COPILOT Extra Call4Travel Vouchers - Open call 3 - Pitch Perfect 2

Identifier: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-S-01 Status: Open Submission procedure: single-stage Opening date: 2026-07-01 Deadline: 2026-10-10 Budget: €15,000 COPILOT expects the following mandatory tasks to be completed: Mandatory action: • Attend and pitch at the event Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026 and participate in the feedback survey/evaluate the event • Follow the LinkedIn page Pilots4U powered by COPILOT and create one post about your pitch with the support of the COPILOT funding Travel report: Provide travel report 10 working days after the event (Annex 5 to sub-grant agreement - Travel Report) Payment: After successful review of the travel report and within 5 working days (Annex 6 to sub-grant agreement - Payment Request) Project details Project acronym COPILOT Full name of the EU funded project CO-creating the next generation platform of PILOT and demo infrastructures, unlocking faster innovation and EU bioeconomy growth Grant agreement number 101157279 Topic HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-S-01 - EU-wide network of pilot plants and testing facilities, improving SMEs and start-ups' access to scale-up Programme HORIZON What do we offer? The Pilots4U powered by COPILOT project co-organises the Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026 event, organised from 30/11/2026 to 2/12/2026 at the Sheraton Brussels Airport. To facilitate access for start-ups/SMEs to this key European bioeconomy event, Pilot4U powered by COPILOT decided to issue an extra Call4-TRAVEL-VOUCHERS. The call will grant THIRTY (30) TRAVEL VOUCHERS, each worth €500, to start-ups or SMEs to attend and pitch their technologies at the Pitch Perfect and Boost the EU Bioeconomy 2026 event. The travel voucher can cover travel and/or accommodation. Who can apply? • Bioeconomy innovators: start-ups, spin-offs, scale-ups and SMEs Additional requirements: Applicants that already received funding under the COPILOT following open calls cannot apply for to OC3 Pitch Perfect 2: OPEN CALL 1: Call4BioPlants, OPEN CALL 2: Call4BioInnovators, OPEN CALL 3 – Part 1: Call4TravelVouchers, OPEN CALL 3 – Pitch Perfect: EXTRA Call4TravelVouchers , OPEN CALL 3 – PART 2: Call4TravelVouchers, OPEN CALL 3 – BIOKET: EXTRA Call4TravelVouchers ●OC2 and OC3 Part 1, OC3 BIOKET andOC3 PP 1 cannot apply to OC3 PP 2. ●Applicants can only receive/win one voucher. ●Only entities located more than 300 km from Brussels are eligible to apply. ●Submitted and confirmed pitch slot at the Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026. Evaluation criteria: Criteria 1: The applicants applying to the Voucher Network Program will have to answer a set of questions associated with the proposed activity. Their applications will be selected following the (i) what is the benefit of attending the event “Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2026” to your organisation / technology and (ii) what is the added value of Pilots4U powered by COPILOT platform and project activities for your organisation? Criteria 2 – 1 bonus point: Applicants are based in Central and Eastern Europe. Criteria 3 - 1 bonus point: Applicants that represent start-ups founded at the latest in 2020.