Moonshot Projects in MOT 2

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.

Circularity of Carbon in Materials

Approved in 2021:

CYCLOPS
(cSBO)

Chemical recycling of oxygenated polymer materials

Approved: 2021
Start: 01/03/2022
Duration: 48 m (expected)

CLARIFY
(LSI)

Pilot scale de-inking and de-lamination of plastic waste

Approved: 2021
Start: 01/01/2022
Duration: 36 m

Approved in 2020:

RENOVATE

Solvent-resistant nano- and ultrafiltration: opening new perspectives in plastic recycling

Approved: 2020
Start: 01/03/2021
Duration: 18 m

Multilayer

A combined dissolution, delamination and catalysis approach to upcycling of multilayered packaging materials

Approved: 2020
Start: 01/03/2021
Duration: 18 m

PREFER

The plastics refinery: no more waste

Approved: 2020
Start: 01/03/2021
Duration: 48 m

Approved in 2019:

ReSet

Circular thermosets by design: recycling the unrecyclable

Approved: 2019
Start: 01/03/2021
Duration: 18 m

CoRe²

Circular use of step-growth end-of-life polymers for monomer/oligomer recovery and re-use

Approved: 2019
Start: 01/03/2021
Duration: 18 m

Program Details MOT2

All Projects

Projects in MOT 1 Bio-Based Chemistry

Projects in MOT 3 Electrification & Radical Process Transformation

Projects in MOT 4 Energy Innovation