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Grant Analysis

Purpose & Target

Core objective: To develop and demonstrate Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) bio-based solutions that can effectively replace hazardous conventional chemicals used in textiles production.
Explicit identification of target recipient type and size: Textile manufacturers (including SMEs and brand owners), raw materials suppliers, process industries, regional/local officials, and workers' representatives.
MUST state if grant is 'SECTOR-SPECIFIC' or 'SECTOR-AGNOSTIC': SECTOR-SPECIFIC (Textiles production, bio-based industries, chemical engineering).
Geographic scope and any location requirements: EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries are typically eligible.
Key filtering criteria for initial grant screening: Focus on innovative bio-based alternatives for hazardous chemicals in textiles, adherence to the SSbD framework, and a multi-actor approach involving key value chain players.
Grant frequency and program context: This is part of the CBE JU 2025 call, which operates under an annual work programme, suggesting a recurring funding opportunity within the program's lifecycle.

Financial Structure

Budget range per project: EUR 7,000,000 (for Innovation Actions, HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-02).
Expected number of grants: 2 grants are expected to be funded under this specific topic.
Funding type: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based.
Co-financing requirements: Not explicitly detailed in the provided text. For Horizon Europe Innovation Actions, funding rates are typically up to 70% for for-profit entities and up to 100% for non-profit entities.
Financial reporting requirements: These are detailed in Annex G of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Eligibility Requirements

Organization Type & Structure

Multi-Actor Approach: Proposals must ensure adequate involvement of all key actors in the value chains relevant for this topic, including textiles manufacturers (especially SMEs and brand owners), raw materials suppliers, process industries, regional/local officials, and workers' representatives. This strongly indicates that a consortium is required for application.

Geographic Location

Eligible Countries: As described in Annex B of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. This generally includes all EU Member States and countries associated with Horizon Europe.

Technical & Project Specifics

Project Focus: Must demonstrate SSbD bio-based alternatives to hazardous conventional chemicals or processing routes used in the production of textiles (applicable to both bio-based and/or fossil-based textiles production).
Chemical Scope: Alternatives can target chemicals used in production processes and/or those included in the final product.
Compatibility: Innovative chemicals and/or processes must be compatible with existing textile manufacturing equipment and practices.
Performance Testing: Proposals must include testing the impact of the alternative bio-based chemical(s) and/or process on the end-product(s). This involves assessing technical performance, human health safety, and environmental impact against relevant benchmarks, considering production, use, and end-of-life (EoL) phases. All different and applicable EoL scenarios (e.g., recycling, remanufacturing) must be specified.
SSbD Framework Application: A dedicated task must be included to apply the safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) framework developed by the European Commission, encompassing the health and safety of workers and end users. Projects are expected to contribute recommendations for advancing the SSbD framework's application.
Complementarity: Proposals should ensure complementarities with past and ongoing R&I projects addressing similar challenges (e.g., projects funded under Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe, BBI JU/CBE JU projects).

Application Process

Application Timeline

Submission Session Opening: The submission session became available on 2025-04-03.
Application Deadline: The final deadline for submitting proposals is 2025-09-18 00:00:00 UTC.
Evaluation & Grant Agreement Timeline: An indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement procedures is described in Annex F of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Submission Process

Procedure: The application process follows a single-stage submission model.
Submission Platform: Applications must be submitted through the Funding & Tenders Portal.
Required Documentation: Proposal page limits and layout are described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes, and specifically in Part B of the Application Form. A new version of the Application Form (Part B) template was made available as of 2025-04-04.
Model Grant Agreement (MGA): The standard HE MGA (Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement) will be used.

Application Support

Partner Search: A partner search facility is available to help organizations find suitable collaborators for their proposals.
Available Resources: Applicants can access guidance from the Online Manual, Horizon Europe Programme Guide, Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ, Research Enquiry Service, National Contact Points (NCPs), Enterprise Europe Network, IT Helpdesk, European IPR Helpdesk, and European Standards Organisations' Research Helpdesks (CEN-CENELEC and ETSI).

Evaluation Criteria

General Evaluation & Award

Award criteria, scoring, and thresholds are detailed in Annex D of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

Specific Expected Contributions & Impact (inferred from topic scope and outcomes)

Impact: Proposals will be evaluated on their contribution to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, and the EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles. Expected indirect contribution to Objective 2 of the Mission 'Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030' (preventing and eliminating pollution).
Quality & Efficiency: The technical and market performance requirements of the SSbD bio-based solutions must be met, leading to improvement in the sustainability, circularity, and safety of the textiles industry.
Excellence: The innovativeness of the bio-based chemicals and processes proposed as substitutes for hazardous substances. The thoroughness of testing and assessment of human health safety, environmental impact, and technical performance against benchmarks across the product lifecycle (production, use, EoL).
Cross-cutting Themes: Integration of worker and end-user health and safety considerations through the comprehensive application of the SSbD framework. Potential for improved social impacts and broad socio-economic benefits along the textiles value chain. The clarity and feasibility of proposed EoL scenarios.

Compliance & Special Requirements

Regulatory Compliance

General Conditions: Proposals must adhere to general conditions regarding admissibility, eligible countries, other specific eligibility requirements, and criteria for financial and operational capacity and exclusion, all detailed in the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes (Annexes A, B, C, E).

Technical & Methodological Requirements

Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) Framework: A core requirement is to apply the SSbD framework developed by the European Commission. This includes developing recommendations to further advance the framework's application, such as defining thresholds to support criteria, improving assessment methodologies, and identifying data gaps (e.g., safety, environmental, socio-economic factors) and priorities for data collection.

Ethical & Social Standards

Health & Safety: Projects must explicitly address the human health safety and environmental impact of their solutions, particularly concerning workers and end-users throughout the production, use, and end-of-life phases.
Social Impact: Expected contribution to improved social impacts along the textiles value-chain and broad socio-economic benefits.

Intellectual Property

Policies: Legal and financial set-up of the grants, including intellectual property provisions, are described in Annex G of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. The European IPR Helpdesk is available for assistance with IP issues.

Special Considerations

Innovation Action (IA): This grant is an Innovation Action, meaning it focuses on activities closer to market, such as prototyping, testing, demonstrating, pilot projects, or scaling up innovative solutions.
Multi-Actor Approach (MAA): The requirement for adequate involvement of all key actors in the value chain is critical for successful project implementation and uptake of results.
Complementarity: Proposals are expected to ensure they complement, rather than duplicate, past and ongoing research and innovation projects in the relevant fields.
Risk Management: Implicitly required through the comprehensive assessment of health and safety impacts, and environmental risks.

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