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BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call for Scaling-up & Piloting (OC2)
Opens 1 Nov 2026Live official EU data
Run by BIOECONOMY GIANTS · TRL 6 to 8
31 Dec 2026
Deadline
1 Nov 2026
Opens for applications
€70k
Per company
€280k
Total for all companies
What this call funds
This call funds short pilot projects that scale up high value bio based products made from leftover or underused agricultural, food and forestry biomass. It supports four seven month pilots that must involve farmers or other primary producers, build cooperative business models and show clear market and circularity potential. Pure bioenergy or biofuel projects are not eligible.
bioeconomy · agriculture agritech · circular economy · sustainable materials · forestry
Who wins this
A consortium with a bio based product already proven at pilot scale that wants to scale it up while working closely with primary producers and cooperative business models.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €70k
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- Cascade funding
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Also required
- Proposals are scored on five criteria each rated 0 to 5, requiring at least 3 per criterion and 15 of 25 overall, with only the four highest ranked funded, and standalone bioenergy or biofuel projects excluded.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
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