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R&D Projects

Call for SR&TD Project Grants - 2020

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Evaluation Panel - 2020

Coordination

Darren Reynolds
University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

Evaluation

Alistair Boxall
University of York, United Kingdom
Andre Faaij
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Bjarne W. Strobel
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jelena Radjenovic
ICREACatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Spain
Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Aalborg University, Denmark
Joachim Werner Zang
Federal Institute of Gois, Brazil
Juan Manuel Lema
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Michele Stanley
Scottish Marine Institute, United Kingdom
Mira Petrovic
Chemical and Environmental Research Institute of Barcelona, Spain
Nicolas Kalogerakis
Technical University of Crete, Greece
Petros Samaras
Technological Education Institute, Greece
Robin Thorn
University of the West of England, United Kingdom

Projects assigned

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0051/2020

Upgrading wastewater treatment via synergistic adsorption-degradation of organic microcontaminants by enzyme-modified magnetic carbons
Vânia Maria Amaro Calisto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0079/2020

Microplastics on Indoor Particulate Matter: the Impact on Lung Function
Joana Vieira Barbosa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0474/2020

Engineering the sponge function of Portuguese pasture soils to sustainably combat desertification
Frank Verheijen
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0918/2020

SpyDiamond - Sensing and Elimination of Emerging Pollutants and Microplastics in Aquatic Environment
Ana Violeta Oliveira Morais de Sousa Girão
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0927/2020

From biomass to nanocellulose: a valorization strategy for water remediation
Patricia Lisandri de Souza Peixoto
REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia - Associação (REQUIMTE-P)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/0987/2020

Water quality from source to tap: early Warning and Risk Mitigation strategies to protect human health
Ana Rita Lado Teixeira Ribeiro
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1376/2020

Green Infrastructures for Better living Environments under a climate, air quality and health nexus
Joana Cardoso Ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1390/2020

Pesticides: A Friend or a Foe? Two case studies in Portugal
Ana Margarida Proença Vicente
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1625/2020

Biochar applications for upgrading of municipal wastewater treatment value chain
Flávio Gonzaga Castro Santos Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1657/2020

Autonomous system to improve indoor air quality in vehicles.
Ana Patrícia da Silva Fernandes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1667/2020

Reuse of Treated Urban Wastewaters - Risk assessment, study and analysis of alternatives for disinfection and removal of emerging compounds for different uses.
Rita Maurício
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/1989/2020

Ambient air quality in the Euro-Region Galicia-North Portugal: assessment and evolution under a climate change scenario
Margarida Maria Correia Marques
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2029/2020

Clean combustion of pyrolysis gas
Luís António da Cruz Tarelho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2177/2020

Land and soil: a framework to a sustainable land use in life cycle assessment
Paula Sofia Gil Neto Quinteiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2481/2020

Integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis for the valorization of green and urban wastes
Maria Helena Gomes de Almeida Gonçalves Nadais
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2543/2020

Boosting treated wastewater reuse through the development of a decision tool for water industry and a citizen awareness strategy.
Vânia Sofia Serrão de Sousa
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2606/2020

Big data to improve atmospheric emission inventories
Diogo Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2649/2020

Charcoal production in Portugal: real contribution to air pollutant emissions
Cátia Vanessa Maio Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/2810/2020

Early-warning biofouling monitoring on pro-adhesion surfaces: a new integrated approach to improve Legionella prevention in Cooling Water Systems
Ana Alexandra Silva Pereira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3034/2020

Towards efficient removal of pesticides from agro-industrial wastewaters through combined adsorption and sunlight-induced photodegradation using magnetic MoS2 nanostructures
Ana Luísa Daniel da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3051/2020

Continuous Particle Bed Biocidal Reactor for cooling water sustainable disinfection
Luis Manuel Ferreira de Melo
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3117/2020

Pollution Control and Nutrient Recovery from Irrigated Rice Fields
Maria Nazaré Parada Figueiredo Sousa Couto Alves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3243/2020

Development and demonstration of a Redox-Flow-Battery for energy distribution
Ricardo André Ribeiro Monteiro
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3259/2020

Environmental Management on military ranges: extended life-cycle assessment to address site-specific impacts
José Manuel Baranda Moreira da Silva Ribeiro
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3279/2020

