EU projects & ERC grants

Horizon Europe is the 9th EU Research and Innovation Framework Program of the European Union. It is one of the largest funding programs for research and development in the world. The contents are oriented towards important societal questions such as health, sustainable development, and digital transition. One key objective is to fuel scientific excellence in Europe.

The EU Research and Innovation Framework Program aims to facilitate cooperation in transnational projects – both European and global. The current EU Framework Program rests on three pillars. They are "Excellent Science", "Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness", and "Innovative Europe".

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The highest scientific award on the European level.
The ERC supports outstanding scientists with groundbreaking project ideas in all research areas. The ERC provides support in various funding lines for the respective career level.

• Starting grants for researchers in a time window of 2 to 7 years after their doctorate of up to EUR 1.5 million for a maximum period of 5 years
• Consolidator grants for researchers in a time window of 7 to 12 years after their doctorate of up to EUR 2 million for a maximum period of 5 years
• Advanced grants for experienced researchers of up to EUR 2.5 million for a maximum period of 5 years
• Synergy grants for groups of 2 to 4 researchers and their teams of up to EUR 10 million for a maximum period of 6 years

ERC starting grant: Chromatin packing and architectural proteins in plants (CHROMATADS)
Grantee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Chang Liu
Funding period: 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2022

ERC synergy grant: SymPore – Plasmodesmata as symplasmic pores for plant cell-to-cell communication
Grantee: Prof. Dr. Waltraud Schulze
Funding period: 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2027

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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are a European mobility measure and the European Union’s main funding program for doctoral and postdoctoral training. They promote international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral scholarship, thereby enhancing individual research skills and achieving structuring effects in institutions.
 

MSCA with Hohenheim participation

ITN: Optimising multiple benefits of grass, legume and herb mixtures in crop rotations: modelling mechanisms and legacy effects (LegumeLegacy)
Host university: Trinity College Dublin
Principal Investigator at UHOH: Prof. Dr. Petra Högy, Dept. of Plant Ecology (320b)

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ITN: Establishing a strong and lasting international training network for innovation in food and juice industries: a 4D-research approach for fruit juice processing (HiStabJuice)
Host university: TU Wien
Principal Investigator at UHOH: Prof. Dr. Herbert Schmidt , Dept. of Food Microbiology and Hygiene (150a)

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ITN: Advanced Carbon Materials from Biowaste: Sustainable Pathways to Drive Innovative Green Technologies (GreenCarbon)
Host university: Universidad de Zaragoza
Principal Investigator at UHOH: Prof. Dr. Andrea Kruse, Dept. of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources (440f)
 

ITN: Design and Sustainability Assessment of Innovative biomass production systems and value-chains in the Bioeconomy (DESTINY)
Host university: Institut national des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement – AgroParisTech
Principal Investigator at UHOH: Prof. Dr. agr. Iris Lewandowski, Dept. of Biobased Products in the Bioeconomy
 

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Coordinated EU projects:

EU project: Education and Nature-Based Solutions: enable society to bend the curve for biodiversity (eNaBlS)
Spokesperson: Dr. Ann-Catrin Fender, Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy (KomBioTa, 101)

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HORIZON EUROPE (FP 9)

EU project: Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management (trans4num)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim, Dept. of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas (430a)

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HORIZON 2020 (FP 8)

EU project: “Growing Advanced industrial Crops on Marginal Lands for Biorefineries (GRACE)”
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski, Dept. of Biobased Products in the Bioeconomy (340b)

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EU project: Towards Innovation - driven and smart solutions in short food supply chains (SMARTCHAIN)
Spokesperson: Susanne Braun, Hohenheim Research Center for Bioeconomy

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7th research framework program

EU project: Prospects for Farmers’ Support: Advisory Services in European AKIS (PRO AKIS)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim, Dept. of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas (430a)

EU project: Intelligent Knowledge Platform for Personal Health Monitoring Services (eHealthMonitor)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kirn, Dept. of Information Systems II (530D)

EU project: Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming (CERTCOST)
Spokesperson: Prof. Stephan Dabbert, Dept. of Production Theory and Resource Economics

EU project: Diversification for Tobacco Growing Farms by the alternative crop Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (DIVAS)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Jungbluth, Dept. of Livestock Systems Engineering (440b)

EU project: Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations (INPROFOOD)
Spokesperson: Klaus Hadwiger, Research Center for Bioeconomy

EU project: Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production (OPTIMISC)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Iris Lewandowski, Dept. of Biobased Products in the Bioeconomy (340b)

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EU project: Resource Preservation by Application of BIOefFECTORs in European Crop Production (BIOFECTOR)
Spokesperson: Prof Dr. Günter Neumann, Dept. of Nutritional Crop Physiology (340h)

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EU project: Stevia rebaudiana as a diversification alternative for European Tobacco Farmers to strengthen the European Competitiveness (Go4Stevia)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Jungbluth, Dept. of Livestock Systems Engineering (440b)

EU project: Traditional Food Network to improve the transfer of knowledge for innovation (TRAFOON)
Spokesperson: Susanne Braun, Hohenheim Research Center for Bioeconomy

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The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is a unique EU initiative to drive innovation across Europe. By bringing together companies and education and research institutions, the goal is to find solutions to pressing global challenges.
 

KICs with Hohenheim participation

EIT Food – Food for the Future

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