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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing
Support innovative ideas that go beyond incremental changes to the state-of-the-art, resulting in novel production processes delivering energy- and resource-efficient, low emission foods that maintain or increase biodiversity and are integral to a healthy diet.
- Develop breakthrough technologies that reach TRL4 (validation in a laboratory environment) with viable plants at the end of the projects.
- Enhance tolerance to stress combinations due to different climate scenarios, including simultaneous exposure to stresses like heat, drought, salinity, flooding, and high CO2 levels.
- Increase water use efficiency and nutrient use efficiency compared to current crops in commercial use.
- Improve plant reproduction and seed filling processes under conditions caused by at least two stress factors.
- Investigate and enhance plant and soil microbiome interactions.
- Increase the nutritional value (e.g., proteins, vitamins) in crops through the use of native and non-native ingredients.
Opening date: 29 Oct 2024
Deadline: 29 Oct 2025
Funding: 120,000,000 €
Co-funding: 100 %
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