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ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

France

Objective

Marine biological stations have offered services and biological resources to science for more than a century. ASSEMBLE Plus will provide scientists from academia, industry and policy with a quality-assured programme of Transnational Access (TA) and Virtual Access (VA) to marine biological stations offering a wide variety of marine ecosystems, unique marine biological resources, state-of-the-art experimental and analytical facilities with integrated workflows, historical observation data, and advanced training opportunities. The goal is to stimulate European excellence in fundamental and applied research in marine biology and ecology, thereby improving our knowledge- and technology-base for the blue economy, policy and education. ASSEMBLE Plus brings together 33 marine stations and institutes with modern research infrastructure and track-records of unique service provision from 14 European and associated countries under the leadership of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), an ESFRI consortium developed from the previous ASSEMBLE (FP7) partnership. Joint Research Activities involving all partners aim to develop innovative new technologies and/or methodologies to be offered to users through the TA and VA programmes. A coherent series of Networking Activities (NAs) will strengthen the culture of cooperation within and beyond the consortium, providing benchmarks for refined practices of service provision, disseminating interoperable protocols, engaging with novel user communities, and sharing insights into business strategies. The sum of the actions envisaged in ASSEMBLE Plus will ultimately increase the number of users of marine biological stations and shape novel strategic development perspectives, to be based on effective integration and efficient complementarities, resulting in a key contribution to their long-term sustainability.

Field of Science

/natural sciences/biological sciences/marine biology

/social sciences/economics and business

/natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology/ecosystems

/social sciences/other social sciences/social sciences interdisciplinary/sustainable development

/natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology

/social sciences/economics and business/economics/sustainable economy

/social sciences/sociology/governance/public services

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2. - Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

Topic(s)

INFRAIA-01-2016-2017 - Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities

Call for proposal

H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

Address

21 Rue De L'Ecole De Medecine
75006 Paris

France

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 2 293 564,41

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UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6

Address

Place Jussieu 4
75252 Paris

France

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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NACIONALNI INSTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO

Slovenia

EU Contribution

€ 119 466,50

STICHTING NIOZ, KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ONDERZOEK DER ZEE

Netherlands

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 198 361,25

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 344 315,15

INSTYTUT OCEANOLOGII POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK

Poland

EU Contribution

€ 244 645,25

UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI

Poland

EU Contribution

€ 175 683,75

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY

Ireland

EU Contribution

€ 196 606

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

EU Contribution

€ 528 519

UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 739 672,18

HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 440 042,25

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

Israel

EU Contribution

€ 388 141

STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 1 017 744,75

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

Norway

EU Contribution

€ 13 591,25

CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE

Portugal

EU Contribution

€ 865 723,31

ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 310 081,75

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 57 000

VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE VZW

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 641 774,47

THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINESCIENCE LBG

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 349 695,75

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 212 367,25

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 371 556,45

UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 117 688,50

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

MARINE SCOTLAND

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 115 451

AquaTT UETP Ltd

Ireland

EU Contribution

€ 226 250

TRITONIA SCIENTIFIC LTD

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 31 970,25

Project information

ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

France

Project information

ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ASSEMBLE Plus (Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded)

Reporting period: 2017-10-01 to 2019-03-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

WP6-NA4 : Sustainability of RIs has gained a relevant position in the agenda of the EU Commission. This is illustrated by the Sustainability Survey consulted with the RI community prior to the update of the ESFRI Roadmap in March 2016. The Marine Biological stations (MBSs) should participate in the policy debates emanating from such exercises to delineate the strategy and organizational/funding scaffold(s) accompanying RI operations. The operability of the MBSs could then be directed to meet the EU great challenges in R&D, fostering cohesive and competitive economic growth throughout European Regions. WP6 (NA 4) will align during this 4 years with the main suggestions coming out from the delineated policy, through a 3 tier approach: 1- An in depth analysis of the organization and activities of MBSs along history will be carried out to extract lessons of their resilience and capacity to evolve over time. 2- The analysis of the present situation of the MBSs, through a SWOT analysis of each single institution and the evaluation of their business models. 3- The implementation of funding seeking missions to ensure funding streams into the future of marine RIs.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

WP6-NA4 : Towards addressing task 1, the chapter structure of the coffee table book “History of Marine Biological Stations” has been drafted and approved. The co-authors for each chapter has been decided and contacted, and the book printing scheme and costs discussed with the Basque University Press. In task 2, the SWOT analyses of all MBSs in Assemble plus have been produced and a workshop has been organised for the discussion of such SWOTs in Piran (Slovenia) on the 23rd of May 2018.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

WP6-NA4 : This networking activity will allow MBSs to know themselves better and to draft business models better aligned towards the scaffolding of their long-term sustainability prospects. For isolated MBSs, in countries not incorporated into the EMBRC-ERIC organization, it will become apparent that the incorporation into a pan-European RI could improve their survival prospects, towards unleashing the full capacity of marine biotechnology and marine biological resource valorisation in Europe.

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Project information

ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

Project information

ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

France

Deliverables

Documents, reports (1)

Other (1)

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Publications not available

Project information

ASSEMBLE Plus

Grant agreement ID: 730984

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2017
End date

30 September 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

Overall budget:

€ 9 999 911,48
EU contribution

€ 9 999 911,47

Coordinated by:

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

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