Instruct-ERIC R&D Awardees 2024

Instruct-ERIC is delighted to announce the awardees of the latest R&D funding calls. Recipients have been awarded funding for pilot research into technology and methods development for structural biology.

Between 2013 and 2024, Instruct has provided R&D funding for more than 60 projects, being the catalyst for technical advancement and development in the field of structural biology.

Instruct now offers funding for R&D projects through 2 different calls:

 

R&D Pilot Funding

R&D pilot projects are funded up to a maximum of €15,000 – the intent of this support is to help researchers develop external funding for projects, i.e. the expectation is that a pilot study will lead to a grant submission to national or international funding bodies.
The call is open to all topics, but must contain aspects of technology or software development within integrated structural biology, accessing technologies/expertise at one or multiple Instruct centres. This call is specifically aimed at early career researchers as defined in the EU ERC programme.

Awardees


TechDev Funding

TechDev projects are funded up to a maximum of €30,000 – the call is aimed at researchers with a proven track record in technology and methods development.
The methods and technology development must be within a specific thematic area, which changes with each call. In 2024, the topics were:
Topic 1: Sample preparation
Sample preparation technologies to improve methodologies for the synthesis of proteins, DNA or RNA for structural biology studies.
Topic 2: Data management
Management or analysis of data generated either by structural biology or computational methods that need to be represented by ensembles of biomolecular structures.

Awardees

The next call is planned to open in 2025.