Browse the EU-funded projects that BBMRI-ERIC has contributed to and learn about their objectives, outcomes and impact.
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC
Implementation and operation of the gateway for health into BBMRI-ERIC
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC
1 Oct 2015 – 31 Mar 2019
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC supported the implementation and operation of key activities within BBMRI-ERIC, including the development of services and infrastructure to support biobanks and their users. BBMRI-ERIC coordinated the project and used the funding to support key activities across its Headquarters and Common Services.
Grant agreement: 676550
Consortium grant request: €4,950,860.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €3,786,840.00
Topic: H2020-INFRADEV-3-2015
AARC2
Authentication and authorisation for research and collaboration
AARC2
1 May 2017 – 30 Apr 2019
AARC2 developed solutions for authentication and authorisation to support secure access to research and collaboration services. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to the development of levels of assurance for authentication suitable for biomedical research applications.
Grant agreement: 730941
Consortium grant request: €2,999,893.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €39,590.00
Topic: H2020-EINFRA-2016
B1MG
A network of genetic and clinical data across Europe
B1MG
1 Jun 2020 – 31 May 2023
B1MG aimed to make it easier to share human health data around Europe. It supported the EU 1 Million Genomes Initiative, which aims to provide access to at least one million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022.The project supported this initiative by creating the infrastructure, the legal guidance and the best practices to enable this access.
Grant agreement: 951724
Consortium grant request: €4,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €157,190.15
Topic: SC1-HCC-06-2020
B3AFRICA
Bridging biobanking and biomedical research across Europe and Africa
B3AFRICA
1 Jul 2015 – 30 Sep 2018
B3Africa developed a cooperation platform and technical framework for integrating biobanks in Africa and Europe. The project addressed ethical and regulatory frameworks, data models, informatics infrastructure, education and training, and the sharing of data and knowledge between biobanks and researchers across both continents.
Grant agreement: 654404
Consortium grant request: €2,001,250.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €70,000.00
Topic: INFRASUPP-6-2014
BBMRI-LPC
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – Large prospective cohorts
BBMRI-LPC
1 Feb 2013 – 31 Oct 2017
BBMRI-LPC brought together large European prospective cohort studies to improve the harmonisation of health and lifestyle data and disease definitions, develop innovative biobanking technologies and facilitate fair transnational access to samples and data. The project also supported access to genomic and other molecular data and strengthened collaboration between large-scale biobanks.
Grant agreement: 313010
Consortium grant request: €8,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €14,552.00
Topic: INFRA-2012-1.1.9
BeYond-COVID
Provides comprehensive open data on SARS-CoV-2, and other infectious diseases across scientific, medical, public health and policy domains.
BeYond-COVID
1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sep 2024
The project had a strong emphasis on mobilising raw viral sequences, helping to identify and monitor the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants. It further accelerated access to and linking of data and metadata on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, enabled federated data analysis conform with data protection regulations, and harmonisation and management of meta-data and sample- identifiers, as well as long-term cataloguing to ensure interoperability of national and global efforts.
Grant agreement: 101046203
Consortium grant request: €12,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €1,051,947.75
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-06
BioMedBridges
Building data bridges between biological and medical infrastructures in Europe
BioMedBridges
1 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2015
Lead by European Molecular Biology Laboratory: BioMedBridges formed a cluster of the emerging biomedical sciences research infrastructures (BMS RIs) and constructed the data and service bridges needed to connect them.
Grant agreement: 284209
Consortium grant request: €10,494,998.69
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €8,400.00
Topic: FP7 INFRA-2011-2.3.2
CETOCOEN EXCELLENCE
Developing methods for integrating biobanks with exposome data
CETOCOEN EXCELLENCE
1 Sep 2017 – 31 Aug 2018
The aim of this project was to exploit research capacities built in Central Europe with support from the European Structural and Investment Funds and develop a cutting-edge research platform capable of addressing major scientific and societal challenges of contemporary Europe in the area of environment and health. It enhanced a scientific value of existing regional population studies and turned them into the accessible source of valuable information by developing sustainable biobanking platform and harmonising their protocols, questionnaires, and standard operating procedures to allow for their joint assessment and interpretation of results.
