Operating under Horizon 2020, the call is a joint initiative from a public-private partnership between the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).
The European Union is represented by the European Commission (EC). BIC is a non-profit organisation that was created to represent the industry group that supports the BBI JU (Bio-based Joint Undertaking). Its members cover the entire bio-based value chain and consist of large industries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), regional clusters, European trade associations, and European Technology Platforms.
Highlights of Call 2017
• The 2017 call is the fourth in a total of seven Calls between 2014 and 2020.
• 4 strategic orientations: Feedstock, Process, Products, and Market uptake.
• The Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2017 moves away from a strict biomass feedstock ‘push’ based on the traditional value chains, towards a demand for biomass to enable processing to respond adequately to a ‘pull’ from the end markets.
The AWP 2017 will refocus on the need to better integrate biomass feedstock suppliers on the front end of the chain to create a demand for biomass feedstock from biorefining processes. Similarly, the AWP will stimulate the formation of partnerships with end market actors to create a 'market pull' for bio-based products for identified applications. As initiated in the Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2016, the AWP 2017 moves away from a strict biomass feedstock 'push' based on the traditional value chains, towards a demand for biomass to enable processing to respond adequately to a 'pull' from the end markets.
The open call has 4 strategic orientations (Feedstock, Process, Products, and Market uptake) and 16 topics (7 RIA, 5 IA-DEMO, 2 IA-Flag, 2 CSA)
FUNDING :
Indicative budget of € 81 million
Important Documents :
BBI JU Scientific Innovation & Research Agenda (SIRA)
BBI JU Guide for Applicants 2017
Deadline: 7 September 2017
More details here
The Bio based Industries PPP 2017 call is the fourth in a total of seven Calls between 2014 and 2020.