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 – Part 2, with the aim 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 endeavours for the bioeconomy in Europe.
Who can apply
- 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.
To be eligible for a travel voucher, the organisation of the applicant needs to be located at least 300 km away from the location of the pilot or demo infrastructure organising the study visit that the applicant would like to attend.
What is on offer
Each selected applicant will receive 500 EUR per voucher to cover the respective mandatory actions and additional activities set up in the application.
In return, COPILOT expects the following mandatory tasks to be completed: Attend the event and provide feedback, provide a travel report.
2026 Eligible visits:
Dates and how to apply
Appl yo this call by 15th December 2025 on the Pilots4U website.
You can find other open funding calls in our Funding Finder.
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