Moonshot Projects in MOT 1

All Moonshot projects are intensive, industry-driven collaborations between Flemish universities and research institutes. The projects are grouped into four Moonshot Research Trajectories (MOTs), which represent the most promising transition paths towards the 2050 ambition: a Flemish industry that is carbon-circular and low in CO2. Click the projects below to learn more.

MOT 1: Bio-Based Chemistry

Approved in 2021:

WODCA
(Full cSBO)

Waste oil to long-chain dicarboxylic acids

Approved: 2021
Start: 1/1/2022
Duration: 48 m (expected)

AC2GEN
(Full cSBO)

Acrylates from 2nd generation sugars: a powerful combination of fermentation, catalysis, and CO2 recycling

Approved: 2021
Start: 1/3/2022
Duration: 48 m (expected)

Approved in 2020:

FUCATIL
(cSBO)

Full carbon utilization: conversion of abundant Flemish waste streams into platform chemicals using advanced separation and catalytic technologies

Approved: 2020
Start: 1/3/2021
Duration: 36 m (expected)

GREEN-B2B
(cSBO)

Acid catalyzed production of green butadiene from butanediols

Approved: 2020
Start: 1/3/2021
Duration: 18 m

TACBIO
(cSBO)

Thermoacidophilic cell factories for innovative biorefinery solutions

Approved: 2020
Start: 15/4/2021
Duration: 18 m

Approved in 2019:

NIBCON
(cSBO)

Novel integrated biorefinery concepts for a carbon neutral bio-economy

Approved: 2019
Start: 01/01/2020
Duration: 18 m

PILLAR
(LSI)

Unique pilot infrastructure for innovative catalytic biorefinery of lignocellulosic material to functional bio-aromatics

Approved: 2019
Start: 01/03/2020
Duration: 36 m

PADDL
(cSBO)

Polymer additives from lignin building blocks

Approved: 2019
Start: 01/03/2020
Duration: 18 m

Projects MOT 2 Circularity of Carbon in Materials
Projects MOT 3 Elecrification & Radical Process Transformation
Projects MOT 4 Energy Innovation