Rethinking the planning of future cities for a clean and healthy air
Sandra Rafael
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3386/2020

Light-driven (bio)catalytic membrane reactor for microplastics mitigation
Maria José Fernandes Sampaio
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3646/2020

Multiparameter Intelligent Nano-plasmonic sensor based on fibre Optic for Water Quality Analysis  
Luis Carlos Costa Coelho
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3672/2020

Environmental and health impacts of the new generation of cigarettes
Susana Marta Lopes Almeida
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3930/2020

Food Wastage: Who wants to get rid of it and who wants to use it? – a management tool to promote circular economy
Sara Martins
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/3974/2020

PrOSA - Development of advanced techniques based on infrared spectroscopy for predicting complex Properties of Organic Soil Amendments for environmental protection
Margarida Maria João Quina
PRODEQ - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Química (PRODEQ)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4070/2020

Electromagnetic radiation assisted biomass combustion and pyrolysis
Tiago André César dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4155/2020

MicroAlgal cultures to improve the sustainability of wastewater treatment: biomass ValorISation from the remediatION process
Ana Luísa da Cunha Gonçalves
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4293/2020

Environmental Impact of Wineries in the Douro Region- WEWINE
Ana Cristina Ribeiro Afonso Matos Coutinho
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4348/2020

Eco-innovative solutions for municipal wastewater sewage sludge: electrodewatering and valorization towards zero-waste
Célia Maria Dias Ferreira
Universidade Aberta (Uab)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4393/2020

Development of a regional model of circular bioeconomy for the valorization of bio-waste
Maria Adilia Januário Charmier
COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (COFAC)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4456/2020

Bio-electrochemical degradation with energy generation from effluents with halogenated organic compounds in a combined system of nano-cell and anaerobic biological reactors
MARIA ISABEL APARÍCIO PAULO FERNANDES CAPELA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4531/2020

EcoPeak4Fish: an integrated approach to support self-sustaining fish populations downstream hydropower plants
Isabel Boavida
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4559/2020

Circular economy applied to spent tire rubber
Maria Manuel Serrano Bernardo
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4594/2020

Tannin materials for the uptake and recovery of precious metals
SÍLVIA CRISTINA RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4641/2020

Multistage Treatment Strategy for Leachates from Solid Waste Landfills: Breaking Barriers Towards Environmental Compliance
Tânia Filomena Castro Valente Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4702/2020

Cutting-Edge Ozone-Technology for Water Treatment
Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4939/2020

Innovative and sustainable biomaterials for controlled release of nutrients
Nuno Carlos Lapa dos Santos Nunes
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/4983/2020

Artificial intelligence in MSW collection - on the way to efficient circular economy.
Carlos Afonso Teixeira
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5147/2020

WAsTEwater effLuents Online mOnitoring
Raquel Queirós
Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologias INL LIN (INL)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5204/2020

Treatment of gaseous streams by Advanced oxidation processes in a BUbble COLumn Reactor
Carmen Susana Deus Rodrigues
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5221/2020

Clean Technologies for Pure Water: Eliminating Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Isabel Maria Delgado Jana Marrucho Ferreira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5235/2020

Sustainable Energy Production through Biomass Gasification Scale-up: from lab bench to pilot plant
Ana Isabel Martins Casal Ramos
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5326/2020

Promoting public health and safety in public and private environments: cost-effective engineering tools to combat the cytostatic threat
Mónica Santos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5379/2020

Computational Intelligence Systems: A Strategy for Vulnerability Assessment and Addressing Adaptation plan for Water Supply Systems Considering Climate Changes

Saeid Rastegar
Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5667/2020

Green Technologies to Sustainable Add-Value and Rehabilitation of Mining Contaminated Sites
MARIA CRISTINA DA COSTA VILA
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5734/2020

H2 Solar Flexi-PEC’s: Flexible photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting
Arlete Ondina Alves da Silva Apolinário
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5755/2020

InSens4Rubber – INnovative SENSors FOR legislated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons detection in recycled crumb RUBBER
Filipa Oliveira Gomes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5827/2020

PFAS in Portugal – From evaluation to treatment
José Tomás Veiga Soares de Albergaria
REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia - Associação (REQUIMTE-P)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/5929/2020

