BioRural Online Call opens its doors to Northeastern Europe! Applications to this Circular Bioeconomy Challenge can be submitted from applicants located in Northeastern countries: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia and Ukraine. The North-East Online Call is open until 18th August 2024 (23:59h – CET).
Where to start from?
The first you need is an idea. Do you already have one? Then we encourage you to form a group with colleagues at work, students, usual collaborators, and put heads together. Transforming your idea into an application to the NE Call will require you to browse for information, read news, or consult some experts. You need to state that your idea is original, and has not been put into practice yet, but also that it is feasible, by using existing or promising technologies, applicable in rural-areas. This is well explained in the BioRural Open Call Applicants guide.
Applying for the North-East Online Call
The timing for the NE Online Call is organised in three phases:
Phase 1: Until August 18th 2024
- Prepare your application.
- Form a group of researchers, students, company technicians and submit your application.
Phase 2: Until September 6th 2024
- The evaluation committee will review the applications, and organise a meeting with each applicant. There you will be able to explain by voice your ideas!
- Among the applicants, 10-15 will be selected and have access to the North-East regional final.
Phase 3: Until October 31st 2024
- Selected applicants will be communicated to improve their applications and prepare for the final workshop, which will take place in Pulawy (Poland) in October 2024.
- Attending this workshop will be a unique experience!
To apply, it is necessary to fill in and submit the online application form for the NE Online Call, which can be found here:
Download the Applicants’ Guide and proceed to the submission of your Application in your Region! Don’t forget to advise on the Online Call Terms and Conditions.
Download | Online Call Terms and Conditions
Download | Online Call Applicants Guide
Participating has a reward!
Many entrepreneurs and innovators started like this, with an idea, and participating in one or several challenges or contests. This initial move was fundamental for many of them to get encouraged and take a step forward.
What will the NE Online Call provide you?
- Simply, by participating you will be able to visualise your idea, your group, or your organisation, and your idea will be reviewed.
- By connecting with BioRural partners and the BioRural community, you will get inspired by new ideas to improve yours, or connect with experts or providers of solutions.
- By attending the final event in Puławy, you will enjoy an enriching experience together with other participants, and come in contact with European experts, to which you will present your idea.
Special reward for the 3 best ideas!
If you are also one of the three awarded finalists, you will gain:
- Monetary rewards: first 2500 €; second 1500 €; third 1000 €.
- Access to the European final of the Bioeconomy Challenge that will take place in Brussels in 2025 along with other winning candidates from all over Europe (travel expenses covered by the BioRural project).
CONTACT POINTS
The general information for the Regional Online Calls for the EU Challenge can be consulted at BioRural referential page, where there is also Access to the Online Call Applicants Guide, as well as the Terms and Conditions. For specific details of the North-East call, you can also visit the national info pages, or contact the corresponding organisers.
NE REGIONAL RESPONSIBLE ENTITIES
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
Puławy Science and Technology Park SP z.o.o.
