CONCERT - Joint European Program for the Integration of Research in Radiological Protection

CONCERT was a Joint European Programme with the objective to contribute to a sustainable integration of European and national research programmes in the area of radiation protection (2015-2020). The consortium was formed by 36 institutions from 23 EU member states, Norway and Switzerland and six European research platforms(MELODI, ALLIANCE, NERIS, EURADOS, EURAMED and SHARE, operating in the areas of radiation effects on humans, radioecology, nuclear emergency preparedness, dosimetry, medical radiation protection and integration of social sciences and humanities in the area of ionizing radiation, respectively).

CONCERT developed its strategic plan based on the work of these platforms and supported the establishment of a European research platform in the field of medical radiation protection. CONCERT has thus been an integral structure of the research agendas of the European research platforms and of national research programmes. The EURATOM Program 2014-2020, a European Commission program for nuclear research and training, co-funded up to 70% of the total eligible costs of CONCERT.

One of CONCERT's objectives was to fund innovative and multidisciplinary research projects in radiation protection. Information about the 2016 and 2017 Joint Transnational Calls can be found in the following links.

• Projects funded in the 2016 CTC

• Projects funded in the 2017 CTC

FCT developed its activities in CONCERT contributing to WP4 (organization and management of the two Calls of CONCERT for funding multidisciplinary and transnational research and innovation projects in radiological protection), as described in the AIR²bulletin ofApril 2018.

This project received funding from the program for Euratom research and training 2014-2018, under grant agreement N° 662287