European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
04/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement Call?
Grant Description
This call supports innovation actions to prevent and eliminate hazardous emissions from bio-based industrial processes and products. It aims to track and assess substances of very high concern and emerging pollutants throughout life cycles, perform risk assessments for ecosystems and biodiversity, and develop and demonstrate safe and sustainable by design bio-based and circular solutions to replace harmful chemicals. Projects will collect and share best practices, integrate citizen science and s...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
• Deployment of safe and sustainable by design bio-based industries and products, accelerating de-fossilisation and climate neutrality of EU industrial systems.
• Increased awareness among all stakeholders of bio-based value chains (public procurers, research centres, industries, administrations, consumers) about releases of hazardous and emerging pollutants and persistent bioaccumulative substances from bio-based processes and products.
• Improved knowledge and uptake by bio-based industry operators and customers of safe and sustainable bio-based alternatives, leading to reduced hazardous substance use and healthier air, water and soil environments.
• Increased awareness among all stakeholders of bio-based value chains (public procurers, research centres, industries, administrations, consumers) about releases of hazardous and emerging pollutants and persistent bioaccumulative substances from bio-based processes and products.
• Improved knowledge and uptake by bio-based industry operators and customers of safe and sustainable bio-based alternatives, leading to reduced hazardous substance use and healthier air, water and soil environments.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Exclude food/feed, biofuels and bioenergy from the scope.
• Prevent hazardous emissions at source to meet 2030 pollution reduction targets under REACH, ESPR, Batteries Regulation and related legislation.
• Track and quantify SVHCs, emerging pollutants and persistent bioaccumulative substances from selected bio-based materials/products and from industrial bio-based systems across all life phases.
• Evaluate exposure of end users (integrating sex/gender analysis and vulnerability considerations).
• Conduct a full risk assessment of emissions, evaluating ecosystem and biodiversity impacts.
• Identify, develop and improve safe and sustainable by design bio-based and circular solutions to substitute hazardous substances in both processes and products, with no pre-defined number of solutions.
• Assess and report the reduction in hazardous emissions achieved through proposed substitutions.
• Compile and share recommendations and best practices for safe-by-design substitution.
• Include a dedicated task for cross-project methodology and findings dissemination.
• Collect and analyse outcomes from prior and ongoing EU projects (including Circular Bio-based Europe JU).
• Optionally refer to INCITE for large-scale industrial depollution.
• Encourage and structure citizen science under expert supervision.
• Ensure effective SSH contribution (especially citizen social science, gender studies) and adopt a multi-actor, international cooperation approach.
• Exclude food/feed, biofuels and bioenergy from the scope.
• Prevent hazardous emissions at source to meet 2030 pollution reduction targets under REACH, ESPR, Batteries Regulation and related legislation.
• Track and quantify SVHCs, emerging pollutants and persistent bioaccumulative substances from selected bio-based materials/products and from industrial bio-based systems across all life phases.
• Evaluate exposure of end users (integrating sex/gender analysis and vulnerability considerations).
• Conduct a full risk assessment of emissions, evaluating ecosystem and biodiversity impacts.
• Identify, develop and improve safe and sustainable by design bio-based and circular solutions to substitute hazardous substances in both processes and products, with no pre-defined number of solutions.
• Assess and report the reduction in hazardous emissions achieved through proposed substitutions.
• Compile and share recommendations and best practices for safe-by-design substitution.
• Include a dedicated task for cross-project methodology and findings dissemination.
• Collect and analyse outcomes from prior and ongoing EU projects (including Circular Bio-based Europe JU).
• Optionally refer to INCITE for large-scale industrial depollution.
• Encourage and structure citizen science under expert supervision.
• Ensure effective SSH contribution (especially citizen social science, gender studies) and adopt a multi-actor, international cooperation approach.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Two-stage submission under a blind evaluation pilot for first-stage proposals (no identifiable information in abstracts/Part B).
• Admissibility, eligibility, evaluation, financial and operational conditions as per Horizon Europe General Annexes A–G and Work Programme Part 14.
• Proposals must select and address one of seven Work Programme destinations (here: Clean environment and zero pollution) and align with its description and expected impacts.
• Page limits, layout and MGA templates defined in the Submission System and HE Programme Guide.
• Compliance with Horizon Europe Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR appointments, financial capacity checks.
• Use of specified application/evaluation form and model grant agreement (HORIZON-AG Budget-based).
• Encouraged cooperation with national Contact Points, Enterprise Europe Network, IPR Helpdesks, standardisation bodies and IT Helpdesk support.
• Admissibility, eligibility, evaluation, financial and operational conditions as per Horizon Europe General Annexes A–G and Work Programme Part 14.
• Proposals must select and address one of seven Work Programme destinations (here: Clean environment and zero pollution) and align with its description and expected impacts.
• Page limits, layout and MGA templates defined in the Submission System and HE Programme Guide.
• Compliance with Horizon Europe Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR appointments, financial capacity checks.
• Use of specified application/evaluation form and model grant agreement (HORIZON-AG Budget-based).
• Encouraged cooperation with national Contact Points, Enterprise Europe Network, IPR Helpdesks, standardisation bodies and IT Helpdesk support.
Important dates
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:04/09/2025
Application period has ended
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