Sustainable biodegradable novel bio-based plastics: innovation for sustainability and end-of-life options of plastics

Call Updates

Feb 8, 2023 8:04:41 PM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 16 June 2021

Deadline: 01 September 2022

Available budget:

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

May 25, 2022 3:34:02 PM

CALL UPDATE: GENERALISED FEEDBACK AFTER STAGE 1

GENERALISED FEEDBACK for successful applicants after STAGE 1 

In order to best ensure equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the Evaluation Summary Reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but this gen

Information & tips Shortcomings/minor shortcomings found in proposals of stage-1 evaluation of HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage:

• Proposals do not always provide key performance measurable indicators for monitoring the objectives;
• Some proposals do not mention all relevant stakeholder, or the involvement of stakeholders is not demonstrated, particularly for consumers. The input from citizens and civil society is not sufficiently taken into account in the context of potential benefits from project’s results;
• Some proposals do not clearly present the TRL of each element/process associated;
• Proposals are not always comprehensive in relation to data collection and data management;
• Some proposals describe innovation potential in qualitative terms and do not demonstrate the progress in terms of new products, services and organizational model;
• Some proposals do not provide quantifiable impact indicators;
• Some proposals are not sufficiently clearly presenting how many patent applications the proposal aims to submit;
• Some proposals do not clearly present how they intend to address social acceptance and wide-range applicability of bio-plastics;
• Some proposals lack detail on the possible amount and waste types that might be generated during the production process compared to the conventional plastics production;

In your stage 2 proposal, you have a chance to address or clarify these issues.

Please bear in mind that your full proposal will now be evaluated more in-depth and possibly by a new group of outside experts.

Please make sure that your full proposal is consistent with your short outline proposal. It may NOT differ substantially. The project must stay the same.

May 20, 2022 10:45:41 AM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 06 October 2021

Deadline: 15 February 2022

Available budget:

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage : €12.000.000,00

In accordance with General Annex F of the Work Programme, the evaluation of the first-stage proposals was made looking only at the criteria ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for both criteria was 4. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the two individual scores) was set for each topic/type of action with separate call-budget-split at a level that allowed the total requested budget of proposals admitted to stage 2 be as close as possible to 3 times the available budget (and not below 2.5 times the budget):

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage (Sustainable biodegradable novel bio-based plastics: innovation for sustainability and end-of-life options of plastics): 8 points

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

 For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation_en

Feb 25, 2022 9:43:04 AM

PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage_stage1 has closed on the 15th of February 2022.

98 proposals have been submitted.                                                                                                   

The breakdown per topic is:

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage: 27

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2022.

Oct 28, 2021 12:00:03 AM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage(HORIZON-IA)

Sustainable biodegradable novel bio-based plastics: innovation for sustainability and end-of-life options of plastics

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage)
Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: two-stage
Planned opening date: 28 October 2021
Deadline dates: 15 February 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time
01 September 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Successful proposals will support the uptake of bio-based innovation with high environmental and functional performance of products, processes and services along value chains and life cycles by bio-based industry, in line with European Green Deal objectives. Project outcomes will contribute to foster European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence, by lowering the environmental footprint and enabling climate-neutrality and higher resource efficiency along value chains.

Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome:

• Bio-based plastics value chains are deployed with improved functionalities and environmental performances, less toxicity substances, lower waste production and better product safety control along the whole value chain.

Scope:

There is a need to develop innovative, sustainable bio-based and biodegradable plastics with novel properties and production processes to deliver environmentally friendly materials with the desired properties for long-term circular applications, markets and uses. The approach should combine environmental sustainability, circularity and functionality of the developed products and of the supply chain. Results should be aligned to recent policy developments on plastics.

Proposals should:

Develop novel sustainable bio-based biodegradable plastics with enhanced functionalities, circularity and environmental sustainability, based on their non-toxic nature and improved end-of-life behaviour, for specific applications. The bio-based plastic should be mechanically recyclable and its biodegradability in specific environments should allow for a more sustainably managed end-of-life such as either composting or anaerobic digestion or home composting or in ‘in-situ’ degradation (i.e. natural soil and marine environments) depending on applications and conditions.
Develop and optimise innovative aspects of the production process, for example green chemistry and/or fermentative production, especially with respect to catalysts, higher yield, bio-based plastic quality, while ensuring the sustainability of biological feedstock used in the manufacturing, including biological waste and residues, and of production processes, aiming at a low environmental footprint and economic viability.
Test the biodegradability in the specific environment where the bio-based plastic developed for selected applications and conditions could end its life cycle, i.e. either composting plant or anaerobic digester, or home composting, or in ‘in-situ’ degradation (i.e. natural soil and marine environments);
Consider process and product safety (i.e. production through to the use of a product) in value chains, especially for new products and materials, following national or EU regulations. The toxicological evaluation of products and the EU regulatory requirements for product safety should be systematically addressed as part of proposals/projects, in particular where uses may be linked to critical exposure routes (e.g. food contact materials).
Demonstrate the scaled-up production processes and cost competitiveness for novel sustainable bio-based biodegradable plastics in order to reach a critical mass for a given bio-based plastic, to achieve economies of scale.
Proposals should include a task dedicated to sharing methodologies and findings with projects funded within this topic. Where relevant, proposals should seek links with and to capitalise on the results of past and other ongoing research projects. They should take a multidisciplinary approach, involving many stakeholders and fields of applications and considering various aspects along the bio-based plastics value chain, including EU rules on product safety. They should also consider contributing data and results to the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy hosted by the JRC.

For this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.

Specific Topic Conditions:

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

Cross-cutting Priorities:

Ocean sustainability and blue economy