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“SCAIRA Info Day: 2nd Open Call” (14/May): sign up for the next webinar and find out all the details of the second call!
The European project SCAIRA has opened the second call for applications of its start-up acceleration programme with the aim of continuing to provide the best advice to all those entrepreneurs and innovative projects located in France, Portugal, and Spain who wish to take their ideas to the next level.
Use this platform to complete the registration process and sign up now for the webinar “SCAIRA Info Day: 2nd Open Call”, to be held on 14 May at 11:30 am CET, to find out all the details of this second open call from its promoters.
Imminent take-off
SCAIRA offers a six-month transnational acceleration programme composed of at least five services upon a portfolio of fourteen topics divided in three blocks: legal and administrative, technical consulting, and access to market services. In parallel, individualized mentoring assistance to ensure alignment with the needs exposed is foreseen.
In short, the project proposes:
- Mentorship from industry leaders to guide you through every stage of growth.
- Access to investors and funding opportunities (public and private) to fuel your business expansion.
- Tailored workshops focused on product development, marketing, and scaling strategies.
- Networking events with key players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Who’s it for?
The programme is specially designed for start-ups, entrepreneurs and students based in the Interreg SUDOE area (France – Occitanie et Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Portugal, and Spain) who are behind innovative products and/or services with potential to be applied to the automotive and/or aerospace sector, which are characterised by their transversality. SCAIRA seeks to promote projects in initial phases or in the process of scaling up that propose implementable solutions in key fields such as technology, robotics, logistics, sustainability, industrial symbiosis, digital transformation, etc.
The challenges
Important information: To complete the registration journey through the project platform, you must demonstrate that you embody the spirit of SCAIRA. For this second call, the industrial partners of the European initiative, Airbus Atlantic, Renault Group, and Soltena, and HORSE Aveiro, an associated entity, propose a series of theoretical challenges formulated to test the concepts underpinning your project, from energy efficiency to the integration of new materials and smart systems. Read each of them carefully, and don’t hesitate to write to us if you have any questions!
Airbus Atlantic
🎯Challenge No. 1 – Circularity of manufacturing systems in the aeronautic sector.
🎯Challenge No. 2 – Implementation of sustainable supply chains through cross-industry partnerships.
Renault Group
HORSE Aveiro
SCAIRA Consortium (with Soltena as expert sponsor in sustainable transition)
🎯Challenge No. 5 – Circular Economy in the Aerospace and Automotive Industries.
➡️ Download the Open Call Guidelines for Applicants.
SCAIRA Info Day: 2nd Open Call
On May 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the webinar “SCAIRA Info Day: 2nd Open Call” will take place, a day designed to address in detail the novelties of the second call and to solve doubts about the acceleration programme. During the online event, presented by the partners of the SCAIRA project, you will learn about the programme’s objectives, the technological challenges, the schedule of activities, and how to participate. By the way, you can ask questions in French, Portuguese, and Spanish and connect with other entrepreneurs after the session.
About SCAIRA
The SCAIRA project, co-funded by the regional development programme Interreg SUDOE 2021-2027 with 1.865.807,42 euros, has as its main objective to advise entrepreneurs in southern Europe in the creation and acceleration of start-ups within the aerospace and automotive sector. The initiative will run until the end of 2026 and is driven by a collaborative consortium of twelve entities from France, Portugal, and Spain with proven experience in the management of European projects and in the field of industrial transition and smart specialisation.
Partners
- Aerospace Valley (France).
- Renault Group (Spain).
- Airbus Atlantic (France).
- Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (Spain).
- Clúster de la indústria de l’automoció de Catalunya (Spain).
- FUNDECYT-PCTEX (Spain).
- HIESE (Portugal).
- IMT Mines Alès (Spain).
- Soltena (France).
- MOBINOV (Portugal).
- CEEIM (Spain).
- Communauté d’agglomération Rochefort Océan (France).
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