3rd ERA-IB Joint Call

Basic Information

Network ERA-IB-2
Website https://www.era-ib.net/
Aim of the joint call A third call for multilateral research projects using Industrial Biotechnology (IB) has been launched by ERA-IB. The title is 'Industrial biotechnology for Europe: an integrated approach'. Its main goal is to encourage academics and industrial researchers with expertise in IB to work together across the whole value chain. By co-funding this call, the organizations will contribute to less fragmentation of resources and an increase in transnational networking. Cross-border partnerships are important objectives to achieve sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products. The joint call's main objective is to establish joint research and development activities in the field of Industrial Biotechnology, as part of the KBBE theme of the Seventh European Framework Programme (FP7). These shared projects must be composed of a minimum of three and a maximum of eight participants from at least three ERA-IB partner countries.
Type of joint call Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions
Events
Launch date 01/03/2012
Deadline Pre-Proposal 30/04/2012 Submitted proposal: 63
Deadline Full-Proposal 31/07/2012 Submitted proposal: 32
Evaluation End Date 16/10/2012 Successful proposal: 0 Proposals funded: 12
Is call co-funded? No
Call follow up funding
  • There are mechanisms in place to monitor technical progress
Call reasons
  • Achieving critical mass
  • Access to expertise from different countries
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
Participating networks n/a

Organisations Participating

Country Organisation
Belgium Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
Denmark The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI DCTI)
France Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME)
Germany Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR)
Germany Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Germany Saxon State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture (SMUL)
Israel Agricultural Research Organization - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARO/MOARD)
Norway Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Poland National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Portugal Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Romania Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Russia Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE)
Spain Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
Türkiye The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
United Kingdom The Technology Strategy Board (TSB)

Funded Projects

Acronym Title Start End No. partners
CESBIC Critical Enzymes for Sustainable Biofuels from Cellulose 01/01/2013 31/12/2016 5
CONTIbugs Overcoming metabolic stochasticity and population dynamics i... 01/01/2013 31/12/2016 4
Cellulect A Synthetic Biology Platform for the Optimization of Enzymic... 01/01/2013 30/09/2016 4
FIBERFUEL Improved cellulosomes to enhance saccharification of industr... 01/01/2013 30/11/2016 8
HyPerIn Integrative Approach to Promote Hydroxylations with Novel P4... 01/01/2013 31/03/2017 7
MICROTOOLS MICROscale downstream processing TOOLbox for Screening and p... 01/01/2013 31/12/2016 5
MySterI Novel industrial bioprocesses for production of key valuable... 01/01/2013 30/09/2013 6
POAP Production of Organic Acids for Polyester Synthesis 01/01/2013 30/11/2016 8
PRODuCE Tailor-made expression hosts depleted in protease activity f... 01/01/2013 31/05/2016 5
REACTIF Rational Engineering of Advanced Clostridia for Transformati... 01/01/2013 31/10/2016 5
SCILS Systematic consideration of inhomogeneity at the large scale... 01/01/2013 31/12/2016 7
THERMOGENE Novel thermostable enzymes for industrial biotechnology 01/01/2013 30/06/2016 4