Sustainable Hybrid Process for Metals Recovery from Spent Alkaline Batteries
Luís Filipe Malheiros de Freitas Ferreira
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6280/2020

Smart Technology based on low-cost sensors to reduce health risks from Indoor Air Pollution in schools
PEDRO TIAGO BARBOSA DA SILVA BRANCO
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6378/2020

BIOSCRAP – BIOrefinery System of food waste Conversion to BIOenergy And BIOdegradable Plastic
Carla Alexandra Monteiro Silva
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6458/2020

Development of a cellulosic HYbrid FLOCculant for wasteWATER treatment
Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6609/2020

Aerobic granular sludge for real wastewater treatment and as bioenergy source
Ana Maria da Silva Paulo
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6614/2020

hybrid GREEN walls irrigated with grey watER
Ana Galvão
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/6716/2020

ECOnanoFluids: Recycled nanoFluids for the development of innovative thermal systems and their translation to industrial applications
Maria Cândida Lobo Guerra Vilarinho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7147/2020

CO2 capture and photoreduction for greenhouse mitigation
ALEXANDRE FILIPE PORFÍRIO FERREIRA
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7183/2020

Application of Magnetic Processes to blue and green Economy
teresa Castelo Grande
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7257/2020

Organic-rich wastes and by-products for the Production of low-cost ENzymes in a potential industrial SYMBIOSIS context
Joana Maia Moreira Dias
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7258/2020

Innovative tools based on Carbon materials for monitoring and prevention of contaminants of EU concern in water reuse
Adrian Manuel Tavares da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7389/2020

Systemic analysis on in-use strategies to prevent and control biofilms in drinking water distribution systems
Lúcia da Conceição Diogo Chaves Simões
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7439/2020

Development of IoT wireless (bio)sensors for environmental application
António Luís Gomes Valente
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7448/2020

Recycling and sustainable conversion of polystyrene wastes into biofuels or innovative materials
Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7656/2020

RoadPED - Roadmaps to Positive Energy Districts: fostering energy efficiency and renewable integration in hard-to-reach consumers
João Pedro Costa Luz Baptista Gouveia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7748/2020

Towards a better control and management of IEQ in modern office buildings for promoting health, well-being and productivity at work
Zenaida Sobral Mourao
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7854/2020

PRIORITIE – How to PRIORITIze river Ecological restoration measures to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives while promoting the Ecological connectivity of Natura 2000
Ana Isabel da Silva Mendes
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/EAM-AMB/7857/2020

Energy efficiency, electrification and structural transformation in Europe: decoupling energy and pollution from economic growth during the three industrial revolutions.
Tânia Alexandra dos Santos Costa e Sousa
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/0145/2020

Optimization of added-value lipids export in marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria from mineral oily wastewaters
Ana Rita Castro Carvalho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/0364/2020

UNdiscovered (Key) Nitrogen micrOrganisms for Wastewater TreatmeNt
CATARINA FERNANDA DE CARVALHO PINHEIRO TEIXEIRA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/0696/2020

Silk Sericin as an industrial wastewater with valuable biomedical potential
Maximiano José Prata Ribeiro
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (IPG)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/0921/2020

An innovative approach towards the mitigation of microplastics in aquatic environments using aerobic granular sludge
Daniela Patrícia Bernardino Mesquita
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/0935/2020

Bioelectrochemical system for CO2 mitigation
José João Galhardas de Moura
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1129/2020

Organic Municipal Solid Waste as biorefinery feedstock for biobased industry: Solid-state fermentation as an alternative process for wastes valorization.
Marlene Lopes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1646/2020

Unravelling the role of conductive materials in the acceleration of methane production from waste in anaerobic digestion processes
Gilberto Martins
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1695/2020

Fungi+ Valorization of Spent Mushroom Composts: from soil bioremediation to bionematicides
SÓNIA CRISTINA DE JESUS CHELINHO
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1819/2020

HOLOGENOMICS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE MODEL SYSTEMS: AN ECO-EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK FOR HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
Anoop Alex Parthibaraj
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1910/2020

Biopolymers from coffee industrial wastes: contribution to a circular economy
Luísa Alexandra Seuanes Serafim Leal
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/1929/2020

