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Agrostar Kairos

Balancing food security, bioeconomy, climate and biodiversity objectives to unlock sustainable value chains

This call is closed. The submission deadline was 17 September 2026. It stays in the catalogue because these windows recur: ask to be alerted when it reopens.

What it funds

Topic on the competition between food, energy and industrial uses of agricultural and forest biomass. Projects must produce analytical tools and scenarios allowing biomass to be allocated between food and bio-based value chains without compromising food security, climate objectives and biodiversity. Relevant to agri-industry valorising by-products and crop residues. Budget EUR 12 million, 2 expected grants of EUR 6 million. Research and innovation action opened 17 April 2026, deadline 17 September 2026.

Who can apply

Consortia of research organisations, agri-industrial and bioeconomy companies, SMEs, value-chain associations, public bodies.

Access for non-resident businesses

Almeno 3 soggetti giuridici indipendenti da 3 diversi Stati membri o paesi associati, di cui almeno 1 in uno Stato membro. Nessun requisito di stabilimento locale.

Notes and caveats

Status, budget and dates verified against the official data endpoint on 27 August 2026.

Status recalculated. The managing body’s portal listed this scheme as «aperto», but the published deadline says otherwise. In such cases we go by the date.

Sources

Every piece of information on this page was read on 27 August 2026 from the pages below. Where they disagree, the managing body’s document prevails.

Keywords

agroindustriabioeconomiafiliere agroalimentariricerca e innovazione

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