Start date: 11/01/2012 > Completion date: 10/30/2015
General information about the project/initiative
Name of the Project/Initiative: Microbial Resources Research Infrastructure
Acronym: MIRRI
General information about the organisation
Name: DSMZ
City: Braunschweig
Post Code: 38124
Country: Germany
Contact details of the person responsible for the project/initiative:
Name: Erko Stackebrandt
Website [1]
Description of the project/initiative
Domains covered by the project/initiative:
- Microbial and Invertebrate genetic resources (MIGR)
Number of partners: 16
Scope of the project: EU
Initial motivation for starting the project/initiative: Defragmentation; Establish coordinated access, strategy and policy
Actions which describe the project – Actions are ranked from 1 to 10
Managing genetic resources (collecting, conserving, maintaining, regenerating, optimising composition, etc.) | 3 |
Managing information (databasing, interfacing, etc.) | 4 |
Improving methodology (improving all the above, standardising, etc.) | 5 |
Building capacity (involving GR collection managers) | 6 |
Legal/policy matters (improving access, ABS, etc.) | 2 |
Promoting use (aiming at potential users) | 1 |
Budget and funding
Overall budget of the project/initiative (in Euros): 3100000
Other public authorities than national government and agencies: 100%
Comments: EC
Expected outcomes and communication
Outcomes
Scientific community | X |
Genetic resources conservation community | X |
Other(s):
Underpin research through access to high quality resources
Beneficiaries
Final consumers | X |
Policy makers | X |
Users of genetic resources such as breeders, farmers, industry | X |
Project/initiative to lead to the initiation of further projects/initiatives
– As part of the ESFRI roadmap MIRRI is in the preparatory phase; the next phase would be the implementation phase