Future technologies for the industrial bioeconomy
Funding guideline of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
22.01.2025
The BMBF's funding guideline supports research and development projects in the industrial bioeconomy that promote the development of competitive bioprocesses and biotechnological products. The aim is to replace fossil fuels with renewable resources. The industrial bioeconomy closes cycles, promotes a resource-efficient, climate-neutral industry and opens up paths to novel, bio-based products.
Specifically, the funding guideline is intended to support the transfer of research results into application and the integration of bioeconomic solutions into practice. This contributes to the implementation of the BMBF's National Bioeconomy Strategy. The research and development projects must deal with the industrial bioeconomy and be characterized by the following points:
- Focus on the needs of industry
- Effective contribution to the transformation towards sustainability
- Stimulus for innovative key technologies
Both collaborative and individual projects are eligible for funding. Eligible applicants include companies, in particular SMEs, universities, non-university research institutions and scientific institutes. The project management organization responsible for funding is Project Management Jülich, to which an electronic project outline must be submitted in the first stage of the procedure and a formal funding application in the second stage.
The funding guideline applies from the day of its publication (20.11.2024) for an indefinite period of time, unless the basis under state aid law (GBER) expires.
The funding guideline is supplemented by the call for funding "Innovative bioproduction for a climate-neutral industry". This primarily addresses the chemical industry and promotes industrially relevant products with a high impact for a resource-efficient and climate-neutral industry. The processes should have realistic prospects for large-scale application and address industrial needs.
The associated project outlines must be submitted by March 3, 2025 and must demonstrate the ecological and economic potential of the approach both qualitatively and quantitatively.
