Six projects have been awarded
Future Food Seed Money Call 2018
The Future Food Utrecht Hub has awarded its first seed money grants to six interdisciplinary teams.
Each project will receive € 20,000. The review panel selected the proposals based on:
- the potential contribution to strengthen the research within FFU
- the potential in successfully acquiring external funding
- the extent of interdisciplinary collaboration and new collaboration
- scientific quality and innovativity
- track record of the applicants.
The aim of the seed money grants is to stimulate new food-related collaboration within Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht and to support joint food-related proposals in external calls.
AWARDED PROJECTS
- Towards resilient crops: Plant homeosatic mechanisms regulating root survival tipping points during flooding stress.
Prof. Kirsten ten Tusscher, Dr. Rashmi Sasidharan (Faculty of Science), Prof. Stefan Dekker, Dr. Hugo de Boer (Faculty of Geosciences). - Empowering Chicken Natural Killer cells to eradicate pathogens by establishing their metabolic needs.
Dr. Christine Jansen (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and Dr. Saskia van Mil (UMC Utrecht). - Future Food in the Mekong Delta (FuFMeD).
Dr. Guus van Westen, Prof. Annelies Zoomers, Dr. Esther Stouthamer (Faculty of Gesciences), Prof. Rens Voesenek (Faculty of Science), Prof. Veena Srinivasan (Prins Claus Chair UU, Atree), Prof. Joost de Laat (Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance – Uglobe) and Dr Nguyen Hieu Trung (Can Tho Univ. VN). - Perspectives of food producing companies regarding the design and content of food labels with focus on precautionary allergen labeling (PAL).
Dr. Bregje Holleman (Faculty of Humanities), Dr. Harmieke van Os- Medendorp, Prof. André Knulst (UMC Utrecht), Dr. Marty Blom, Prof. Geert Houben (TNO/ UMC Utrecht). - Increasing interdisciplinary understanding of individual and psychosocial drivers underlying ‘value-based’ (healthy and sustainable) food choices.
Dr. Maartje Poelman (Faculty of Geosciences), Dr. Marleen Gillebaart, Dr. Carlijn Kamphuis (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Elizabeth Velema, MSc (Netherlands Nutrition Centre), Dr. Arienne de Jong (Institute for Health and Environment). - Identifying the psycho-social drivers of antimicrobial usage and effects on milk- associated health properties.
Prof. Ronette Gehring, Dr. Gerrit Koop, Dr. Alex Bossers (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IRAS), Dr. Betty van Esch (Faculty of Science, UIPS), Dr. Florien Cramwinckel (Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences).