EIRENE PPP project submitted

The EIRENE consortium has submitted the EIRENE Preparatory Phase Project (EIRENE PPP) to enter the implementation and operational phase in order to be fully functional distributed research infrastructure. EIRENE PPP aims to prepare a consolidated European research infrastructure enabling the development of advanced technologies and complementary services on the characterization of complex environmental exposures and their impact on the European population. The ultimate goal is to promote European excellence in Environmental & Health research by providing European researchers with transnational and/or virtual access to harmonised capacities, unique services, and comprehensive data addressing the current and future needs of public authorities. The EIRENE PPP project brings together leading international experts and institutions to prepare EIRENE RI for implementation.

The EIRENE PPP project consortium consists of the scientists and innovators globally leading the Environment & Health research and representing universities and research institutions from 14 EU member states, Norway, the UK and US. The PPP partners’ institutions coordinate respective EIRENE RI national hubs and bring to the wider RI consortium additional 40 members of these hubs (universities, research institutions, environmental agencies, public health institutes and NGOs) as their associated entities.

The EIRENE RI Consortium (in EIRENE PPP, the underlined institutions represent the national EIRENE hubs):

• Austria: University of Vienna, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Medical University of Vienna, Medical University of Innsbruck
• Belgium: Flemish Institute for Technological Research, University of Antwerp, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
• Czech Republic: Masaryk University (RECETOX)
• Finland: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Occuptional Health
• France: INSERM, Paris, Oniris/LABERCA, INRAE/TOXALIM, INSERM/EHESP, INSERM/Univ Paris, Ineris,
• Germany: University of Leipzig
• Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Iceland: University of Iceland
• Italy: National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Institute of Health, Italian Institute of Technology
• Netherlands: Utrecht University, Free University Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Leiden University, University Medical Centre Groningen
• Norway: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norwegian Institute for Water Research Institute, University of Bergen
• Slovakia: Slovak Medical University, Slovak Technical University, Comenius University
• Slovenia: Institute Jozef Stefan, University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, National Institute of Biology
• Spain: Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Centro Nacional de Sanidad Ambiental, National Health Institute Carlos III, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Foundation for the Promotion of Research on Health and Biomedicine of the Valencian Community, Gipuzkoako Osasun Publikoaren Zuzendariordetza, University of Oviedo, University of Granada
• Sweden: Örebro University, Karlstad University, Stockholm University, Umeå University, Örebro University, Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• UK: University College London
• USA: Columbia University

The project was submitted on January 20th and the results are expected later in 2022.