Grant agreement: 763677
Consortium grant request: €384,867.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €43,005.00
Topic: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2016-2017
CINECA
Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada and Africa
CINECA
1 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2023
The project developed a federated cloud-based infrastructure for making genomic and biomolecular data accessible. It assembled a virtual cohort of 1.4 million individuals from population, longitudinal and disease studies such as the European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA), CanDIG, and H3Africa. The project developed solutions both to the challenges of delivering transcontinental security requirements for data access, and to the ethical, legal, and societal commitments where data cannot move outside a legal jurisdiction.
Grant agreement: 825775
Consortium grant request: €5,998,456.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €314,682.50
Topic: SC1-BHC-05-2018
CLINIMARK
Good biomarker practice to increase the number of clinically validated biomarkers
CLINIMARK
14 Mar 2017 – 13 Mar 2021
CLINIMARK aimed to improve the quality and reproducibility of biomarker studies and establish a coherent development pipeline from biomarker discovery through to clinical application. BBMRI-ERIC contributed expertise to the establishment of best biomarker practices and networking.
Grant agreement: CA16113
Consortium grant request: NA
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: NA
Topic: H2020 OC-2016-1-20724
ConcePTION
Building an ecosystem for better monitoring and communicating of medication safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding
ConcePTION
1 Apr 2019 – 31 Dec 2024
ConcePTION developed an ecosystem for generating and communicating evidence on medication safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to standards, facilities and operating procedures for the collection and storage of breast milk and blood or plasma samples, as well as FAIR data catalogues and platforms for data sharing and remote access.
Grant agreement: 821520
Consortium grant request: €15,299,991.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €328,420.00
Topic: IMI2-2017-13-09
CORBEL
Coordinated research infrastructures building enduring life-science services
CORBEL
1 Sep 2015 – 31 Aug 2019
CORBEL established a collaborative framework of shared services between the ESFRI Biological and Medical Research Infrastructures. The project aimed to provide a unified interface, aligned services and coordinated access to advanced technology platforms. BBMRI-ERIC co-coordinated the project and contributed to case studies, ELSI and training activities.
Grant agreement: 654248
Consortium grant request: €14,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €1,799,468.00
Topic: H2020 INFRADEV-4
CY-Biobank
Biobanking and the Cyprus Human Genome Project
CY-Biobank
1 Jun 2015 – 31 May 2016
CY-Biobank supported the development of biobanking capacity in Cyprus and its integration into European networks. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to standards and procedures, ELSI compliance and data management, including the development of processes for data access and quality.
Grant agreement: 664561
Consortium grant request: €460,637.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €64,475.00
Topic: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-1
DIAMONDS
Diagnosis and management of febrile illness using RNA personalised molecular signature diagnosis
DIAMONDS
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Mar 2026
DIAMONDS developed a molecular test for the rapid diagnosis of serious infectious and inflammatory diseases using personalised gene signatures. The molecular diagnostic approach will shorten the diagnosis time to under two hours, using a patient’s first blood sample. The molecular diagnostic test will not only save a patient from unnecessary and potentially painful tests, but it will revolutionise the way healthcare can be delivered and have a positive impact on the health system and medical practitioners delivering healthcare.
Grant agreement: 848196
Consortium grant request: €22,582,021.13
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €130,000.00
Topic: SC1-BHC-25-2019
EDIReX
EurOPDX distributed infrastructure for research on patient-derived cancer xenografts
EDIReX
1 Feb 2018 – 31 Jul 2022
EDIReX developed a distributed infrastructure to support research using patient-derived cancer xenografts. The project connected resources and expertise across Europe to improve access to models and data for cancer research.
Grant agreement: 731105
Consortium grant request: €5,156,198.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €70,558.75
Topic: H2020-INFRAIA-2016-2017
EGI-Engage
Engaging the EGI community towards an Open Science Commons
EGI-Engage
1 Mar 2015 – 31 Aug 2017
The mission of EGI-Engage was to accelerate the implementation of the Open Science Commons vision, where researchers from all disciplines have easy and open access to the innovative digital services, data, knowledge and expertise they need for their work. EGI-Engage expanded the capabilities offered to scientists (e.g. improved cloud or data services) and the spectrum of its user base by engaging with large Research Infrastructures (RIs).
