Projects

Cooperation project with Hungary approved in February 2019: Hungary – Portugal 2019/2020

Validating organic vs conventional seed production by calorespirometry - applying an innovative service to promote regional plant growing and research capacities

Coordinator at the UÉ:  Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt
Team members:  Elisete Santos Macedo, Sofia Silva
Partner in Hungary: Peter Mikó
Agricultural Institute of the Centre for Agricultural Research Hungarian Academy of Sciences -MTA ATK (Cereal Breeding Department), Brunszvik u. 2.
Martonvásár, Hungary

New European project approved in December 2016 for 4 years (Start: 01-06-2017)

LIVESEED - Improve performance of organic agriculture by boosting organic seed and plant breeding efforts across Europe  - H2020-CP-STAGE-RIA-CSA-727230-2

 European Commission

 Coordinator at the UÉ: Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt

Cooperation project with India approved in April 2017 - INDIA-PORTUGAL 2017-2019

Title: Alternative oxidase - a tool to increase biomass productivity under temperature and flooding stress

Coordinator at the UÉ: Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt

Partner in India:  Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti

National Institute of Plant Genome Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Former Projects at the Chair (all coordinated by Chair holder and/or team members)

2005 - 2016

3 EU-financed Marie Curie Excellence projects (Marie Curie Chair, Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP), Marie Curie CIG Grant)

1 FP7-SME-2012

6 National FCT projects (among them one from a national Excellence Call)

5 International Cooperation projects (with Germany, UK, Tunisia, Spain, India) financed by CRUP/FCT

3 Collaboration projects with international Industry (France, Japan, Germany)

1 Regional project (Interreg)

Several smaller projects supported by the research center ICAAM

Several Individual Scholarships were attracted for young scientists, PhD candidate scientists and Postdocs

One FCT Investigator grant