The 12th call for proposals of "Bioeconomy International" is open!

The deadline for proposal submission is November 25^th 2024, 1 PM CET.

This call contains four bilateral modules with co-funding for partners from

1. Queensland/ Australia (this submission tool!)

2. Sao Paulo/ Brasilien (submission tool via www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025)

3. Thailand (submission tool via www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025)

4. Vietnam (submission tool via www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025)

Cooperation with other countries are NOT eligible (only as third countries with their own funding).

IF you have partners from Sao Paulo, Thailand or Vietnam (module 2-4) – please go to the parallel submission tool at www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025.

This submission tool is only for module 1 with partners from Queensland!

Proposals of the German partners must be submitted exclusively using this online tool. Proposals submitted via E-mail, fax, paper copy will not be considered for evaluation. For detailed information concerning the Bioeconomy International program see the official German “Bekanntmachung” under “Call Documents” (left side of the screen, in German and English). Please, use the “template for project description” (also under “Call Documents”).

This round of the program seeks to support practical and applied collaborative science and research projects in the following target areas:  

Topic 1: Agriculture and Agri-Food:

Development or advancement in using biological resources, technologies, and innovations to help transform agrifood systems so they are more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Projects may include, but are not limited to the development of biotechnology, digitalisation, data science and AI in biological systems, in areas such as crop and soil improvement, land rehabilitation, sustainable fertilisers, and pest management.

Topic 2: Bio-based product and process:

Development or advancement in converting renewable biological resources, technologies, co-products or wastes into value added products, including but not limited to bio-inspired materials, chemicals, products, and services. Projects may include development of bioproducts with novel qualities, enhanced functionalities, and improved sustainability, capable of replacing current production of unsustainable products and/or advancing innovative market applications.

Topic 3: Advancing knowledge and tools:

Projects are sought that develop and advance the biotechnological knowledge and tools that underpin a growing bioeconomy. Projects involving innovative and transformational science could include, but are not limited to:

1. the generation of very large and high quality or novel datasets using, for example, advanced multi-omics, robotics and laboratory automation, sensors, or quantum techniques;
2. integration of big data and computing (AI, bioinformatics etc.) for deepened biological knowledge and function prediction;  
3. high throughput and high efficiency building and testing of new biological systems using, for example, synthetic and engineering biology, protein and metabolic engineering, systems biology, microbial consortia and multicellular systems;
4. advancing cell-free biomanufacturing from lab via pilot to industrial scale

The Australian partners have to submit a proposal of the same content in parallel to The Queensland Government (Department of Environment and Science - DES).

Please, have a look at the Queensland Government Science Page: Queensland–Germany Bioeconomy Collaborative Science Program guidelines | Science | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (desi.qld.gov.au)

And here’s the link for the submission of the applications on Queensland's side: https://des.smartygrants.com.au/QLDBMBF2024

If you have questions regarding the application on Queensland's side, please contact:

Imogen Jones (she/her),
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation
Imogen.Jones@des.qld.gov.au
Phone: 07 3516 0484

If you have questions concerning the application procedure in Germany, please read our FAQ-document (also under “Call Documents”) or contact

Dr. Veronika Jablonowski
Tel.: +49 2461/61-5083
v.jablonowski@ptj.de or

Dr. Christian Breuer
Tel.: +49 2461-61-96929
c.breuer@ptj.de

Projektträger Jülich (PtJ)
Geschäftsbereich Biologische Innovation und Ökonomie (BIO)
EU & International Affairs (BIO 7)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
52425 Jülich