Between May 2025 and May 2026 fifteen Pilot and Demonstration Infrastructures (PDIs), all part of the “Pilots4U powered by COPILOT” scale-up community, are opening their doors for a Study Visit and Workshop, open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and part of the COPILOT/PILOTS4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme. The PDIs are located across Europe and active in a variety of technology areas relevant for the bioeconomy.
To facilitate bioeconomy innovators and enablers in attending these events, COPILOT opens OPEN CALL 3, to issue travel vouchers (€500 each). With these vouchers, the COPILOT project will encourage access to and a better knowledge and understanding about the purpose and work of pilot and demonstration infrastructures, as well as access to a vibrant bio-economy community, networking and matchmaking. Simultaneously, the vouchers will foster collaboration, expand horizons and support scale-up endeavors for the bioeconomy in Europe.
Open Call 3 (OC3) will allow bioeconomy innovators and enablers to apply for a €500 Travel Voucher to attend the study visit and workshop of their choice.
OC3 will open two times:
- OC3 – Part 1: Opens on 10 March 2025 and closes on 8 May 2025 (5 pm CET), travel voucher application for study visits in 2025.
- OC3 – Part 2: Opens on 15 September 2025 and closes on 13 November 2025 (5 pm CET), travel voucher application for study visits taking place in 2026.
The list of proposed study visits and workshops can be found below and in more detail on the Copilot event page
What’s the purpose of this Open Call?
The aim of the COPILOT OPEN CALL 3 is to issue 100 travel vouchers (500 € per applicant) for bioeconomy innovators and enablers to facilitate their attendance at one of the study visits and related trainings organised by fifteen different Pilot and Demonstration Infrastructures (PDIs) located across Europe and active in a variety of technology areas relevant for the bioeconomy.
Are you eligible to apply?
Travel vouchers are for:
- Bioeconomy innovators: to be start-ups, start-ups, spin-offs, scale-ups and SMEs
- Enablers in the bioeconomy domain: Investors, Research and technology organisations, Incubators, Cluster representatives, Representatives of relevant public authorities / policy-makers responsible for bio-economy sector and research and innovation in an eligible Horizon Europe country, Corporates.
The location of the study visit at a pilot or demo infrastructure needs to be located more than 300 km away from the location of the organisation of the applicant. The timeline and the location of study visits is published HERE.
Additional eligibility conditions can be found in the Open Call 3 Guidelines for Applicants.
All information and details on the project, the Open Call and the application documentation can be found on the Pilots4U powered by COPILOT website.
Or if you are already convinced, you can apply HERE!
