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FCT is a member of the ERA-NET Plant Genomics, a collaborative network of 23 funding agencies from 17 countries, with programmes in plant genomics. ERA-PG aims to stimulate excellent research, drive innovation and create a fruitful environment for commercial exploitation in Europe. ERA-PG, supported by the European Commission 6th Framework Programme for research, contributes to building the European Research Area (ERA).
Launched at 2008, the second ERA-PG joint call entitled ‘Strengthening the European Research Area in plant genomics – integrating new technologies in plant science’ targeted research projects using plant genomics based technologies to answer biological questions of relevance to the development of a strong and competitive European bio-economy. The participants in this call were: Austria, Flanders (Belgium), Canada, Finland, Germany, Israel, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Twelve transnational projects were funded with a total budget of approximately 16.5 Million €. This call was a joint initiative of eight partners of ERA-PG in collaboration with one more funding organisation from Austria, and funding organisations from Canada. All 54 applications submitted were eligible, so the success rate was 22%.
ERA-PG launched its first joint call in 2006 with a total budget of 35 Million €. The main topic of research was ‘Structuring Plant Genomic Research in Europe’, which was divided into two:
The call was addressed to plant genomic researchers in Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom.
The ERA-PG Sub Call A consortium granted the 15 out of 44 submitted full proposals, with a total budget of nearly 21 Million €.
The ERA-PG Sub Call B consortium granted 14 proposals (of which 13 public-private partnerships) out of 30 submitted full proposals, with a total budget of 16.6 Million €.
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