Synthesis of Systematic Resources 2
Project acronym: SYNTHESYS
Funding scheme (EU Framework Programme 7): Integrating Activities (IA)
EU financial contribution: €7.2 million
Duration: 48 months
Start date: 1 September 2009
Completion date: 31 August 2013
Continuing the work of its Framework Programme 6 (FP6) predecessor, the EU-funded SYNTHESYS project is improving access and usability of a system of databases and virtual collections to help researchers find what they need and locate relevant taxonomic expertise. Once researchers have located the requisite specimens, transnational access funding then helps scientists study them for real. The project is also enhancing collection management standards across Europe which will, in turn, improve future access. For further information and for applications, please go to the project webpage: www.synthesys.info.
Project Team
Selected CVs
Project Leader: Owens, Simon J.
Directorate
David Simpson (GB-TAFapplication assessor), Paul Wilkin (GB-TAF application assessor)
Project Partners and Collaborators
Austria
Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien
Belgium
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
Denmark
University of Copenhagen
France
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Germany
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Hungary
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
The Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
University of Leiden - Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
National Natural History Museum Naturalis, Leiden
Spain
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Real Jardín Botánico Naturales, CISC, Madrid
Sweden
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm
UK
Natural History Museum
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Royal Holloway University London
University of York
Funders
European Commission's FPVI European-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative
