EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2026
The EIC strand for frontier research on emerging technologies at a very early stage, organised around thematic challenges defined annually by the Commission. In the 2026 edition the…
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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.
Consortia of research organisations, agri-industrial and bioeconomy companies, SMEs, value-chain associations, public bodies.
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.
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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.
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