Aperte la sesta call europea a sostegno della bioindustria: 135 milioni di euro per iniziative in ambito ricerca e innovazione finanziate nell’ambito di Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) a sostegno delle innovazioni tecnologiche per efficienza e sostenibilità della biomassa in prodotti industriali e carburanti/energia all’interno delle cosiddette bio-raffinerie.
BBI JU è un partenariato pubblico-privato promosso dalla Commissione Europea, parte integrante della strategia europea per la Bio-economia, per sviluppare industrie biotecnologiche competitive e sostenibili.
Il consorzio Bio-based Industries è composto da più di 200 membri, tra grandi imprese e PMI, cluster regionali, associazioni, istituti di ricerca e piattaforme tecnologiche, appartenenti a settori diversi, dall’agricoltura all’industria chimica.
La call 2019 di BBI JU prevede un finanziamento di 135 milioni di euro per diverse tipologie di progetti, quali azioni di ricerca e innovazione (RIA), azioni di innovazione (IA), azioni di dimostrazione (DEMO) e azioni ’flagship’ (FLAG).
21 topic:
- Scale up conversion of lignin into valuable compounds for application in specific market sectors
- Produce components for various materials, including for food and feed, from microalgae
- Use tree species and/or varieties to create new bio-based value chains
- Valorise the organic fraction of municipal solid waste through an integrated biorefinery at commercial level
- Develop breakthrough technologies to improve the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of pre-treatment steps within biorefining operations
- Apply microorganisms and/or enzymes to resolve end-of-life issues of plastics
- Develop surface or bulk treatments for improved wood-based materials
- Convert plant oils and fats into safe high-added-value products for various applications including food and personal care
- Apply technological combinations to valorise all components of biomass feedstock
- Improve biorefinery operations through process intensification and new end products
- Model the composition of bio-based residual streams and its evolution to optimise its management and processing
- Develop sustainable bio-based materials for high-volume consumer products
- Develop bio-based fibres and/or functional molecules to improve the performance of textile products
- Develop bio-based high-performance materials for various and demanding applications
- Produce bio-based functional ingredients and additives for high-end markets
- Demonstrate bio-based pesticides and/or biostimulant agents for sustainable increase in agricultural productivity
- Produce high-performance bio-based alternatives to harmful products or processes to protect and enhance human health and the environment
- Assist brand owners to ‘switch to bio-based’
- Establish methods and communication for applying mass balance principles to attribute biomass co-feedstock to products
- Shaping the bio-based economy through a participatory approach
- Empower SME clusters to bring SMEs ‘across the valley of death’
Le proposte progettuali possono essere presentate da soggetti giuridici che hanno sede negli Stati membri o nei paesi associati al programma Horizon 2020.
Le domande devono essere presentate fino alle ore 17.00 (ora locale di Bruxelles) del 4 settembre 2019.
