Germany-Thailand Bioeconomy Call Announcement 2025

Funding Organization: Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B) as a co-funder for Thailand.

Priority Areas:

• Synthetic biology for the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, or re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes (e.g., orthogonal bio-systems, regulatory circuits, minimal genome approaches, and protocells).
• Systems biology to expand the knowledge of biological processes and regulatory mechanisms in intra- and intercellular processes. This includes the use of bioinformatics tools (e.g., data standardization, modeling, open repositories) and the development of new computational methods.
• Metabolic engineering for targeted optimization of microbial production strains and biological processes, including the optimization of metabolic pathways and their regulation.
• Development or advancement of technologies for production of value-added products from sustainably sourced biomass.
• Biotechnological approaches (possibly in combination with chemical ones) to transform bio-based building blocks into high-value products in a sustainable way.
• Innovations to support sustainable and resilient food systems focused on reducing or reusing wastes, enhancing efficiency, and improving circularity.
• Use of bioinformatics tools (e.g., data standardization, modeling, open repositories) for the identification and utilization of metabolic pathways, such as those useful for bio-production and strain/variety improvement.

Eligibility: Proposals must fulfil the following criteria to be eligible for funding under this Programme:

1. The proposal must have the researchers from Thailand at least 2 institutes/universities to cooperate with.
2. Lead applicants in Thailand must be;
   • Researchers and/or university professors/instructors who work in public/non-profit organization research institute or university in Thailand and are competent in conducting research with international partners.
   • The project leader must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent, possess a record of high-quality research, and be employed at a higher education institution or government agency in Thailand. Additionally, neither the project leader nor any of the research team members may have been involved in any violation of research ethics.
   • A project leader is an individual with expertise who is affiliated with a government research unit or a higher education institution nationwide and has a research track record that demonstrates their practical knowledge and abilities.
   • The project leader should have publications in international academic journals as a Corresponding or First Author, with at least 5 publications in the past 5 years or as specified by PMU-B.
   • If the project leader is a researcher in science and technology, their publications must be in journals indexed in Scopus or ISI and have an Impact Factor.
3. The proposal topic must directly address the topic outlined in the call for proposals (PMU-B).

Maximum Award: The total budget for a Thai researcher’s project can be up 5,000,000 Thai Baht over three years.

Application Process:

• The applications must be submitted to the Bioeconomy International Submission Platform: https://www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025/registration
• Thai project leader must also submit the full proposal to PMU-B through NRIIS: https://nriis.go.th

Application Deadline: 25 November 2025.

Further information: https://www.pmu-hr.or.th/portfolio/germany-thailand-bioeconomy-2569/ and https://www.bioeconomy-international.de/bi2025

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