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International projects

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Current international projects

Horizon Europe

  1. AGROECOLOGY
    Grant number: 101132349
    Duration: 01/01/2024-31/12/2030
    Project coordinator: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
  2. RUNFASTER4EU – Flagship demonstRation of Bio-based valUe chaiNs For vAloriSaTion of sustAinable oil cropS for marketable applications
    Grant number: 101214206
    Duration: 01/07/2025-30/06/2030
    Project coordinator: VERSALIS SPA, Milano, Italy
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
  3. BELIS
    Grant number: 101081878
    Duration: 01/10/2023-30/09/2028
    Project coordinator: Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Paris, France
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vuk Đorđević
  4. VELERECO
    Grant number: 101135472
    Duration: 01/11/2024-31/05/2028
    Project coordinator: Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon, Athens, Greece
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Jegor Miladinović
  5. LEGENDARY
    Grant number: 101135494
    Duration: 01/01/2024-29/02/2028
    Project coordinator: Universiteit Gent, Belgium
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vesna Župunski
  6. AgroServ – Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition 
    Grant number: 101058020
    Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2027
    Project coordinator: Dr. Michel Boer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS, France
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić-Špika
  7. 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, France
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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

COST actions

  1. EPICROPS – Epitranscriptomics and ncRNAs for climate-change-resilient and sustainable crop
    Action number: CA24152
    Duration: 30/10/2025-29/10/2029
    Action Chair: Dr. Jesús Pascual Vázquez, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Aleksandra Radanović
  2. EU-NESA – Network for evidence synthesis in the agri-food sector
    Action number: CA23107
    Duration: 01/10/2024-30/09/2028
    Action Chair: Dr. Nicola Randall, Harper Adams University, Newport, United Kingdom
    Contact at the Institute: Tanja Vunjak (Management Committee)
  3. weedingMAPs – Non-chemical weed management in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs)
    Action number: CA23123
    Duration: 27.09.2024-26.09.2028.
    Action Chair: Ms Anja Vieweger, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Milica Aćimović (Management Committee)
  4. PANGEOS – Pan-European Network of green deal agriculture and forestry Earth observation science
    Action number: CA22136
    Duration: 06/11/2023-05/11/2027
    Action Chair: Dr. Shawn Kefauver, Fundacio Centre de Recerca en Agrotecnologia, Spain
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić-Špika, Dr. Dragana Miladinović, Dr. Dragana Trkulja, Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
  5. DIVERSICROP – Harnessing the potential of underutilized crops to promote sustainable food production
    Action number: CA22146
    Duration: 17/10/2023-16/10/2027
    Action Chair: Dr. Sonia Negrao, University College Dublin, Ireland
    Contact at the Institute: dr Nevena Nagl
  6. RECROP – Reproductive enhancement of crop resilience to extreme climate
    Action number: CA22157
    Duration: 04/10/2023-03/10/2027
    Action Chair: Dr. Sotirios Fragkostefanakis, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Aleksandra Radanović (Management Committee, WG4 Leader)
  7. FoodWaStop – Sustainable Network for agrofood loss and waste prevention, management, quantification and valorisation
    Action number: CA22134
    Start and end dates: 21/09/2023-20/09/2027
    Action Chair: Prof Gianfranco Romanazzi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
    Participants from the Institute: Dr. Siniša Jocić, Dr. Sandra Cvejić, Dr. Milan Jocković, Dr. Jelena Jocković, Dr. Nemanja Ćuk
  8. BeSafeBeeHoney – Beekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the safety of bees and honey
    Action number: CA22105
    Duration: 26/09/2023-25/09/2027
    Action Chair: Dr. Andreia Freitas, Instituto Nacional De Investigaçao Agraria E Veterinaria, Portugal
    Participants from the Institute: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
  9. ACRYRED – Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting asparagine
    Action number: CA21149
    Duration: 18/10/2022-17/10/2026
    Action Chair: Prof. Dr. Nigel Halford, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Dragan Živančev
  10. T0P-AGRI Network – Towards zero pesticide agriculture: European network for sustainability
    Action number: CA21134
    Duration: 19/09/2022-18/09/2026
    Action Chair: dr Christian Huyghe, INRAE Centre Siège, Paris, France
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović

Bilateral projects funded by The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia

