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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 94); font-size: 18px;"><font face="Calibri">Results of the BiodivERsA 2015-2016 COFUND call: 26 pan-European projects recommended for funding for
over 33 Million euro<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">In 2015, BiodivERsA launched a call together with the European Commission</span><span lang="EN-GB"> to support research for understanding and managing biodiversity
dynamics to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services in a global change context.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">Supported by
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">24 BiodivERsA national/regional funding organisations from 15 countries, this call
</span><span lang="EN-GB">was co-funded by the European Commission and covered the two following themes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">Theme #1</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: Understanding and managing the biodiversity
dynamics of soils and sediments to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services;<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></li><li><font face="Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">Theme #2</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: Understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics in land-, river- and sea-scapes (habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures,
and naturing cities) to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services.</span></font></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Strictly following the ranking list established by an independent evaluation panel, the Call Steering Committee - composed of BiodivERsA partners participating
to the call - has shortlisted and <b>recommended for funding the 26 top research projects</b> for a
<b>total funding amount of over 33 Million euro</b> (in cash; i.e. total costs over 52 Million euro).<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="A4"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri" size="3">The 26 shortlisted projects are academically excellent projects, covering a wide range of disciplines (from social sciences to nature sciences),
and addressing a range of pressing scientific and societal issues. <o:p></o:p></font></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span class="A4"><span lang="EN-GB">Out of them, 9 focus on Theme 1 on soil and sediment biodiversity and services, and 17 focus on Theme 2 on
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures, and naturing cities</span><span class="A4"><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri" size="3">The list of funded projects will be definitely known upon national decisions by BiodivERsA partners, in October 2016 at the latest.
<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 94);"><font face="Calibri" size="3">List of 26 projects recommended for funding<o:p></o:p></font></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">BEARCONNECT</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Functional connectivity and ecological sustainability of European ecological networks
- a case study with the brown bear<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">BIO-TIDE</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - The role of microbial biodiversity in the functioning of marine tidal flat sediments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">BIOGEA</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Testing BIOdiversity Gain of European Agriculture with CAP greening<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">BIOINVENT</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Generic bio-inventory of functional soil microbial diversity in permanent grassland
ecosystems across management and climate gradients<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">BIOVEINS</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy
cities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">CLIMARCTIC</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Climate change impacts on Arctic soil and lake microbiomes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">CROSSLINK</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Understanding cross-habitat linkages between blue and green infrastructure to optimize
management of biodiversity, ecosystem services and multiple human uses<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">DIGGING_DEEPER</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Agro-ecosystem diversification: digging deeper<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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to wicked problems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">GREENFUTUREFOREST</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Scenarios for a sustainable future forest green infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">IMAGINE</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Integrative Management of Green Infrastructures Multifunctionality, Ecosystem integrity
and Ecosystem Services: From assessment to regulation in socio-ecological systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">INFRAGECO</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Inference, fragmentation, genomics and conservation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">OSCAR</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Optimising the configuration of woody riparian buffer strips along rivers to enhance
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">PERCEBES</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Tools for the transition to spatial management of coastal resources: the stalked
barnacle fishery in SW Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">REPEAT</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - REstoration and prognosis of PEAT formation in fens – linking diversity in plant functional
traits to soil biological and biogeochemical processes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">RESERVEBENEFIT</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Evaluating and managing connectivity in a network of Marine Protected Area
to maintain genetic diversity and deliver fish beyond protected limits<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">SOILCLIM</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems across Europe
under climate change<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">SOILFOREUROPE</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Predicting European forest soil biodiversity and its functioning under climate
change<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">SOILMAN</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Ecosystem services driven by the diversity of soil biota – understanding and management
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">SPONFOREST</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Unraveling the potential of SPONtaneous FORest ESTablishment for improving ecosystem
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">URBANGAIA</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Managing urban Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure to increase city resilience<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">URBANMYCOSERVE</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Understanding and Managing Urban Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Communities to Increase
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<font face="Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 171, 171);">WOODNET</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - Connectivity patterns and processes along a gradient of European landscapes with woody vegetation and spatial heterogeneity</span><!--EndFragment--> </font></div>
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