Water hyacinth from a nightmare to a strategic resource
Diana Cláudia Pinto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2046/2020

Ecologically Efficient Extraction of secondary olive oil and upgrade of the residual biomass
Maria da Conceição Fernandes
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2273/2020

Constructed Wetlands for wastewater valorisation and hydrogen production
Henrique Joaquim de Oliveira Pinho
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2463/2020

Bioremoval of hospital diagnostic imaging processing wastes – an eco-efficient approach
Filomena Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2593/2020

Waste valorization through the development of graphene-based catalytic membranes for water treatment
Marta Filipa Ferreira Pedrosa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2712/2020

ENCAP.MI – Microalgas encapsuladas: Metodologia de baixo custo de tratamento de efluentes e produção de biofertilizante
Ana Cristina Silva Rocha
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2731/2020

Eco-friendly Biosensors, in a step forward in the fight against environmental antimicrobial resistance
Joana Rafaela Lara Guerreiro
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/2734/2020

Exploring the secrets of microbial electrosynthesis: How bacteria receive electrons to convert carbon dioxide to acetate
Joana Madjarov
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3052/2020

BioPUCBRC-Biological Resources Platform to support diversity, research and innovation in the economy
Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3521/2020

A waste biorefinery for the simultaneous production of bioplastics and biofuels
Paulo Alexandre Costa Lemos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3648/2020

Methane biofixation by microalgae/cyanobacteria systems – a carbon-neutral approach
Pedro Geada
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3818/2020

BioSorp- Biopolymers for mine waters remediation

Ana Paula Kuan Yon Chung
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3821/2020

Prioritization of emerging contaminants by understanding their impact on drinking water bacterial communities
Inês Bezerra Gomes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3825/2020

ScreenTox - Screening tests for rapid detection of marine toxins in bivalves
Alisa Rudnitskaya
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3828/2020

Tuning microbial interactions between facultative and strict anaerobic microorganisms to intensify biomethane production from organic waste/wastewater
Ana Júlia Viana Cavaleiro
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/3952/2020

Marine biomimetic antifouling products: improving screening tools to effective and environmental safe antifouling solutions
JOANA REIS DE ALMEIDA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4031/2020

New management strategies for the invading water hyacinth by exploring it for good
Sónia Patrícia Marques Ventura
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4145/2020

AL(REE)CYCLE - ALGAE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RECOVERY AND RECYCLING
Bruno Manuel Galinho Henriques
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4160/2020

PharmaOut - Development of ionic-liquid-based devices for the removal of pharmaceuticals directly from urine
Ana Catarina Almeida Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4168/2020

ReBIN - transformation of fruit wastes into innovative added-value products
Jorge Augusto Machado Pereira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4175/2020

Development of an Electro-Phytoremediation System Applied for the Treatment of Contaminated Soil
Joana Maria de Freitas Carvalho
Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos (CVR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4256/2020

Bio2E - Bio-based Approaches for an Environmentally and Economically Sustainable World
Rita Susana Rosa Branco
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4448/2020

Removal of flame retardants in wastewater treatment systems
Ricardo Salgado
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4601/2020

Explore CO2 fixation as a new route for PHA production with anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria
Joana Costa Fradinho
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4716/2020

An integrated approach for waste valorisation through the production and separation of volatile fatty acids
Mónica Carvalheira
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/4957/2020

Development of high-performance green filters from Nanocellulose, obtained by improved enzymatic process, combined with mineral particles for water remediation
Nelson Simões
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/5075/2020

Development of Constructed Wetland Systems for treatment of waters contaminated with Harmful Algal Blooms
Alexandre Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/5915/2020

Lignocellulosic residues valorization through polyhydroxyalkanoates production
Anouk Ferreira de Freitas Baptista Duque Pascoal dos Santos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6095/2020

Art Rehabilitation Tools: Eco-friendly Biocides of Bioactive Metabolites for Biodeteriogenic Microorganisms Innovative Solutions
Cátia Salvador
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6367/2020

Biological Sustainable System for WasteWater Treatment
Judite Vieira
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6726/2020

GreenBiogas: Concurrent biogas upgrading and digestate treatment by microalgae
Luísa Barreira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6731/2020

