CORDIS · 222716 · FP7

SMARTCELL Rational design of plant systems for sustainable generation of value-added industrial products

Coordinator: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT (FI)

Plants sustainably produce low levels of secondary metabolites of high industrial value. However, they are often too complex to be economically manufactured by chemical synthesis. Advanced metabolic engineering and exploitation of plants as Green Factories has been prevented due to poorly understood metabolic pathways in plants and the regulation thereof. SmartCell brings together 14 leading European academic laboratories and four industrial partners in order to create a novel concept for rationally engineering plants towards improved economical production of high-value compounds for non-food…

EU contribution
€5.9M
Total cost
Period
2009-01-01 → 2013-09-30
Framework
Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)
Funding scheme
CP-IP
Status
CLOSED

About Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)

The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ran from 2007 to 2013 and was the EU's main research-funding instrument of that period. It mobilised roughly €50 billion across cooperation projects, ERC frontier grants, Marie Curie fellowships, capacity-building actions and Euratom research. FP7 closed to new calls in 2013 but its projects continued for years after under their original grant agreements.

EU contribution: €5.9M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 4.7 years from 2009-01-01 to 2013-09-30.

Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.

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Frequently asked questions

Who funds this research project?
This project is funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013) programme, under the CP-IP funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €5.9M.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013).
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT (FI).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2009-01-01 to 2013-09-30 — approximately 4.7 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 222716.