Project Partners
The project team was selected in order to ensure the specific objectives are achieved. The team is comprised of personnel from the Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), Center for Economic Research and Environmental Strategy (CERES), ATG:Biosynthetics (ATG), and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
SPI has extensive experience with coordinating projects within various areas of the 4th, 5th and now 6th Framework Programmes, conducting numerous studies related to research and development, and working directly with research organisations on strategy development. SPI also has significant experience with the United States research community through its affiliated offices. The partnering organisations are well experienced in a range of research areas and policy representing diverse cultures and regions within Europe and the United States.
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) Portugal |
| SPI is a private consulting company created in 1997 as an active centre of national and international networks connected to the innovation sector. The company quickly became a unique catalyst for connections among business, scientific and technological institutions, public and private national organizations and international institutions. www.spi.pt |
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ATG: Biosynthetics (ATG) |
| ATG has a highly motivated team of skilled and experienced individuals in Synthetic Biology. It is one of the leading companies in the European synthetic biology sector. The company was formed in 2000 and has become a supplier of powerful cutting-edge technology to the sector for gene synthesis. These synthetic genes have enormous potential, now that the genomes of many organisms have been fully sequenced, add a new element to the market and are a valuable addition to the repertoire of tools for functional gene and protein analysis. www.atg-biosynthetics.com |
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| Center for Economic Research and Environmental Strategy (CERES) Greece |
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| CERES is a non-partisan non-profit research and consultancy organization that was established in Athens in 1994. Today, CERES operates as a network of researchers and micro-economic policy advisers bringing together a large number of top ranking experts from the academic and broader scientific communities of Greece and other European countries. CERES’ research and advisory activities are driven by, and aim to give best dynamic solutions to, specific economic and social problems facing policy-makers in governments, the European Commission or large public organizations. |
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University of Maryland Baltimore Country (UMBC) USA |
| UMBC is located just outside of Baltimore, Maryland . It is a mid-sized, highly selective public research university. Established in 1966, UMBC is home to 9,300 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students from 92 foreign countries. UMBC has been placed in the top tier of the United States’ research universities by the Carnegie Foundation's new classification of colleges and universities. Of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States, UMBC is one of only 152 - the top 3.8% - to be included in the elite category, "Doctoral-Research Universities/Extensive". www.umbc.edu |