ERA-CAPS 2nd Joint Call: Expanding the European Research Area in Molecular Plant Sciences II

Basic Information

The objective of this call is to stimulate true collaboration between research teams of different countries in order to achieve the highest quality projects, to increase synergies between national programmes and to strengthen international research in molecular plant sciences. The funding partners agree that this unifying approach is a fundamental prerequisite to maximise the utility of the limited resources available and to meet the European and global demand for molecular plant science innovation with a long-term perspective.

Network ERACAPS
Website https://www.eracaps.org
Aim of the joint call The objective of this call is to stimulate true collaboration between research teams of different countries in order to achieve the highest quality projects, to increase synergies between national programmes and to strengthen international research in molecular plant sciences. The funding partners agree that this unifying approach is a fundamental prerequisite to maximise the utility of the limited resources available and to meet the European and global demand for molecular plant science innovation with a long-term perspective.
Type of joint call Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions
Events
Launch date 14/01/2014
Deadline Pre-Proposal 14/03/2014 Submitted proposal: 142
Deadline Full-Proposal 18/07/2014 Submitted proposal: 62
Evaluation End Date 01/12/2014 Successful proposal: n/a Proposals funded: 12
Is call co-funded? No
Call follow up funding n/a
Call reasons
  • Achieving critical mass
  • Sharing competences and associated work
  • Addressing global issues
  • Access to expertise from different countries
  • Addressing specific scientific and technological issues
Research fields
  • Biotechnology
  • Energy
  • Food, agriculture and fisheries
  • Industrial production
Type of research
  • Basic research
  • Applied Research
  • Pre-competitive research
Target groups
  • Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
  • Public Research Organisations (PROs)
  • Other: Some partners allow industrial participation
Participating networks n/a

Organisations Participating

Country Organisation
Austria Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Belgium National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
Belgium Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Denmark The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI DCTI)
Estonia Estonian Science Foundation (ETAG)
Germany German Research Foundation (DFG)
Hungary Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOAG)
Italy Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Latvia Latvian National Academy of Sciences (LAS/LZA)
New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Norway Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Poland National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Portugal Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Serbia Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (MNK)
Switzerland Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF/SNF)
United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
United States National Science Foundation (NSF)

Funded Projects

Acronym Title Start End No. partners
AbioSen Molecular mechanisms of abiotic stress-induced senescence in... 4
Al-UCIDATE Towards a molecular understanding of Aluminium genotoxicity ... 4
BEAN_ADAPT Evolution in a changing environment: the genetic architectur... 5
DesignStarch Designing starch: harnessing carbohydrate polymer synthesis ... 3
EVOREPRO Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Plants 8
EfectaWheat An Effector- and Genomics-Assisted Pipeline for Necrotrophic... 5
INTREPID Investigating Triticeae Epigenomes for Domestication 4
MAQBAT Mechanistic Analysis of Quantitative Disease Resistance in B... 6
PHYTOCAL Phytochrome Control of Resource Allocation and Growth in Ara... 3
RegulaTomE Regulating Tomato quality through Expression 6
SIPIS DECODING LIGAND-RECEPTOR specificities of LysM-Proteins IN P... 5
SOURSI Simultaneous manipulation of source and sink metabolism for ... 3