ERA CoBioTech “Biotechnology for a sustainable bioeconomy”

Basic Information

The ERA-Net Cofund on Biotechnologies is a new ERA-Net Cofund Action under Horizon 2020 that will build upon the achievements of ERA-IB2 (ERA-Net for Industrial Biotechnology 2), ERASysAPP (ERA-Net for Applied Systems Biology) and ERASynBio (ERA-Net for Synthetic Biology). The key mission of ERA CoBioTech is to • maximise synergies between current mechanisms of biotechnology research funding in Europe, • foster the exchange of knowledge across borders, • highlight the benefits of a bio-based economy for society, • maintain and strengthen Europe’s position in biotechnology.

Network

ERA CoBioTech

Website

https://www.cobiotech.eu/

Aim of the joint call

The aim of the co-funded call is to contribute to transforming the global economy from a dependence on fossil raw material to a sustainable bio-based economy. The submitted pre-proposals must be multidisciplinary and they will include at least one of the following scientific approaches identified in the the call text (Synthetic biology, Systems biology, Use of bioinformatic tools, Biotechnological approaches). The co-funded call covers industrial biotechnology.

Type of joint call

Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions

Events

-                                                Launch date
+/12/2016
-                                                Deadline Pre-Proposal
+/03/2017 Submitted proposal: 117
-                                                Deadline Full-Proposal
+/07/2017 Submitted proposal: 41
-                                                Evaluation End Date
+/09/2017
                                                Successful proposal: 0
                                                Proposals funded: 22

Is call co-funded?

Yes

Call follow up funding

n/a

Call reasons

n/a

Research fields

Biotechnology

Type of research

Applied Research

Target groups

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Public Research Organisations (PROs)
Private and Semi-private Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Large Corporations
Other

Participating networks

n/a

Organisations Participating

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Country	Organisation
Argentina	Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT)
Belgium	Public Service of Wallonia (SPW)
Estonia	Estonian Research Council duplicate to 998483760 (ETAG)
France	National Research Agency (ANR)
Germany	Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR)
Germany	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Germany	Saxon State Ministry for science, culture and tourism (SMWK)
Israel	Ministry of Health (CSO-MOH)
Italy	Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Latvia	State Education Development Agency (VIAA)
Netherlands	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Norway	Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Poland	National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Romania	Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Russia	Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE)
Slovenia	Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MESCS/MIZS)
Spain	Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Spain	Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
Switzerland	Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)
Türkiye	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
United Kingdom	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Funded Projects

Acronym	Title	Start	End	No. partners
BESTER	Bioprocesses for the optimized, integrated production of but...	01/04/2018	31/03/2021	6
BIOMETCHEM	Sustainable Production of Added Value Chemicals from SynGas-...	01/05/2018	30/04/2021	4
BestBiosurf	BestBiosurf	01/06/2018	31/05/2021	6
BioDiMet	Methyl Transferases for the Functional Diversification of Bi...	01/04/2018	01/04/2021	7
C1Pro	Microbial conversion of C1 to value-added products by integr...	01/04/2018	31/08/2021	6
ComRaDes	Computation for Rational Design: From Lab to Production with...	25/07/2018	25/07/2021	5
CoolWine	Model-guided evolution for balanced attenuation of wine etha...			6
HOMBIOCAT	Fabrication of hierarchically organized multi-functional het...			4
HotSolute	Thermophilic bacterial and archaeal chassis for extremolyte...	01/07/2018	30/06/2021	6
INDIE	Biotechnological production of sustainable indole			5
IRONPLUGNPLAY	Electric plug adapters for proteins: Activating iron-sulfur ...	01/06/2018	01/12/2020	5
MERIT	MicroalgaE as Renewable Innovative green cell facTories	01/08/2018	31/07/2021	5
MISSION	Streamlined Streptomyces cell factories for industrial produ...	01/05/2018	30/04/2021	5
MeMBrane	MEmbrane Modulation for BiopRocess enhANcEment	01/05/2018	30/04/2021	7
RHODOLIVE	Biovalorization Of Olive Mill Wastewater To Microbial Lipids...			7
SUSPHIRE	Sustainable Bioproduction of Pheromones for Insect Pest Cont...			5
ScaleApp	Investigating large scale bioreactor effects in microbial ap...	01/07/2018	30/06/2021	5
Syntheroids	Synthetic Biology for Industrial Production of Steroids			5
TRALAMINOL	Enzyme platform for the synthesis of chiral aminoalcohols	01/04/2018	31/03/2021	6
WooBAdh	Environmentally-friendly bioadhesives from renewable resources			5
YogurtDesign	Microbial community modeling for the production of ‘designer...	01/08/2018	01/08/2021	6
sustainable co-production	Tobacco as sustainable production platform of the natural bi...			6