Grant agreement: 654142
Consortium grant request: €8,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €128,550.00
Topic: H2020 EGI-EINFRA-1-6
EHDS 2
Pilot project for a European infrastructure ecosystem for the secondary use of health data
EHDS 2
1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2024
EHDS2 pilot supported the development of a European infrastructure ecosystem for the secondary use of health data for research, policymaking and regulatory purposes. BBMRI-ERIC led work on regulatory and legal compliance and data interoperability, quality and protection, and contributed to a Cancer Genomics use case.
Grant agreement: 101079839
Consortium grant request: €4,999,798.76
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €606,121.83
Topic: EU4H-2021-PJ-06
EJP RD
European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases
EJP RD
1 Jan 2019 – 31 Aug 2024
The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases supported coordination and integration of research and data resources for rare disease research across Europe. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to GDPR implementation, quality oversight, federated search architectures, machine-readable access, FAIR data and ethical, legal and societal aspects of rare disease research.
Grant agreement: 825575
Consortium grant request: €55,582,724.77
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €1,620,071.26
Topic: SC1-BHC-04-2018
EMTRAIN
European Medicines Research Training Network
EMTRAIN
1 Oct 2009 – 30 Sep 2016
EMTRAIN established a pan-European platform for education and training covering the full lifecycle of medicines, from basic research through clinical development to pharmacovigilance. The project developed harmonised and transferable education and training programmes across Europe.
Grant agreement: 115015
Consortium grant request: €4,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €9,754.45
Topic: FP7/2007-2013
EOSC4CANCER
A European-wide foundation to accelerate data-driven cancer research
EOSC4CANCER
1 Sep 2022 – 31 May 2025
Research into cancer is extensive, yet the translation of key findings into new diagnostic and treatment innovations is slow. Moreover, the introduction of data science and machine learning technologies to assist the analysis of large clinical and molecular datasets require concerted efforts across different institutions and countries. To facilitate this cooperation, the EU-funded EOSC4Cancer project established a pan European infrastructure that integrates cancer research-related data and makes it accessible for analysis across borders. The project combined data from patient diagnosis to treatment, laying the groundwork for future cancer projects.
Grant agreement: 101058427
Consortium grant request: 7,814,549.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €580,500.00
Topic: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-06
EOSC Future
Implementing the European Open Science Cloud
EOSC Future
1 Apr 2021 – 31 Mar 2024
EOSC Future supported the integration and consolidation of access to European research infrastructures and services through the European Open Science Cloud Portal. The project aimed to uncover the potential of European research by connecting the major stakeholders in the EOSC ecosystem, developing scientific use cases in collaboration with the thematic communities, engaging the broader EOSC community and increasing its visibility.
Grant agreement: 101017536
Consortium grant request: €42,077,088.84
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €262,062.50
Topic: INFRAEOSC-03-2020
EOSC-HUB
Integrating and managing services for the European Open Science Cloud
EOSC-HUB
1 Jan 2018 – 31 Mar 2021
EOSC-hub integrated and managed services for the European Open Science Cloud, bringing together research infrastructures and e-infrastructures to improve interoperability and access to services, software and data. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to the development of policies for sensitive human data hosted or processed within the European Open Science Cloud.
Grant agreement: 777536
Consortium grant request: €30,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €25,625.00
Topic: H2020-EINFRA-12-2017
EOSCPILOT
The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project.
EOSCPILOT
1 Jan 2017 – 31 May 2019
The EOSCpilot project examined the data storage needs of scientific research organisations and proposed a draft solution. The project’s name refers to it being a pilot study for the European Open Science Cloud programme. EOSC is conceptually similar to consumer-level cloud-based sharing, but vastly larger, more complex and more open.
