Description du projet
Un nouveau cap pour la bioéconomie
Le secteur des produits biologiques est un domaine prioritaire pour l’UE. Les produits biologiques peuvent accroître la viabilité de l’économie et diminuer sa dépendance aux combustibles fossiles. C’est pourquoi la formation d’une nouvelle génération de chercheurs dans ce domaine est si importante. Le projet BioBased ValueCircle, financé par l’UE, formera des chercheurs en début de carrière dans le cadre d’un ensemble de 12 projets de doctorat interconnectés, leur fournissant ainsi des informations précieuses sur les environnements de recherche du secteur et académiques. Les projets de doctorat couvriront la conversion de biomasse en matériaux, ainsi que l’évolution de matériaux en applications, l’impact environnemental et économique des biomatériaux et les changements sociétaux nécessaires pour que l’Europe opère une transition d’une économie basée sur le pétrole vers une bioéconomie circulaire.
Objectif
BioBased ValueCircle offers a unique interdisciplinary research and training environment tailored for early stage researchers (ESRs) excited by the development of innovative bio-based products, respecting the principles of the circular economy. New materials are urgently needed to enable a transition from an oil-based to a bio-based economy, thus reducing pollution and the threat of climate change.
The programme brings together cutting edge research and development spanning the bio-based materials value circle, involving companies (including SMEs) and academic institutes from across Europe. The objective is to train ESRs in a set of 12 interlinked doctoral projects that cover the conversion of biomass to materials, the development of materials into applications, the environmental and economic impact of bio-based materials, and the societal changes required to transition Europe from an oil-based to a circular bio-based economy. Together the ESRs will contribute to the development of a common language and methodology to stimulate cooperation along the value circle and speed up the product development process. The stimulating research projects will be co-supervised by the industry and academic participants to provide each ESR with valuable insight into the industry and academic research environments, and will be paired with a range of inspiring training modules that reflect the unique interdisciplinary and inter-sectorial environment created by BioBased ValueCircle, including training relevant to the bio-based industries and to academic, industrial and transferrable skills. This ensures that we address the values of the European Industrial Doctorates Programme by producing a new generation of researchers who will benefit from cross-cutting skills that allow them to thrive in both industry and academia, leading to more cooperation between these sectors and enhancing the competitiveness of Europe.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinateur
6200 MD Maastricht
Pays-Bas