CORDIS · 269067 · FP7

SYM-BIOTICS Dual exploitation of natural plant strategies in agriculture and public health: enhancing nitrogen-fixation and surmounting microbial infections

Coordinator: HUN-REN SZEGEDI BIOLOGIAI KUTATOKOZPONT (HU)

With an unprecedented increase in the human population, higher agricultural production, enhanced food safety and the protection against alarming rise of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are amongst the main challenges of this century. This proposal centered on Rhizobium-legume symbiosis aims at contributing to these tasks by i) understanding the development of symbiotic nitrogen fixing cells for improvement of the eco-friendly biological nitrogen fixation, ii) gaining a comprehensive knowledge on polyploidy having a great impact on crop yields and iii) exploiting the strategies of sym…

EU contribution
€2.3M
Total cost
€2.3M
Period
2011-07-01 → 2017-06-30
Framework
Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)
Funding scheme
ERC-AG
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: €2.3M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 6 years from 2011-07-01 to 2017-06-30.

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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 ERC-AG funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €2.3M toward a total project budget of €2.3M.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013).
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by HUN-REN SZEGEDI BIOLOGIAI KUTATOKOZPONT (HU).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2011-07-01 to 2017-06-30 — approximately 6 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 269067.