The “Procedure to Leverage Joint Research Activities” second call, launched in September 2024, was designed to foster research collaboration among the nine universities of the EU GREEN alliance.
This annual call offered three distinct opportunities for funding: Incentive for collaborative research activities, Scientific conferences, and Mobility for researchers. These initiatives aim to promote cross-border collaboration and strengthen scientific partnerships contributing to sustainable development:
- Incentive for collaborative research activities support exploratory activities that will pave the way for larger research projects.
- Scientific conferences support the organization of conferences focused on sustainability-related topics.
- Mobility for researchers enables researchers to travel between partner universities to strengthen existing collaborations or explore new ones.
A total of 43 projects were submitted for the 2024 call. The Joint Research Committee (JRC) evaluated all submissions and, in recognition of the high quality of the proposals, selected 25 mobility for researchers, as well as 13 projects for Incentive for collaborative research activities and Conferences, exceeding the initial target of 9 selected projects for these two categories. The selected projects were funded by the EU GREEN alliance for a total of €267,000.
The 10 selected projects for Incentive for collaborative research activities:
- SUSTREM: Nature-oriented remediation of historical mining sites for environmental sustainability
- Participating universities: The universities of Evora, Extremadura, Parma and Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Related to cluster 2 (Agriculture, food, and environmental sustainability)
- PRO-BRAIN: PROtein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: integrating BioinfoRmAtIcs and biochemistry for Natural compound therapies
- Participating universities: The universities of Angers, Evora, Parma and Atlantic Technological University
- Related to cluster 1 (Emerging paradigms for health and well-being)
- COOBASED: A cooperative-centred approach to develop alternative and sustainable food supply chains
- Participating universities: Atlantic Technological University, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, the universities of Evora, Extremadura, Gävle and Parma
- Related to cluster 2
- DT-MMS-I: Digital Twins in Management, Maintenance and Sustainability of infrastructures
- Participating universities: the universities of Angers, Extremadura, Gävle and Parma
- Related to cluster 3 (Engineering and technology for sustainable development)
- BioFungiFood: Innovative procedures against emerging fungal species under challenging climate change conditions for healthy and safe vegetables
- Participating universities: the universities of Angers, Evora, Extremadura, Gävle and Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Related to cluster 2
- aBREAK4you: Evaluation of the impacts of a relaxation-mediated intervention during University classes – a pilot study
- Participating universities: the universities of Evora, Extremadura and Gävle
- Related to cluster 5 (Education sciences for sustainable development)
- CRESD: Collaborative Research in Education for Sustainable Development
- Participating universities: the universities of Angers, Evora, Oradea, Parma, Atlantic Technological University and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- Related to cluster 5
- SHAPED: Sustainable Health and Academic occupational Exposures during Digital transformations of work
- Participating universities: the universities of Angers, Gävle and Atlantic Technological University
- Related to cluster 1
- Zerorr: Zero-emission regional energy supply with integrated recycling
- Participating universities: the universities of Extremadura, Gävle, Oradea, Parma, Atlantic Technological University and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- Related to cluster 3
- TRACE: Tracking Circularity in Tourism Destinations
- Participating universities: Atlantic Technological University and the universities of Evora and Gävle
- Related to cluster 4 (Heritage, tourism, and the sustainability challenge )
The 3 selected Conferences:
- GROUFES: GROwing Up the Future: Education for Sustainability Conference
- Participating universities: all 9 universities
- Related to cluster 5
- EUGTEC: EU GREEN Thermal Engineering Conference
- Participating universities: Atlantic Technological University, the universities of Extremadura, Gävle, Oradea and Parma
- Related to cluster 3
- Conference on Oxidative Stress
- Participating universities: Atlantic Technological University, the universities of Evora, Extremadura, Oradea and Angers
- Related to cluster 1
