EU ROUND UP – EU LAUNCHES BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH SCHEME

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a EUR3.7 billion public-private research partnership, designed to create new ways of processing bio-based materials. This could potentially create bio-chemicals of value for the paint and coatings sector.Its Bio-based Industries (BBI) initiative will spend money until 2020, with the Commission providing EUR975 million in European Union (EU) funds, leveraging a projected EUR2.73 billion from other sources.The Commission has now launched its first formal call for research project proposals which would receive funding from the ...


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