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Date: 29 Jan 2026 Venue: Sketchley Grange Hotel, Leicestershire For more information and to register, see HERE. As industries face increasing pressure to reduce carbon intensity, secure sustainable inputs and move away from fossil-derived chemicals, biogenic COâ‚‚ and circular energy systems are emerging as critical solutions. While rooted in the …
While the European Union is updating some of its sustainability and supply chain rules to simplify reporting requirements,  its new Bioeconomy Strategy published on 27 Nov 2025 shows both commitment and ambition. The new Strategy revises the 2012 version and its 2018 update. The four main goals identified in the Strategy …
Last month the Environment Agency’s Chief Regulator reported that serious pollution incidents from waste management activities increased by 57% over the previous year. The waste sector accounted for almost a quarter of all serious pollution incidents, more than any other regulated sector. For the overall report see here, and for …
Deadline:Â 30 Dec 2025 The Processes Young Investigator Award was established in 2020 to acknowledge the achievements of young investigators in the field of processes/systems in chemistry, biology, material, energy, environment, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, automation control, catalysis, separation, particle and allied engineering. Nominations are accepted from June to December every …
Deadline:Â Fri 9 Jan 2026 at 23:00 UKÂ The Better Water 4 All Network+ is inviting members to propose Working Groups (WG) on focused topics within the broad scope of the Network (https://water4allnet.ac.uk/technical-themes). WG activities include: developing partnerships and joint programmes/events with various stakeholders, co-developing strategic roadmaps, horizon scanning, organizing …
Huge thanks to Angela Bywater for her timely and thorough update from the 2025 ADBA National Conference – she is a major motivating force in this area, both within and well beyond EBNet. Another excellent Summary of Key Insights from the event is now available from the ADBA team on …
Angela Bywater from the Global Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB), who is also our former EBNet Network Co-Manager and a pillar of the AD WG, reports on some highlights of ADBA‘s recent National Conference: “With a packed house and a long waiting list, the 2025 ADBA National Conference had a buzz …
UKRI has now announced the successful bids for two flagship doctoral training initiatives designed to strengthen the UK’s talent pipeline. On behalf of our colleagues at the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC), one of EBNet’s successor organisations, we are delighted to share its new programme in Engineering Biology for Environmental …
Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grants are for researchers based at universities, institutions of higher education or registered charities with university-equivalent research capacity, to undertake an innovative and original research project. Grants may be held for up to five years. The maximum grant value is ÂŁ500k. The grant provides research staff …
‘The circular bioeconomy is directly linked to environmental systems and is essential for the sustainable use of biological resources’, states the seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), a major UN report launched on 9 December 2025. The report highlights that circular economy and biobased solutions hold key opportunities to align economic …
An episode of the BBC’s Panorama programme aired on 1 Dec 2025 with the title The Truth about Forever Chemicals.  While EBNet’s PFAS WG and the EBIC Hub obviously take this issue very seriously indeed, we are not sure some of the apparent messages here were very helpful. The programme …
The next phase of the UK–Ukraine Horizon Europe collaboration initiative is now open. Following a nationwide call, Ukrainian universities have submitted project ideas designed to foster academic cooperation, strengthen research partnerships, and stimulate innovation exchange with UK higher education institutions. These ideas are a milestone in joint efforts to build …
Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026 The journal Environments has announced a special issue on Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment and Surveillance (see here for details). Topics include: Pathogen surveillance (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, emerging viruses, and antimicrobial resistance genes); Community exposure assessment for illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and environmental toxins; Technological innovations in sample collection, high-throughput sequencing, …
Continuing a theme from a recent post on Microbial ecology and drinking water biofiltration, two papers below are well worth a look. They are on linked topics and are published in conference proceedings, with full papers on the way: so a thought-provoking taster for what is to come. Prof Cindy …
Dates: 11 and 17 Dec 2025, online On 11 Dec 2025 an online European Commission Info Day will present the topics in the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) Work Programme 2026-2027. Call types will include both Coordination & Support and Research & Innovation actions. On 17 …
