1st Open Call for Innovation Experiments

Applications are Now Closed - Thank you for Applying!

agROBOfood builds upon its existing network and ecosystem and uses the mechanism of Open Calls to provide financial support to third parties, in order to accelerate network expansion, driven by the robotics community and the European agrifood sector. Two types of Open Calls are foreseen – two Open Calls for Innovation Experiments and one Open Call for Industrial Challenges.

The 1st Open Call for Innovation Experiments ended on September 1st 2020, with 93 project proposals submitted. The evaluations are underway.

1st Open Call for Innovation Experiments

Topics for Innovation Experiments

Agricultural Robotics for Crop Production: Robotic solutions and application areas

Food Supply Chain Robotics

Livestock Robotics

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants need to be SMEs
Applicants need to apply as consortia of 2-5 partners
The coordinating SME needs to have a valid VAT number
Consortiums must consist of one end user and one technology provider
The solution provided must be based on robotic technologies
The solution provided must adress a problem of the agri-food sector
The consortium must have contact with the regional DIH (contact list below)

Open Call Documentation

Funding schema of 1st Open Call

Open Call Timeline

FAQ

For more information please refer to our frequnetly asked questions section here. The section is updated on a frequent basis to include your questions.

Contact Info

Name	Contact person	European countries
North East Europe	Jacob Kortbek	Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus
North West Europe	Erik Pekkeriet	The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Ireland
France & Italy	Frédéric Colledani	France, Italy
Iberia (South West)	Ferran Roure	Spain, Portugal
Central Eastern Europe	Marko Prokin	Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro
Central North Europe	Ahmad Issa	Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
East Mediterranean Europe	Michael Koutsiaras	Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel

AGRIFOOD ROBOTICS

agROBOfood builds the European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotics technologies in the European agri-food sector and accelerates the digital transformation to make the European agri-food sector more efficient and competitive.

ABOUT PROJECT

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 825395.

CONTACT US

Do you have questions about agROBOfood? Get in touch with us! Send us an email at info@agrobofood.eu
You can find more information about agROBOFOOD in the FAQ page!