PRIMARY Project Launches €900,000 Open Call for Agricultural Bioeconomy Innovation, inviting farmers, cooperatives, and regional partners to replicate sustainable processing solutions across Europe

Applications open: 9 March 2026
Deadline: 8 June 2026

What’s on offer

• Total funding: €900,000
• Number of projects: 6-9 consortia
• Grant amounts: €100,000 (2-partner consortia) or €150,000 (3-partner consortia)

Focus: Validating technical feasibility, economic viability, and adaptation and replicability of integrated value-chain solutions

Who can apply

The call targets consortia of 2-3 partners working in sustainable agricultural valorisation. Eligible applicants include farmers, cooperatives, SMEs, start-ups, NGOs, universities, and public bodies. Selected projects will receive funding to test, adapt, and demonstrate PRIMARY’s processing solutions and business model blueprints under real rural conditions.

The opportunity

PRIMARY is developing four business model blueprints for processing agricultural feedstocks including grass, greenhouse byproducts, cotton residues, and olive tree prunings. The Open Call offers regional actors the chance to adapt these models to their local contexts, demonstrating how underutilised agricultural materials can create new revenue streams for rural communities.

Successful applicants will work within the PRIMARY framework to pilot innovative bioeconomy processes, contributing to wider deployment of circular economy solutions across Europe.

About PRIMARY
PRIMARY is a Horizon Europe project developing local upcycling solutions using underutilised agricultural feedstocks. The 12-partner consortium spans Finland, Greece, and Estonia, working to create new business opportunities for farmers and cooperatives in rural areas.

How to apply
Proposals for the Open Call must be submitted digitally through the opencalls.fund platform by June 8, 2026 at 17:00 CET. The full call documentation and application procedures will be available at www.primary-project.eu from 09 March 2026.

Contact
Thanos Arampatzis
tarampatzis@reframe.food

Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101180167. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.