The first call for projects within the National Growth Fund program Biobased Circular was opened on March 19. BioBased Circular paves the way for the Netherlands to switch to the use of climate-neutral materials. The program is developing a new industry that produces, among other things, plastics, plastics and building materials that can compete with the current ones in terms of properties, attractiveness and price. With one big difference: they exchange fossil carbon compounds for plant-based ones.
A total budget of 10 million euros is available. Projects can be registered within the format of the MOOI scheme of RVO.nl.
The call is open to projects in the areas of:
- Sustainable bio-raw materials: development of one or more new bio-raw materials for the conversion of chemical building blocks into polymers.
- New generation building blocks and biopolymers: development of a new generation of bio-based building blocks (such as polyols, dicarboxylic acids or hydroxycarboxylic acids) and polyesters from them.
- Circular product design: (re)design of new products based on bio-based materials for sectors such as construction and interior design, textiles and packaging.
Please note: pre-registration of a project is mandatory and is possible until April 18. The final application must be submitted no later than September 5.
