FocusLabs

In the frame of an internal BioSC focussing process three focus topic areas were identified as scientific areas of the BioSC.

The three Focus Topic Areas are:

• Smart management for plant performance
• Integrated biorefineries for sustainable production and processing
• Modular biotransformations for high-value chemicals

In addition, the Competence Platform "Economy, strategies and concepts" was conceptually designed.

A FocusLab is a cooperation project with a common topic which is being worked on in a multidisciplinary and integrated way. To achieve this, an adequate integrated structure and governance must be set up. In particular, junior teams with a future potential for an integrated bioeconomy should be established by the FocusLabs- projects.

BOOST FUND

BOOST FUND -projects are  interdisciplinary cooperation projects on the fields of sustainable and integrated bioeconomy. Project topics must be selected in such a way that the integration of the BioSC research topics (participation of at least two BioSC research topics per project) and the development of new interdisciplinary research fields, which are aimed at the development of a sustainable and integrated bioeconomy.

The goals of a BOOST FUND -project are exploration (e.g. proof-of concept) and development of new, innovative topics on the sustainable and integrated bioeconomy, as well as bridging between disciplines and BioSC affiliates.

SEED FUND

SEED FUND -projects  projects are  interdisciplinary cooperation projects on the fields of sustainable and integrated bioeconomy. Project topics must be selected in such a way that the integration of the BioSC research topics (participation of at least two BioSC research topics per project) and the development of new interdisciplinary research fields, which are aimed at the development of a sustainable and integrated bioeconomy.

The goals of a SEED FUND -project are exploration, exploration (e.g. proof-of concept) and development of new, innovative topics on the sustainable and integrated bioeconomy, as well as bridging between disciplines and BioSC affiliates.

WHITE PAPER

The complexity of the challenges for the development of a sustainable bioeconomy requires substantial contributions that can only be generated by new inter- and transdisciplinary and integrative research approaches, which include fundamental and application-oriented research.

The WHITE PAPER initiative is intended to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research with a high scientific or strategic potential, which is highly relevant to the development and implementation of a sustainable and integrated bioeconomy. WHITE PAPER is a basis for the inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation and for the strategic and content-related further development.