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CircularGlowUp · Funding program within the Eureka framework
Global value creation made circular.
CircularGlowUp funds collaborative research and innovation projects for circular value creation systems. These systems return materials, products, data and business models to closed loops across company and national borders.
Scientific Project
Circular value creation as a system
The funding program brings together three perspectives: business models and services, systemic connections, and the people in value creation processes. None of them works on its own.
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Business models and services
Product-service systems, leasing and usage models, and incentives that make take-back and data use economically attractive.
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Systemic aspects
New value creation loops, take-back chains and transparency across company boundaries, underpinned by standards and interoperability.
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People in value creation
Skills, data literacy and organizational development, so that employees can actively shape the change to circular processes.
Six ways into circular value creation
Six topic pages put the fundamentals in context and point to relevant projects and transfer offerings.
All topicsCircular value creation
From linear chains to closed, traceable value creation systems.
R-strategies
Reuse, repair, remanufacture, recycle: strategies for long use.
Digital product passports
Product information that travels with materials throughout their entire life cycle.
Data ecosystems and AI
Interoperable data spaces and AI-supported decisions for resilient loops.
Business models and services
Product-service systems and revenue models that make loops economically viable.
People and skills
Training and organizational development for change in companies.
Results and formats for practical use
Events, publications and tools make the project results usable for companies, research and associations.
Go to the transfer sectionEvents
Kickoff, expert forums and networking meetings of the funding program.
Webinars
Compact online formats on methods, tools and results.
Coming Soon
Hands-on working formats for companies and project partners.
Publications
Guides, studies and project profiles for further reading.
Tools and methods
Tools for life cycle assessment (LCA), product passports and business models.
Learning opportunities
Training for circular-economy skills.
Your points of contact
How to reach CircularGlowUp
General information
Questions about the funding program and the website.
Project management agency (PTKA)
Funding administration and advice.
Contact PTKA
This research and development project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) within the "The Future of Value Creation – Research on Production, Services and Work” program and managed by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA). The author are responsible for the content of this publication.