Sweden's Innovation Agency is offering funding for innovation that provides sustainable solutions and strengthens Swedish competitiveness. This call focuses on support for developing and scaling up sustainable, circular and resource-efficient solutions for forest-based industries as well as the plastics and textile value chains.

What they are looking for:

• Forest-related industries: solutions that can contribute to more sustainable forestry with regard to climate and biodiversity, as well as to more resource-efficient use of forest raw materials.
• Plastics and textiles: solutions that contribute to more circular, resource-efficient and sustainable use of materials and products. Projects which primarily focus on replacing plastics and textiles with bio-based materials will not be funded.

To enable implementation and scaling up, each project must also investigate and develop conditions related to business models, infrastructure and production systems, laws and regulations, and culture and values.

This call is intended for projects with at least three stakeholders, such as companies, research institutes, universities and public actors. Foreign legal entities can apply for funding if they have a branch or establishment in Sweden which incurs the costs. The coordinating party must be a Swedish legal entity and operate activities in Sweden.

Projects can receive a contribution to their costs of up to SEK 5 million, depending on the nature, size and activities, for a maximum of 24 months. Companies are eligible for funding covering 25% to 60% of their costs, and research institutes and universities for up to 100% of their costs.

Apply by 4 September. See here for details.