ERA-CAPS

ERA-CAPS

FCT has been a member of the ERA-CAPS network since December 1, 2011, an ERA-NET Project involving 19 funding agencies from 19 countries (United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Spain).

The aim of the ERA-CAPS network is to strengthen the scientific coordination and integration of research programs in plant science.

Plant science is facing major challenges on a European and global scale, due to the increasing demand of a growing world population. To ensure food security, the world requires new ways of producing sufficient and adequate food in an environmentally sustainable way. The challenge for plant science is to further improve knowledge about plant biology and agronomy, to increase agricultural production and improve access to a greater diversity of safe and nutritious foods on a global scale.

Transnational Calls

Calls for transnational research projects are one of the main objectives of the ERA-NETs, as a mechanism for validating the cooperative effort between the various funding agencies. ERA-CAPS launched 2 joint transnational Calls in plant science, in both of which FCT participated.