European Commission - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
European Commission - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
09/22/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/23/2025 04:22
CBE JU call closes with 248 project proposals submitted
The CBE JU programme office has received 248 project proposals by the 18 September deadline for the 2025 call. Applicants have requested over €1.42 billion in CBE JU funding, against the indicative call budget of €172 million. Evaluation of the project proposals will take place in October-November 2025, and applicants will receive the call results in the second half of January 2026.
The 2025 CBE JU call invited applicants to submit project proposals across 13 different topics to advance competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe.
The submitted proposals are distributed per topic as follows:
Innovation actions - flagship (IA-flagship)
Innovation actions (IA)
Research and innovation actions (RIA)
Coordination and support actions (CSA)
The CBE JU programme office will now check the admissibility and eligibility of all the proposals submitted. The evaluation of the proposals will be carried out with the help of external experts in October-November 2025, and the applicants will receive information about the outcomes of the evaluations in the second half of January 2026. Once the grant agreement preparation with the proposals retained for funding is completed, CBE JU will sign the grant agreements, which is expected to occur in May 2026.
More information: CBE JU 2025 call page
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