Objective
SYNTHESYS3 will create an accessible, integrated European resource for researchers in the natural sciences in Europe and globally. Building on the success of the previous SYNTHESYS IA, the NA will focus on improving collections management of new physical and virtual collections. By focusing the JRA on extracting and enhancing data from digitised collections, SYNTHESYS3 will increase the accessibility of these 390 million strong collections. A wide range of services and access – both physical and digital – will be provided to a broad range of scientific Users (from biological and geological related disciplines) in a consistent and accessible way.
The natural history collections, held within the museums and herbaria, of Europe are World-class in terms of their magnitude and taxonomic coverage. They represent a resource unique in Europe as a model of the diversity of life on earth and are a physical dataset enabling Users to research how the human activity (including climate change) is having an increasingly negative impact on the diversity and distribution of biodiversity, which is threatening the continued provision of ecosystem services essential to human well-being.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata mining
- humanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesknowledge organization
- humanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesdigital humanities
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applications
Call for proposal
FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1-RTD
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Funding Scheme
CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSACoordinator
SW7 5BD London
United Kingdom
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Participants (20)
TW93AB Richmond
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EH3 5LR Edinburgh
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75005 Paris
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1165 Kobenhavn
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28006 Madrid
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SE 114 18 Stockholm
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2333 CR Leiden
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14195 Berlin
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10115 Berlin
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1010 Wien
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1088 Budapest
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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3080 Tervuren
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11579 Praha
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Participation ended
28939 ARROYOMOLINOS
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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60325 Frankfurt
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70191 Stuttgart
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28005 Madrid
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