SYNtegration: Integration of syngas fermentation and residual biomass gasification for the biological fixation of CO and CO2 in the form of platform chemicals
Patrícia Maria Brito Madeira da Silva Moura
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6812/2020

Targeting Amyloids with Blue Biotechnology and Biosensing Solutions: from neurodegeneration to biofouling
ISABEL CRISTINA OLIVEIRA GONZALEZ CUNHA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6867/2020

Sustainable hybrid processes for safe valorization of urban wastewater for irrigation, with minimized ecological and agronomic impacts
Cristina Quintelas
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/6974/2020

Biofilmes Mixotróficos para Bioremediação de Compostos Disruptores Endócrinos Presentes em Águas Residuais
Cátia Filipa Assunção Sousa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/7037/2020

ColdMet: Metabolic engineering of yeast with cold adapted enzymes for carbohydrate consumption and lipid production
Björn Fredrik Johansson
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/7161/2020

2ReGROW - REmoval of pharmaceuticals in AGS reactors with salt intrusion and REcovery of EPS as plant GROWth promoters in a circular economy framework
Paula Castro
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/7333/2020

Mitigation of plastic pollution through plastic biodegradation and conversion into biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates
Nídia Dana Mariano Lourenço
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/7803/2020

Targeting marine microbial communities for greener antifouling solutions
Maria Jorge Geraldes Campos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BTA-BTA/7904/2020

Modeling the risk of transmission of Fasciola hepatica in an European setting using spatial species distribution models of environmental and biotic determinants
Muthulakshmi Alagan
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BTA-GES/1185/2020

Fats, Oil, and Grease in wastewater: interference on biological nitrogen removal processes and biodegradation
Hugo Manuel da Silva Ribeiro
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BTA-GES/1355/2020

Enzyme inspired devices for challenging biotechnological applications
Smilja Todorovic
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BTA-GES/1806/2020

PLASTbiosensing - Development of a microbial biosensor for the detection of micro(nano)plastics in the environment
Luisa Maria Ribeiro da Silva Barreiros
REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia - Associação (REQUIMTE-P)

PTDC/BTA-GES/2699/2020

From Waste to Resource: Valorisation of olive mill wastewater through constructed wetlands.
Verónica Inês de Jesus Oliveira Nogueira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-GES/2740/2020

NABIA - New Approach to Bioremediation using Algae
Telma Encarnação
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BTA-GES/2743/2020

GENESIS: A Genotoxicity biosENsor for the risk assEsSment of radIoactively contaminated areaS
Joana Lourenço
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BTA-GES/3110/2020

Test-strip for monitoring Organophosphorus Pesticides in Farming
Liliana Truta
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/BTA-GES/3350/2020

New tools to investigate effects of microplastics on plankton: from organisms to communities and ecosystem functioning
Sandra Cristina da Costa e Silva Ramos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-GES/3408/2020

Bioaugmentation strategies for the biodegradation of emerging contaminants from wastewater
Irina Susana Sousa Moreira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BTA-GES/3586/2020

Enzyme-based tools to eradicate antibiotic resistance from environmental reservoirs
Paulo Jorge Rêgo Durão
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BTA-GES/4186/2020

Development of a method for the rapid detection of Legionella in water samples integrating in situ hybridization with a microfiltration fluidic system.
Laura Isabel Macieira Cerqueira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BTA-GES/4427/2020

Contribution of microalgae biorefinery for indoor air quality
Teresa Margarida Correia de Poço Mata
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BTA-GES/4830/2020

Diagnosing factors of pine forest decline in a time of global change.
Carla Sofia Madeira Gomes Pimentel
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BTA-GES/5071/2020

Microbes as plastic cleaners – finding new biological catalysts in natural microbiomes for plastic waste biodegradation
Andreia Filipa Ferreira Salvador
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BTA-GES/6143/2020

Green biosurfactant based dispersants and autonomous robotic tools for optimized oil spill response platform
Nuno Ricardo Torres Faria
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BTA-GES/6527/2020

BioPorts - Native bioremediation to respond to chronic and acute spills of pollutants inside ports
Ana Paula Mucha
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BTA-GES/6889/2020

FROM ECO SCHOOLS TO ECOSYSTEMS: DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR THE SMARTPHONE TO REDUCE PLASTIC POLLUTION
Melinda Noronha
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)