Climate Crops
Innovations for Resilience
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR INNOVATIONS
International projects
Current international projects
Horizon Europe
- Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition – (AgroServ)
Grant number: 101058020
Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
Project coordinator: Dr. Michel Boer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS, France
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić Špika - CROPINNO – Stepping up scientific excellence and innovation capacity for climate-resilient crop improvement and production
Grant number: 101059784
Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
Project coordinator: Dr. Dragana Miladinović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović - EMPHASIS-GO – Bringing emphasis to operation: European infrastructure for multiscale plant phenomics and simulation for food security in a changing climate
Grant number: 1010079772
Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
Project coordinator: Dr. Roland Pieurschka, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić Špika - CARINA CARinata and CamelINA to boost the sustainable diversification in EU farming systems
Grant number: 101081839
Duration: 01/11/2022-31/10/2026
Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andrea Monti, Alma mater studiorum – Universita di Bologna, Italy
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela - MIDAS Utilization of marginal lands for growing sustainable industrial crops and developing innovative bio-based products
Grant number: 101082070
Duration: 01/11/2022-31/10/2026
Project coordinator: Dr. Efthymia Alexopoulou, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Greece
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela - ECO-READY – Achieving Ecological Resilient Dynamism for the European food system through consumer-driven polices, socio-ecological challanges, biodiversity, data-driven policy, sustainable futures
Grant number: 101084201
Duration: 01/12/2022-30/11/2026
Project coordinator: Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Czech Republic
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vuk Đorđević - HelEx Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower
Grant number: 101081974
Duration: 01/05/2023-30/04/2027
Project coordinator: INRAE, l’Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
COST actions
- EPI-CATCH Epigenetic mechanisms of Crop Adaptation To Climate change
Grant number: CA 19125
Duration: 17/09/2020-16/09/2024
Project coordinator: prof. dr. Federico Martinelli, University of Florence, Italy
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović - PLAGRI – Plasma applications for smart and sustainable agriculture
Grant number: CA 19110
Duration: 06/10/2020-05/10/2024
Project coordinator: Dr. Nevena Puač, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Nada Grahovac - T0P-AGRI-Network Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture: European Network for sustainability
Grant number: CA 21134
Duration: 19/09/2022-18/09/2026
Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Huyghe, INRAE, France
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović - ACRYRED – Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting asparagine
Grant number: CA21149
Duration: 2022-2026
Project coordinator: Professor Nigel G. Halford, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragan Živančev - RECROP – Reproductive enhancement of crop resilience to extreme climate
Grant number: CA22157
Duration: 2023-2027
Project coordinator: Dr. Sotirios Fragkostefanakis, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Aleksandra Radanović
Bilateral projects funded by The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
- Invasive plants as potential source of bioinsecticides for controlling stored product pests – Program of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Slovenia
Duration: 2023-2025
Coordinator: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac - SUNFLOWER_GENOMED – Development of CRISPR-mediated resistance to fungal diseases in sunflower Program of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Turkiye
Duration: 2024-2026
Coordinator: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
Coordinator for the Institute: Aleksandra Radanović
Other
- FAO project: GRAINEFIT- Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers’ livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria
Grant number: PR-166-SERBIA
Duration: 2020-2024
Project coordinator: Dr. Sanja Mikić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sanja Mikić - Enhancing Productivity and Resilience to Climate Change of Major Food Crops in Europe and Central Asia
Grant number: ME-RER5024-1907364
Duration: 2020-2024
Project manager: Dr. Nasya Tomlekova
Project coordinator: International Atomic Energy Agency
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović - EUBRASWILD – Capturing Brassica Wild Relatives Diversity in South Eastern Europe
Grant number: 13-76/1944
Duration: 01/10/2020-31/05/2024
Project coordinator: Dr. Smiljana Goreta Ban, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Poreč, Croatia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela - ERASMUS project: BREEDTECH – Building Capacity in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Education and Research through partnership program in Africa, Middle East and Europe for Agricultural Transformation
Grant number: 101128862
Duration: 01/03/2024-28/02/2027
Coordinator: Egerton University, Kenya
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
- FAO project: GRAINEFIT- Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers’ livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria
Past projects
COST actions
- PlantEd – Genome editing in plants – a technology with transformative potential
Grant number: CA18111
Duration: 25/04/2019-24/10/2023
Project coordinator: Dr. Dennis Eriksson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović - Sourdough biotechnology network towards novel, healthier and sustainable food and bioprocesses
Grant number: CA18101
Duration: 10/4/2019-9/4/2023
Project coordinator: Dr. Joao Miguel Ferreira da Rocha ICETA – Institute of Sciences, Technologies and Agribusiness of the University of Porto, Portugal
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragan Živančev
Bilateral projects funded by The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
- Sunflower broomrape – comparative research on virulence and diversity of parasite populations from China and Serbia – SBD (Sunflower Broomrape Diversity)
Duration: 2021-2023
Project coordinator: Dr. Boško Dedić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Boško Dedić - Alternative cereals and oil crops as a source of healthcare food and an important raw material for the production of biofuel
Grant number: 101058020
Duration: 2019-2022
Project coordinator: Dr. Vera Popović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Novi Sad, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vera Popović - Serbia-Slovenia: Evaluation for reintroduction of forgotten and under-utilized crops from Brassica sp. and Lathyrus sp.
Grant number: 337-00-21/2020-09/14
Duration: 2020-2022
Project coordinator: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
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