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8.5 million to fund applied research in the Upper Rhine – “Science Offensive” project launch ceremony on 11 September 2019<\/h2>

In the framework of the third call for projects of the “Science Offensive” initiative of the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine, 7 new projects of scientific excellence have been selected after a competitive selection procedure. The project leaders, together with several representatives of the partner regions and of the INTERREG programme, were gathered in B\u00fchl, Germany, on Wednesday 11 September 2019, for the official launch of the selected projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n[vc_empty_space height=”25px”]

Through the “Offensive Science”, the Region Grand Est, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, represented by the Ministry for Research, Science and Art, and Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Ministry for Research, Further Education and Culture, in cooperation with the INTERREG V Upper Rhine programme, are supporting research initiatives that are both of high scientific quality and make a concrete contribution to solving the major economic, social and environmental challenges facing the Upper Rhine. The project partners – research institutions, companies, administrative bodies and associations – work together to develop new products, services or technical solutions.<\/p>\n

In practical terms, over the next three years, the research teams will focus on topics such as autoimmune diseases, the improvement of energy storage systems for electric vehicles, the supply of renewable energy to decentralised electricity networks, the continuous monitoring of pesticides in drinking water and plant protection.<\/p>\n

The projects were formally approved by the INTERREG V Upper Rhine programme monitoring committee at the end of June. Thus, applied research in the Upper Rhine will benefit from 8.5 million euros over a period of three years, distributed as follows: <\/p>\n