ERASysBio

Basic Information

Description

As an ERA-NET, ERASysBio is committed to supporting the establishment of the European Research Area (ERA) in the field of systems biology by stimulating and facilitating programme coordination and joint activities in the field; not only in EU Member States but also in associated countries. ERASysBio is a transnational funding initiative bringing together 16 ministries and funding agencies from 13 countries to coordinate their national research programmes in systems biology and agree on a common European research agenda.

Main research priorities of the network

The ERA-NET has no set preferences regarding the research priorities; all research must, however, have an underlying systems biology (SB) approach. The pilot call was restricted to SB research on microorganisms (as was the predecessor thereof). The planned consecutive call was open to biomedicine, biotechnology and agri-food but was transferred from the ERA-NET to an ERA-NET Plus action (see ERASysBio+).