ERA CoBioTech is an ERA-Net Cofund Action under H2020, which aims to strengthen the European Research Area (ERA) in the field of Biotechnology through enhanced cooperation and coordination of different national and regional research programs, promoting systems biology and synthetic biology as technology drivers to speed up research and innovation in industrial biotechnology. The key mission of ERA CoBioTech is to maximise synergies between current mechanisms of biotechnology research funding in Europe, to foster the exchange of knowledge across borders, to highlight the benefits of a bio-based economy for society, and to maintain and strengthen Europe’s position in biotechnology. The ERA-Net Cofund on Biotechnologies is an ERA Net Cofund Action under Horizon 2020 building on the achievements of ERA-IB2 (ERA-Net for Industrial Biotechnology 2), ERASysAPP (ERA-Net for Applied Systems Biology) and ERASynBio (ERA-Net for Synthetic Biology).

FACTS

• Duration: 2016 – 2022

• Website: https://www.cobiotech.eu/

• Contact: Emilie Gätje and Petra Schulte

• E-mail: e.gaetje@fz juelich.de and petra.schulte@fz juelich.de

• Budget: € 30 303 030

• Partners: A network of 34 European partners out of 22 countries/ regions

Calls

1. Co-fund call aimed at biotechnology as a key enabling technology (KET)

2. 2nd transnational joint call aimed to contribute to the transformation of the global economy from a dependence on fossil raw materials to a sustainable bio-based economy

3. 3rd transnational joint call aimed to contribute to the transformation of the global economy from a dependence on fossil raw materials to a sustainable bio-based economy