Grant agreement: 739563
Consortium grant request: €9,953,067.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €78,405.00
Topic: INFRADEV-04-2016
EPTRI
European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure
EPTRI
1 Jan 2018 – 30 Apr 2020
EPTRI aimed to enhance technology-driven paediatric research in discovery and early development phases to be translated into clinical research and paediatric use of medicines. The starting point of the proposal was the serious lack of medicines for children in the EU and worldwide as well as the lack of a developmental model for paediatric medicines that integrates technology-driven aspects with the methodological, ethical and regulatory framework.
Grant agreement: 777554
Consortium grant request: €3,000,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €192,500.00
Topic: H2020-INFRADEV-01-2017
ERIC Forum
Building a new brand identity of European Research Infrastructure Consortia
ERIC Forum
1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2022
The ERIC Forum Implementation project strengthened collaboration between European Research Infrastructures established as European Research Infrastructure Consortia. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to coordination and project management, ethics, networking, knowledge sharing, best practices and communication.
Grant agreement: 823798
Consortium grant request: €1,495,281.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €181,250.00
Topic: INFRASUPP-01-2018-2019
EUCAN-Connect
A federated FAIR platform enabling large-scale analysis of high-value cohort data connecting Europe and Canada in personalised health
EUCAN-Connect
1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2023
EUCAN-Connect brought together science from Europe and Canada to improve the quality of health care through a more efficient use of data. The project promoted collaboration and multidisciplinary research in high-value cohort and molecular data on a large scale. As a result statistical power will improve and new discoveries are being facilitated. These discoveries will impact human life course and facilitate the translation of the data into personalised diagnostics, treatment and prevention policies.
Grant agreement: 824989
Consortium grant request: €5,999,703.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €399,326.25
Topic: SC1-BHC-05-2018
EuCanImage
A European cancer image platform linked to biological and health data for next-generation AI and precision medicine in oncology
EuCanImage
1 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2025
EuCanImage developed a Europe-wide platform linking cancer imaging data with biological and health data to support artificial intelligence and precision medicine in oncology. BBMRI-ERIC contributed to improving the accessibility and interoperability of biological sample collections and provided expertise on informed consent, data protection and other ELSI issues.
Grant agreement: 952103
Consortium grant request: €9,994,358.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €310,425.00
Topic: DT-TDS-05-2020
euCanSHare
An EU-Canada joint infrastructure for next-generation multi-study heart research
euCanSHare
1 Dec 2018 – 31 May 2023
euCanSHare developed the first centralised and secure platform for data sharing and analysis for cardiovascular research. The platform integrates major cardiovascular data sources from Europe and Canada, ultimately, accelerating data-driven research efforts for personalised medicine in cardiology.
Grant agreement: 825903
Consortium grant request: €5,395,292.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €104,675.00
Topic: SC1-BHC-05-2018
HEALTHYCLOUD
Paving the road towards a European health data space
HEALTHYCLOUD
1 Mar 2021 – 30 Nov 2023
HEALTHYCLOUD focused on secure and effective health data sharing. BBMRI-ERIC led work on the ethical, legal and societal impact of cross-border health data access and contributed to the development of a FAIR health data portal architecture.
Grant agreement: 965345
Consortium grant request: €2,999,975.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €311,875.00
Topic: SC1-HCC-10-2020
IC2PerMed
Integrating China in the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine
IC2PerMed
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2023
IC2PerMed aimed to facilitate the convergence of European and Chinese stakeholders in the field of Personalised Medicine (PM), engaging policymakers and healthcare beneficiaries. The project envisioned becoming a catalyst for effective EU-China collaboration in PM research, with the ultimate goal of providing populations access to personalised, intelligent and inclusive healthcare solutions.
Grant agreement: 874694
Consortium grant request: €1,691,437.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €219,687.50
Topic: SC1-HCO-01-2018-2019-2020
INTERVENE
International consortium for integrative genomics prediction
INTERVENE
1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2025
The project developed tools for disease prevention, diagnosis and personalised treatment. It used powerful artificial intelligence technologies on a vast and diverse US-European pool of genomic and health data to calculate genetic risk scores that predict an individual’s susceptibility to a particular disease.
