circularity, and EU strategic autonomy.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 21 May 2026Accurate?

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The grant supports full industrial-scale biorefinery projects that use biotechnology as a key enabling technology to produce sustainable bio-based products. Projects should demonstrate a robust biomanufacturing route at TRL 8, convert or use the resulting biorefinery products into at least one market-relevant end product, and improve sustainability, circularity, resource efficiency, and EU strategic autonomy. The topic covers products such as chemicals, intermediates, polymers, ingredients, and enzymes, while food and feed ingredients as the main application are out of scope.

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22 Sep 2026
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EligibilityAlgeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Palestinian Territory, Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti
Org typesstartup, sme, large-company, consortium
Last verified21 May 2026