European consolidation and promotion of research capacity in the area of structure-based drug discovery

Objective

EUROSTRUCT seeks to unravel the research potential of Structural Biology and Chemistry Group and Chemistry Group (SBCG) and the Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (IOPC) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation by creating a centre of excellence in structural biology, in Greece, with emphasis on structure-based drug design and discovery. This can be achieved through setting up a state-of-the-art X-ray and computational facility, recruitment of experienced researchers, exchange of know-how and experience through trans-national two-way secondments of research staff, organization of workshops and conferences to facilitate knowledge transfer at regional, national and international level, and through dissemination and promotional activities. The EUROSTRUCT aims to build a critical mass of sustainable research capacity. In so doing, it will support researchers to tackle pressing health problems and deliver health benefits for people. The focus is on people and providing them with the research environment that they need in order to answer compelling questions about health and disease. The scientists participating in this application provide the appropriate scientific environment for high quality research engaged in the project. The EUROSTRUCT is intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of discovery and higher-risk research projects that hold potential for advancing significantly determination of three-dimensional structure of target proteins and structure-based drug discovery.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy drug discovery
• medical and health sciences basic medicine medicinal chemistry
• natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
• natural sciences biological sciences molecular biology structural biology

Keywords

Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)

• Structural Biology
• Structure based drug discovery
• X-ray crystallography

Programme(s)

Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.

• FP7-REGPOT - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research potential of Convergence Regions

Topic(s)

Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.

• REGPOT-2008-1-01 - Any research topic covered by the EC FP7 (EC/EP Decision No 1982/2006/EC of 18 December 2006, published in the Official Journal 30.12.2006 L 412)"

Call for proposal

Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.

FP7-REGPOT-2008-1
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Funding Scheme

Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.

CSA-SA - Support actions

Coordinator