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ERA-MBT funds five projects in the second joint call

Published on 13 December 2016

In the 2nd ERA-MBT call entitled “Biodiscovery - Bioactive molecules from the marine environment”, five projects were selected for funding, with a total budget of € 5.8 million.

After the submission date on 16 March 2016, 41 proposals were received, requesting a total of € 45 million. Five transnational collaborative R&D projects were selected for funding based on an international peer-review assessment of proposals and within the possibilities of national budgets.

The main purpose of this call was to explore bioactive molecules in organisms from the oceans, including those from fishery  and aquaculture  activity, or  in materials   which   result   from   the   processing   of   marine   organisms. The aim is to further  explore  the potential and to  provide compounds  that  offer  chemical diversity and bioactive potency of value in meeting the needs of society.

These projects are expected to start early 2017.

 

More information on the projects can be read in the factsheets and in the table below:

BlueShell - Exploring Shellfish By-products as sources of Blue Bioactivities

BLUETEETH - Marine Origin Biopolymers as Innovative Building Blocks from the Sea for the Development of Bioresorbable Multilayered Membranes for Guided Bone Regeneration

CYANOBESITY - Cyanobacteria as a source of bioactive compounds with effects on obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities

MARPLAST - Marine microorganisms for bioplastics production

Novofeed - Novel feed ingredients from sustainable sources

Download all factsheets

Proposal            Acronym

Duration   (month)

Coordinating  Country

Requested      funding (€)

Funded                                                            by

BlueShell

36

BE

1,152,000

BE-FWO, SE-FORMAS, IT-MIPAAF, NO-RCN, IE-MI

BLUETEETH

36

PT

797,000

PT-FCT, IS-RANNIS, NO-IN

CYANOBESITY

36

PT

1,289,000

PT-FCT, SE-FORMAS, DE-BMBF/PtJ, IS-RANNIS

MARPLAST

36

NO

1,261,000

NO-RCN, SE-FORMAS, RO-UEFISCDI

Novofeed

36

NO

1,283,000

NO-RCN, BE-FWO, IT-MIPAAF, IS-RANNIS