Grant agreement: 101016775
Consortium grant request: €10,434,940.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €349,975.00
Topic: DT-TDS-04-2020
PhenoMeNal
A comprehensive and standardised e-infrastructure for analysing medical metabolic phenotype data
PhenoMeNal
1 Sep 2015 – 31 Aug 2018
The project aimed to support the growing integration of genomic, metabolomic and exposome data and to strengthen the European metabolomics community.
Grant agreement: 654241
Consortium grant request: €7,684,919.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €145,076.00
Topic: H2020-EINFRA-1-2014
PROPHET
PeRsOnalized Prevention roadmap for the future HEalThcare
PROPHET
1 Sep 2022 – 31 Aug 2026
The overall objective of PROPHET is to co-create with stakeholders a Personalized Prevention Roadmap for the future of healthcare, in order to support the definition and implementation of innovative, sustainable and high-quality personalised strategies that are effective in preventing chronic diseases.
Grant agreement: 101057721
Consortium grant request: €2,812,437.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €84,812.00
Topic: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-04
QUANTUM
Developing a data quality and utility label for the European Health Data Space
QUANTUM
1 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2026
With a consortium of 35 partners, QUANTUM is an EU-funded project that aimed to create a common label system for Europe that guarantees the quality and utility of datasets for scientific and health innovation purposes. These labels will enable researchers, policymakers and healthcare professionals to identify high-quality data for research and decision making.
Grant agreement: 101137057
Consortium grant request: €3,903,826.25
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €170,700.00
Topic: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-09
Rabbit 2
Accelerating the use of big data for health care
Rabbit 2
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
The goal of the project was to accelerate the use of big data, biobanks and health data registries in development of new healthcare solutions, through helping the EIT Health Members in their R&D ambitions. As an external project partner, BBMRI-ERIC provided information on the European biobanking landscape, including the distribution of biobanks and sample collections and national regulations governing access to them.
Grant agreement: 19456
Consortium grant request: NA
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €15,000.00
Topic: FPA2016/EIT/EIT Health
RD-Connect
An integrated platform connecting registries, biobanks and clinical bioinformatics for rare disease research
RD-Connect
1 Nov 2012 – 31 Oct 2018
RD-Connect was a multidisciplinary project that united partners from the EU and beyond to create an integrated global infrastructure for Rare Disease research. It provided the infrastructure to deveop three new platforms to improve the study and analysis of Rare Diseases.
Grant agreement: 305444
Consortium grant request: €11,997,111.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €100,000.00
Topic: FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION
RI-VIS
Expanding research infrastructure visibility to strengthen strategic partnerships
RI-VIS
1 Feb 2019 – 31 Jan 2022
RI-VIS aimed to increase the international visibility of European research infrastructures and strengthen strategic partnerships beyond Europe. To achieve this RI-VIS helped RIs to form sustainable global partnerships and collaborations with researchers, organisations and other stakeholders in order to democratise research, increase access for researchers and benefit society at large.
Grant agreement: 824063
Consortium grant request: €1,500,000.00
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €248,500.00
Topic: INFRASUPP-01-2018-2019
RItrain
Research infrastructures training programme
RItrain
1 Sep 2015 – 31 Mar 2020
RItrain defined the competences and skills required to develop and operate distributed research infrastructures throughout their lifecycle, from the preparatory phase through to operational maturity. The project then designed a training programme to fulfil those requirements
Grant agreement: 654156
Consortium grant request: €1,995,633.75
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €514,423.20
Topic: H2020 INFRASUPP-3
SPIDIA4P
Standardisation of generic pre-analytical procedures for in-vitro diagnostics for personalised medicine
SPIDIA4P
1 Jan 2017 – 30 Jun 2021
The aim of SPIDIA4P was to improve healthcare systems worldwide by developing and implementing a comprehensive portfolio of 22 European pre-analytical CEN/Technical Specifications (CEN/TS) and ISO/International Standards (ISO/IS), addressing the important pre-analytical workflows applied to personalised medicine in medical laboratories.
Grant agreement: 733112
Consortium grant request: €1,999,972.50
BBMRI-ERIC grant request: €100,673.75
Topic: SC1-HCO-02-2016