Maximum valorisation of sustainably sourced bio-based feedstock in multi-product, zero-waste, zero-pollution biorefinery

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Code: 23522 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IAFlag-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The objective of this topic is to deploy solutions with the highest circularity levels, while extracting maximum value from the bio-based feedstock to produce bio-based products in the scope of CBE and prevent and control any pollution from bio-based industries.

Scheme to Promote Energy Efficiency Investments by Small and Medium Enterprises and Non-Profit Organisations

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Code: 23514 | Identifier Code: C2.1I1 | Programme name: 13600 | Start submission calls: 09/07/2024 | End submission calls: 31/12/2024

The Plan aims to promote energy saving investments in buildings and facilities, owned and/or used by small and medium enterprises and non-profit organizations. Specifically, energy efficiency measures are targeted in existing buildings as well as in existing facilities, infrastructures and production units that currently have a high energy consumption.

High performance bio-based polymers for market applications with stringent requirements

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Code: 23511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The wide variety of molecular structures of bio-based polymers can offer significant opportunities to develop products tailored to specific applications.
Tailor-made bio-based polymers for these applications can benefit from their inherent physical/chemical properties, and from their potentially higher sustainability when compared with fossil-based counterparts. Some of these specialty polymers or their components may heavily depend on imports from outside the EU. Their production routes need to be designed, and their properties tested and proven useful and applicable under stringent conditions as demanded by specific market sectors. Innovative bio-based polymers in scope may be synthesised from bio-based building blocks, produced through biotechnology, other sustainable bio-based processing technologies, or through the functionalisation with biocatalysts or by other means of biopolymers extracted from bio-based feedstock.

Bio-based coatings, barriers, binders, and adhesives

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Code: 23509 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-02 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

Packaging, construction, agriculture, aquaculture, marine operations, textiles, furniture, wood-based industry and transport are some of the industrial sectors looking for bio-based alternatives to fossil-based coatings, barriers, binders, and adhesives.

The abovementioned sectors can benefit from bio-based alternatives with improvements in both areas through biotechnological solutions and other innovative technologies available; however, so far only a few products are available. Research should focus on novel, viable alternatives in collaboration with customers, consumers and end users.

Circular-by-design bio-based materials to improve the circularity of complex structures

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Code: 23507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-03 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The recycle of the complex structures (e.g., multi-layered products, multi-material products and composites) remain a challenge that needs to be tackled can often be challenging due to their composition but also due to differences in practices across Europe in sorting, collection, and treatment of waste. Research and innovation should address current materials/components (in the aforementioned complex structures) that are currently fossil-based, or non-circular bio-based or partly bio-based/fossil-based, aiming for circular bio-based alternatives.

Proteins from alternative and unconventional sources

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Code: 23501 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-04 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

Today’s largest source of protein for human consumption is based on farm animals, which often involve multiple sustainability issues. Moreover, low-grade or speciality proteins not suitable for food or feed applications could serve as feedstock for the bio-based industry.

Biogenic carbon capture and use (CCU) for circular bio-based products

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Code: 23497 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The circular economy and the sustainable bioeconomy sectors need to promote technological solutions for carbon capture and use (CCU) and the production of sustainable renewable-carbon-based products.

Biogenic carbon capture and use (CCU) for circular bio-based products

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Code: 23465 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The circular economy and the sustainable bioeconomy sectors need to promote technological solutions for carbon capture and use (CCU) and the production of sustainable renewable-carbon-based products.

Cooperative business models for the sustainable mobilisation and valorisation of agricultural residues, by-products, and waste in rural areas

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Code: 23356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-02 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

Successful proposals will support the Bioeconomy Strategy and the Common Agriculture Policy by promoting diverse forms of cooperation among primary producers to produce sustainable valueadded bio-based products in fair bio-based value chains.

Alternative sources for high added value food and/or feed ingredients

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Code: 23354 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IAFlag-02 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

In line with the Farm to Fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, biodiversity strategy, and the European Green Deal priorities, successful proposals will support the large-scale production of high value food and or feed ingredients from alternative sustainable sources (excluding animal sources), without impacting or regenerating local biodiversity and ecosystems.

Sustainable fibres biorefineries feedstock

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Code: 23352 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-05 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

A successful proposal will contribute to the European Green Deal, the EU Bioeconomy strategy and its action plan, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the Sustainable Textiles strategy, the Zero pollution action plan25, as well as the New European Bauhaus initiative and the EU Industrial Strategy, as well as the upcoming Sustainable Product initiative41. The growth of European fibrous bioeconomy is also a powerful tool for revitalising marginal areas suffering from desertification or experiencing socio-economic difficulties.

Developing and validating monitoring systems of environmental sustainability and circularity: collection of best practices and benchmarks

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Code: 23350 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-S-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2022 | End submission calls: 22/09/2022

The successful proposal will support bio-based industries, traders, and certification companies in tracing environmental impacts and circularity of industrial bio-based systems to enable responsible production in the industrial bio-based systems in the EU, in line with the 2030 Climate Target Plan and the EU Zero pollution action plan. Project outcomes will contribute to enhancing circular biobased systems to operate according to planetary boundaries, replacing fossil-based systems and their carbon footprint, mitigating climate change, restoring biodiversity, and protecting air, water, and soil quality along supply chain of biological feedstock and industrial value chains within the EU and Associated Countries and across borders.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome: Monitoring systems and assessment of the environmental impacts and circularity of bio-based systems for the EU single market and for international trade.

