Circular Biobased Europe event 2025

Join us on 21 January 2025 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, to learn about €165 million in funding, flagship projects, and collaboration opportunities. Connect with experts, industry leaders, and knowledge institutions to position yourself in Europe’s bio-based future.

Seminar on the Circular Bio-based Europe programme (CBE JU) 2025
Date: 21 January 2025 - Time: 10-15 o’clock
Place: University of Southern Denmark, Odense  

What is it all about?

Strong and resource-efficient industries are essential for the successful transition to a circular and bio-based economy. The Circular Bio-based Europe Programme has been set up to contribute to and support the development of these industries in Europe, where knowledge institutions also play a decisive role in realizing the ambitions. 

Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and the University of Southern Denmark, in collaboration with the Danish Agency for Education and Research, invite you to a seminar on the opportunities of the Circular Bio-based Europe Programme in 2025. The seminar is targeted at Danish companies and knowledge institutions and will be held on 21 January 2025 from 10-15 at the University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. 

At the seminar, you will have the opportunity to meet the secretariat behind the Circular Bio-based Europe Programme. In 2025 EUR 165 million has been allocated to the Programme. Our aim with this seminar is to support Danish companies in positioning themselves strategically to participate in the exciting calls for project proposals that will be opened in 2025.

You will also be introduced to representatives of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). Food & Bio Cluster Denmark is one of the Danish members who worked closely with the BIC regarding the Circular Bio-based Europe Programme.

At the seminar, there will be a special focus on the opportunities that will be available to collaborate on the big Flagship projects in 2025 and the Danish strategy for working more intensively with these. Flagships are larger research and development projects that aim at horizontal and/or vertical integration of the value chain and thus at the technological feasibility of system solutions with a long-term potential for growth. 

In addition, the seminar will contain thematic workshops around other selected 2025 topics. There will thus be good opportunity for dialogues between the participants about collaboration opportunities.

Speakers:

Virginia Puzzolo, Head of Programme,
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)

Samuele Ambrosetti, Programming and Innovation Manager,
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)

Niels Gøtke, Head of Division,
Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

Anni Simonsen, Senior Innovation Manager,
Food & Bio Cluster Denmark

CBE JU 2025 timeline and project opportunities headlines:

Call for proposals 2025
Call identifier: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025
Foreseen call launch: 4 April 2025
Foreseen call deadline: 17 September 2025 17:00 CET
Call budget: €165 million

Innovation actions – flagship (IA-flagship)
Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation - €18 million
Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass - €20 million
Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties - €18 million
Retrofitting of (bio)refineries industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products - €20 million

Innovation actions (IA)
Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems - €14 million
Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production - €13.5 million
Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources - €14 million
Cost-effective and robust continuous biotech bio-based processes - €14 million
SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications - €13.5 million

Research and innovation actions (RIA)
Valorisation of untapped forest biomass - €7 million
Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health - €6 million
Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber - €6 million

Coordination and support actions (CSA)
Develop and deploy new curricula and knowledge exchange practices relevant to bio-based systems - €1 million