Project description
A digital access boost for natural history collections
The world’s natural history collections contain at least 2 billion specimens of which an estimated 55 % reside in Europe. Enabling researchers to access these collections is vital. The creation of an integrated European infrastructure for natural history collections is underway. EU-funded SYNTHESYS PLUS is a pan-European natural history collection infrastructure project, and the fourth iteration of the SYNTHESYS programme. Its researchers are developing methods for collections digitalisation, digitisation workflows and new forms of collections access, laying the foundations for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo), a massive scientific infrastructure project. DiSSCo represents 120 European museums from 21 countries who are positioning their collections at the centre of data-driven scientific excellence and innovation.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
SW7 5BD London
United Kingdom
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Participants (33)
1010 Wien
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1000 Bruxelles
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3080 Tervuren
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1860 Meise
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1000 Bruxelles
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11579 Praha
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14195 Berlin
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10115 Berlin
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60325 Frankfurt
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70191 Stuttgart
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53113 Bonn
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1165 Kobenhavn
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2100 Copenhagen
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28006 Madrid
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00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
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75005 Paris
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Participation ended
75008 Paris
19013 Attikia Anavissos
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11523 Athina
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1088 Budapest
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91904 Jerusalem
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2333 CR Leiden
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1703 DH Heerhugowaard
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
4901 HW Oosterhout
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SE 114 18 Stockholm
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405 30 Goeteborg
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EH3 5LR Edinburgh
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Legal entity established in a non-associated third country that is not eligible for funding under Article 10 of the Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020.
Not active in the Specific Grant Agreement of the project
N1G 2W1 Guelph
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TW93AB Richmond
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G51 1EA Glasgow
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
M13 9PL Manchester
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20560 Washington Dc
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75015 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.