Description

This grant supports outstanding research projects within industrial biotechnology and environmental biotechnology, with a strategic focus on addressing major scientific and societal challenges in these fields. The aim is to encourage the development and application of biotechnological systems, tools, and data science that can drive advances in sustainability, productivity, and the future bioeconomy. Projects may address topics such as sustainable production of chemicals or materials, monitoring microbial activity, improving biomanufacturing efficiency, or protecting and manipulating ecosystems. The program is open to research based at universities or non-profit institutions in the Nordic region and emphasizes both scientific excellence and the potential for broad environmental impact and scalability.