Another European Commission Seal of Excellence

Once again, for its’ project proposal “Wheat of Change”, another certificate was delivered to Biogranum by the European Commission, as the institution managing Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020.

Following evaluation by an international panel of independent experts, the “Innovative time and cost saving solution to enhance wheat yield using neglected European and Eurasian germplasms of high breeding value” submitted under the Horizon 2020’s SME instrument phase 2 call H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017) of 6 April 2017 in the area of SMEInst-07-2016-2017 “Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors”, WAS SCORED AS A HIGH-QUALITY PROJECT PROPOSAL IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE EVALUATION PROCESS.

This means passing all stringent Horizon 2020 assessment thresholds for the 3 award criteria (excellence, impact, quality and efficiency of implementation) required to receive funding from the EU budget Horizon 2020.