  1. Potential of Traditional Varieties of Pepper and Pea in Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change Conditions
    Program Scientific and technological bilateral cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Slovakia (2026-2027)
    Duration: 16/03/2026-31/12/2027
    Coordinating institutions: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
    Coordinators: Dr. David Ernst and Dr. Dario Danojević
  2. PHENO-DROP – New PHENO-ideotypes for DROught resilience in hexaPloid wheat
    Program Strategic bilateral cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Italy (2025-2027)
    Duration: 01/04/2025-31/12/2027
    Coordinating institutions: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics – Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
    Coordinators: Dr. Elisabetta Mazzucotelli and Dr. Dragana Trkulja
  3. The breeding technology improvement of organic vegetable and variety promotion
    Bilateral project between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of China, researcher mobility projects 
    Duration: 2024-2026
    Coordinating institutions: Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences and Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović
  4. 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, Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Aleksandra Radanović

Other projects

  1. 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
  2. NET4DINAR – New emerging technologies for digitalized innovative agricultural research
    No. HR-RS00038 (Program: Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia-Serbia 2021-2027)
    Duration: 01/07/2024 – 31/12/2025
    Coordinator: Agricultural Institute Osijek, Croatia
    Partners: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Milan Mirosavljević

Past projects

Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020

  1. CROPDIVA – Climate resilient orphan crops for increased diversity in agriculture
    Grant agreement ID: 101000847
    Duration: 01/09/2021-31/08/2025
    Coordinated by: Universiteit Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Vesna Župunski and Dr. Radivoje Jevtić
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Phy2Climate – A global approach for recovery of arable land through improved phytoremediation coupled with advanced liquid biofuel production and climate friendly copper smelting process”;
    Duration: 01/01/2021-30/06/2025
    Project coordinator: ITS Forderberatung GmbH, Vienna, Austria
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Tijana Zeremski

COST actions

  1. FULLRECOU4US – Cross-border transfer and development of sustainable resource recovery strategies towards zero waste
    Action number: CA20133
    Duration: 28/09/2021-27/09/2025/
    Action Chair: Prof. Mohammad Taherzadeh, Hoegskolan i Boras, Boras, Sweden
    Participants from the Institute: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

  1. 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: 01/07/2023-30/06/2025
    Coordinator: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty and Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
  2. Metabolic profiling and pharmaceutical potential of alfalfa, clover and soybean genotypes in Belarus and Serbia: development of methodological platform and digital libraries of metabolome for scientific application
    Program Bilateral research RDI collaboration with Belarus
    Duration: 2022 – 2024
    Coordinator: Institute of Experimental Botany „V.F.Kuprevič“, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus – Olga Kandelinskaja
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sanja Vasiljević
  3. Sunflower broomrape – comparative research on virulence and diversity of parasite populations from China and Serbia – SBD (Sunflower Broomrape Diversity)
    Program bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of China
    Duration: 2021-2023
    Project coordinator: Dr. Boško Dedić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Boško Dedić
  4. Breeding of lines, cultivars and F1 hybrids of vegetable crops with high potential of quality
    Program Bilateral project between the Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia
    Duration: 2021-2022
    Coordinating institutions: Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences and Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović
  5. Evaluation for reintroduction of forgotten and under-utilized crops from Brassica sp. and Lathyrus sp.
    Program bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Slovenia
    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
  6. Alternative cereals and oil crops as a source of healthcare food and an important raw material for the production of biofuel
    Program bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro
    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

Other projects

  1. INWHEATORY – Inventorying wheat on-farm diversity
    Funder: European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR)
    Project number: L23ROM166
    Start and end dates: 01.04.2023-31.12.2024.
    Activity Coordinator: Dr. Lorenzo Raggi, University of Perugia, Italy
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Sanja Mikić
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4.  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: 15/06/2020-15/12/2024
    Coordinator: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad
    Partners: Institute of Food Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia; AgroBioInstitute, Sofia, Bulgaria; Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Sadovo, Bulgaria
    Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sanja Mikić
  5. OT4D/PPP – Establishing a sustainable value chain and an appropriate innovative system of sunflower production in conditions of climate change
    Duration: 01/04/2022-01/01/2024
    Coordinated by: Vojvodina Organic Cluster
    Partners: Halba, Switzerland; Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia
    Contact at the Institute: Dr. Brankica Babec

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