WP1 “Project management and dissemination plan” included plans for dissemination of results, data management, ethics, and gender equality plan. DMP includes the presentation of OA repositories (GitHub, Zenodo, FunShield4Med website) where all data-sets from our Joint Research Project (JRP) and educational material were deposited.
WP2 “Enhancing scientific knowledge on analytical and computational mycotoxicology” aimed to transfer knowledge in state-of-the-art methods for the identification of mycotoxins and computation toxicology. FunShield4Med have fulfilled 2 Seminars, 2 Workshops (WS) and 5 Short-Term Staff Exchanges (STSEs) under this WP. Moreover, evaluation of mycotoxins prevalence in food products and imports was assessed under JRP, with more than 500 commercial food and feed samples. 3 e-tutorials were released publicly through Zenodo platform, FunShield4Med website and YouTube channel.
WP3 “Enhancing scientific knowledge on fungal molecular ecology and ecophysiology” focused on transferring knowledge in ecophysiology and molecular ecology and on the impact of climate change on food security related to mycotoxins.Training accounted the realization of 2 Seminars, 2 WS, and 5 STSEs for ELGO-ITAP researchers to CU and 2 to UdL. 3 Decision Support Systems (DSS) were delivered also freely accessible through our OA repositories.
WP4 “Enhancement of mobility and scientific potential of young scientists” was set to unlock scientific potential of ECRs and ESRs by facilitating their increased mobility and learning of novel skills, techniques, and knowledge. During project's lifetime the training of researchers of the ELGO-ITAP included the realization of 2 Summer Schools (SS) and the participation in the organization of 3 International Conferences.
WP5 “Upgrading R&I management and administration skills of ELGO-ITAP under international funding environment” set the measures used to improve competitiveness of researchers of the ELGO-ITAP in future Horizon calls and other international calls. The training activities of WP5 were completed including the Seminar 5 and 2 STSEs to NKUA of ELGO-ITAP personnel. In addition, ELGO-ITAP has already achieved considerable fundraising under international calls, accounting an HE WIDERA “Excellence Hubs” action (EXCEL4MED-GA101087147) and a PRIMA Section 2-Multi-topics 2023 action (NOVISHPAK) both with the participation of NKUA, 2 funded under HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01, (AMBROSIA-GA101181300 with CU & MyMatch-GA101181208 between CU and UNIPR).
Finally, WP6 “Communication, dissemination, exploitation” managed the design, implementation, and maintenance of project’s website (funshield4med.eu) the production of promotional material, and the organization of outreach activities, targeting specific and public audiences. During implementation period FunShield4Med has been updated regularly with its events, news, actions etc., promotional material for the project and for the ELGO-ITAP and 5 newsletters, MyMedHub establishment dedicated to mycotoxins training, services provision to stakeholders and acting as a hub for scientific collaboration, 12 International conferences with 12 oral & 11 poster presentations, organized 1 Round Table and 2 Satellite sessions, has 9 research articles published, 2 under revision, and over 5 under preparation, supported university students by completing 1 PhD, 6 MSc, and 7 BSc theses, and many more.