European command and control system

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Code: 23348 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-C4ISR-EC2 | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

An effective and robust EU military C2 capability for missions and operations is an essential element of the overall EU effort regarding the CSDP. The lack of an adequate Joint C2 system in the EU military C2 structure is a critical shortfall identified in the EU High Impact Capability Goals 2020 and capability development processes in the area of cross-domain capabilities contributing to achieve EU’s Level of Ambition (LoA), particularly, capabilities to operate autonomously within EU’s LoA. This is especially pressing for the development of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which is currently not able to achieve the Full Operational Capable status with the current C2 and CIS arrangements. Interoperability with existing or in-development national C2 systems is of key importance in order to ensure the seamless coordination of joint and combined (EU) military operations.

Naval Collaborative Surveillance

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Code: 23346 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-NAVAL-NCS | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

In the context of a changing geopolitical landscape, European Military Forces are facing new and evolving threats that are smaller, faster and more diverse, with increased manoeuvrability, like for instance Ballistic Missiles (BMs), Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) and Hypersonic Cruise Missiles (HCM), and swarmed attacks in a sensor adverse environment (e.g., stealth target, high target mix, environmental clutter, electronic attack).

Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) in the naval domain requires new technological developments to ensure lasting superiority at sea of EU naval surface vessels. Successful engagement to counter new threats can only be done by significantly reducing times as regards detection, tracking, identification and engagement.

EU navies already operate a variety of high-end sensors and weapons controlled by several combat management system, interconnected through Tactical Data Links (TDL) and other communication means, or have these under development. However, communications used nowadays (e.g., TDL 16/22) do not provide the speed, precision, configuration and update rate that enable successful engagements of future threats. Key challenge is to move from these existing capabilities to a naval collaborative surveillance ability in the Above Water Warfare (AWW) domain, based on real-time Plot Level Data Exchange and Fusion (PLDEF), emanating from diverse and heterogeneous platforms (ships or aerial) and relying on adequate and resilient communication means.

This new Naval Cooperative Surveillance (NCS) capability is considered as a first step and the basis for a capability on effector coordination (i.e., Force Threat Evaluation and Weapon Assignment) and Naval Collaborative Engagement (NCE).

Airborne electronic warfare

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Code: 23343 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-AIR-AEW | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

The proliferation of advanced long-range Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS), incorporating threats that can operate across different frequency bands and attack aircraft at ranges up to 400 km, could create Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) areas.
In such A2/AD areas, which could equally affect EU Member States’ and associated countries’ airspace, air operations including projection of forces by air would not be possible in case of emergence of a crisis.

As European forces increasingly face sophisticated long range IADS and A2/AD systems, airborne electronic attack (AEA) capabilities become essential to create safe bubbles around formations of aircraft. From the operational perspective, the AEA
capability must be able to mitigate Electro Magnetic (EM) threats in the largest possible Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum used in military operations. The effects should be coordinated with stand-in, stand-off, self-protection of manned and
unmanned platforms. This implies to operate in a consistent and a synergetic way all the assets of the electronic warfare (transmitter, receiver) that would be in motion and in different places.

Space-based missile early warning

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Code: 23341 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-SPACE-SBMEW | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

Taking into full consideration the ongoing EU, Member States and Norway funded activities in this domain, the topic general objective is to contribute to the further development of a European space-based early warning capability against various types of missile threats: ballistic, hypersonic and anti-satellites (ASAT). This topic will focus on the one hand, on the consolidation of the overall system architecture and on the other hand, on the development of the critical technologies needed for such capability.

Deployable special operations forces multi-environment command post and C2 System

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Code: 23338 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-C4ISR-SOFC2 | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

In the context of CSDP operations, Small Joint Operations (SJO) conducted by Special Operation Forces (SOF) can provide a wide array of flexible military options for a rapid and effective response to the whole spectrum and all the stages of the fastevolving crisis management landscape. The use of SOF can evidently decrease the risk of escalation that is generally associated with the employment of larger and more visible combat forces. Furthermore, SOF can be used in order to prepare and
incorporate the full capacity and rapid deployment of such larger EU military forces and reinforce their operational capacities when they are already deployed in an operational theatre, in order to stabilise a deteriorating situation.

SOF can also contribute to the effort to maintain the maritime security across Mediterranean Sea, to conduct maritime security and interdiction operations in the context of combating maritime terrorist, to mitigate refugee flows and intercept illegal
trafficking of people and goods.

Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations

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Code: 23331 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-LS-RA-SMERO-NT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

This call encourages the driving role of innovative SMEs in bringing forward innovation defence research, possibly by adapting technologies from civil applications or addressing hybrid warfare. Successful SME beneficiaries may be offered Business Coaching, to reduce the time of bringing the results to the next phase, e.g., development.

Collaborative combat for land forces

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Code: 23316 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-GROUND-CGC | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

In the next 10 to 15 years, the evolution of threats will drastically change the management of land operations linked to other domains. Our forces will face a new conflict, including technological dissemination and porosity between different categories of opponents. Future asymmetric enemies will benefit from this dissemination, which may include advanced systems such as long-range antitank missiles as well as armoured vehicles and unmanned autonomous aerial and ground systems (UAxS). Threats will also reveal through immaterial and non-kinetic actions (information, cyber, electromagnetic), and even through hybrid warfare (mix of
military and non-military activities). Space, which supports air-land operations, will also become a domain of confrontation.

Medium-size semi-autonomous surface vessel

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Code: 23314 | Identifier Code: EDF-2022-DA-NAVAL-MSAS | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 24/11/2022

The goal is to study, design, prototype and test a medium-sized semi-autonomous surface vessel (MSAS) with at least an ISR modular mission payload. Medium-sized should be understood as a vessel that can host the designed mission modules, be optionally manned based on the level of ambition described in scope and functional requirements sections of this call text.