Tag: research

According to an internal memo, the European Commission proposes consolidating existing research and innovation funds, including the European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC), into a unified European Competitiveness Fund. Expected to launch under the next multiannual budget in 2028, this “mega-fund” aims to simplify and strengthen EU initiatives for innovation, productivity, and […]

FTP published its Position Paper on FP10, the upcoming EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. FTP calls for a stronger emphasis on the forest bioeconomy and wood-based products as building blocks of European competitiveness and a sustainable future. The forest-based sector is uniquely positioned to contribute to Europe’s strategic objectives. Its renewable raw material […]

Researchers and technologists carrying out projects in a wide range of activities relevant to forest-based science, products using forest-based raw materials, pulp and paper production process improvements or other innovations throughout the value chain are invited to submit their application for the Blue Sky Young Researchers & Innovation Award Europe 2023 or Blue Sky Pro […]

Over the past few months, FTP has been conducting research into the results of the latest European projects associated with the forest-based sector and recorded in its database. This research aims to evaluate whether these projects have achieved their initial goals and, if not, to determine the actual results. This will allow to evaluate the […]

The Circular Bioeconomy Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) published its Annual Work Programme 2023 end of December 2022. In this document, they published 18 call topics for a budget of 215,5 million €. FTP selected 13 call topics relevant for the forest-based sector covering a budget of 164 million €. 9 out of them are […]

To support FTP stakeholders, FTP analyzed the published Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023 -2024 and identified the Call topics relevant for the forest-based sector. As a result, around 70 Call topics with a budget of € 1 billion were identified as relevant or indirectly relevant to the forest-based sector. These relevant Calls topics were mainly […]

This award aims to stimulate competition between students and young researchers carrying out projects contributing to the resilience of the forest-based sector. The projects may include a wide range of activities relevant to forest-based science, products using forest-based raw materials, process improvements or other innovations throughout the value chain. The award is not only about […]

The two scientists Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta (University of Helsinki and Aalto University respectively) were awarded last week by the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2022. Their two research teams have worked on the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. Ionic liquids have gained interest […]

The Marcus Wallenberg Prize aims to recognize, encourage and stimulate path-breaking scientific achievements, which significantly contribute to broader knowledge and/or technical development within the broad fields of interest to the forest industry. In 2020, 3 scientists were rewarded for their groundbreaking work on a model to predict forest growth in a changing climate. Due to […]

To support FTP stakeholders, FTP analyzed the published Work Programmes and identified the Call topics relevant for the forest-based sector. As a result, around 150 Call topics with a budget of € 2,1 billion were identified as relevant or indirectly relevant to the forest-based sector. These relevant Calls topics were mainly found under Pillar II, […]