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Bioeconomy Giants: Open Call for Scaling up & Piloting

Bioeconomy Giants is a competition giving up to £60,000 to consortiums of two to four organisations, including one primary producer, that scale up bio-based products, open to applicants based in the UK. Open, closes 31 December 2026.

Run by Innovate UK Business Connect · funded by Horizon Europe (BIOECONOMY GIANTS)

Checked against the official page (bioeconomygiants.com) on 14 Nov 2026.

Funding for up to four collaborative pilot projects that scale up high-added-value bio-based products from secondary or under-utilised agricultural, agri-food or forestry biomass. Each consortium must include a primary producer.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 31 December 2026 at 4pm

As stated: Opens: 09/11/2026 Closes: 31/12/2026 4:00pm

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £60,000

Whole fund: £280,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Any legal entity, of any type or profile, can apply as part of a consortium of 2 to 4 legal entities from EU states or Horizon Europe Associated Countries (including the UK), and each consortium must include at least one primary producer or related actor.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

agrifood, biotechnology, chemistry, materials, sustainability

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How to apply

Find out more and apply via the Bioeconomy Giants open call page, or contact the Innovate UK Business Connect Agrifood, Biotechnology or Global teams for help finding a consortium partner.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Things we could not confirm

  • Opening date is given as 09/11/2026, which is read as 9 November 2026 and is after today, so the call is not yet open.
  • Text lists the call as opening 09/11/2026 but the page does not confirm it is open now.
  • Projects last 7 months.
  • The text says the call is run by Horizon Europe and BIOECONOMY GIANTS; the Innovate UK Business Connect page is a listing. Check the call's own rules, which may apply.
  • Support Program details and mentoring are provided by the BIOECONOMY GIANTS consortium, whose own rules may apply.
  • Location lists several regions but does not give a single UK-wide area; applicants are from EU states or Associated Countries including the UK.

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