Agri-food Biomass Upcycling
This Innovation Call includes financial support for projects focusing on the development, adoption, and commercialisation of innovative upcycled ingredients for food and non-food applications, products, business processes, and technologies (including digital) that maximise the valorisation of agri-food biomass and side-streams.
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The Innovation Open Call total budget is €2.020.000
Proposals can be submitted either by a single SME or by an SMEs consortium with up to 3 SMEs
Max of €60.000 per single SME project. For collaborative €90.000
At least 15% private financial contribution (debt or own financial resources), with proof required
The maximum duration of the Innovation Projects is of 1 year
In this Info Day session you will find a detailed overview of the Call — including its scope, eligibility requirements, and application process — as well as an open Q&A where the Grappa team addresses questions from potential applicants.
The applicant's project must lead to the implementation of either a new process, a new product, or a new service or a combination of them. Besides, projects must have a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of at least 6.
Applicants can be SMEs registered at EU Member States and countries associated to the Single Market Programme
Applicants must present a well-defined project addressing the Call’s challenges, including a budget estimation, results and impacts, commercialisation strategy, and involve the use of a System Innovation Readiness Level (SIRL) assessment tool.
Laureates of the innovation projects must participate in a pitch presentation at the GRAPPA summit during the 2nd European Food Biomass and Bioeconomy Summit in June 2027. This requires an in-person participation.
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Everything you need to turn agri-food residues into market-ready circular products.
Innovation grants
through our FSTP scheme
Innovation Acceleration Sessions and technical trainings
Regional Agri-food Biomass Upcycling Networks across Europe
Internationalisation support for North America and Asia markets
European roadmap for agri-food biomass upcycling
Leading agri-food clusters united to support SME innovation across Europe.
European agri-food partnership with 7 countries and 24 NUTS2 regions, focused on circular ingredients and side-stream valorisation.
GRAPPA is supported by the European Union under the Single Market Programme (SMP – COSME). Grant Agreement No. 101235085. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Ingredients for the Bioeconomy
Please contact the Established office
Wagralim
(the Agri-Food Innovation Cluster of Wallonia)
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