Ongoing projects

International projects

Horizon Europe

1. Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition – (AgroServ)
   Grant number: 101058020
   Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
   Project coordinator: Dr. Michel Boer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS, France
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić Špika
2. CROPINNO – Stepping up scientific excellence and innovation capacity for climate-resilient crop improvement and production
   Grant number: 101059784
   Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
   Project coordinator: Dr. Dragana Miladinović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
3. EMPHASIS-GO – Bringing emphasis to operation: European infrastructure for multiscale plant phenomics and simulation for food security in a changing climate
   Grant number: 1010079772
   Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
   Project coordinator: Dr. Roland Pieurschka, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ankica Kondić Špika
4. CARINA CARinata and CamelINA to boost the sustainable diversification in EU farming systems
   Grant number: 101081839
   Duration: 01/11/2022-31/10/2026
   Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andrea Monti, Alma mater studiorum – Universita di Bologna, Italy
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
5. MIDAS Utilization of marginal lands for growing sustainable industrial crops and developing innovative bio-based products
   Grant number: 101082070
   Duration: 01/11/2022-31/10/2026
   Project coordinator: Dr. Efthymia Alexopoulou, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Greece
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
6. ECO-READY – Achieving Ecological Resilient Dynamism for the European food system through consumer-driven polices, socio-ecological challanges, biodiversity, data-driven policy, sustainable futures
   Grant number: 101084201
   Duration: 01/12/2022-30/11/2026
   Project coordinator: Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Czech Republic
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vuk Đorđević
7. HelEx Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower
   Grant number: 101081974
   Duration: 01/05/2023-30/04/2027
   Project coordinator: INRAE, l’Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović

COST actions

1. EPI-CATCH Epigenetic mechanisms of Crop Adaptation To Climate change
   Grant number: CA 19125
   Duration: 17/09/2020-16/09/2024
   Project coordinator: prof. dr. Federico Martinelli, University of Florence, Italy
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
2. PLAGRI – Plasma applications for smart and sustainable agriculture
   Grant number: CA 19110
   Duration: 06/10/2020-05/10/2024
   Project coordinator: Dr. Nevena Puač, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Nada Grahovac
3. T0P-AGRI-Network Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture: European Network for sustainability
   Grant number: CA 21134
   Duration: 19/09/2022-18/09/2026
   Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Huyghe, INRAE, France
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
4. ACRYRED – Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting asparagine
   Grant number: CA21149
   Duration: 2022-2026
   Project coordinator: Professor Nigel G. Halford, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragan Živančev
5. RECROP – Reproductive enhancement of crop resilience to extreme climate
   Grant number: CA22157
   Duration: 2023-2027
   Project coordinator: Dr. Sotirios Fragkostefanakis, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Aleksandra Radanović

Bilateral projects funded by The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia

1. Invasive plants as potential source of bioinsecticides for controlling stored product pests – Program of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Slovenia
   Duration: 2023-2025
   Coordinator: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
2. SUNFLOWER_GENOMED – Development of CRISPR-mediated resistance to fungal diseases in sunflower Program of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Turkiye
   Duration: 2024-2026
   Coordinator: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
   Coordinator for the Institute: Aleksandra Radanović

Other

1. FAO project: GRAINEFIT- Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers’ livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria
   Grant number: PR-166-SERBIA
   Duration: 2020-2024
   Project coordinator: Dr. Sanja Mikić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sanja Mikić
2. Enhancing Productivity and Resilience to Climate Change of Major Food Crops in Europe and Central Asia
   Grant number: ME-RER5024-1907364
   Duration: 2020-2024
   Project manager: Dr. Nasya Tomlekova
   Project coordinator: International Atomic Energy Agency
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
3. EUBRASWILD – Capturing Brassica Wild Relatives Diversity in South Eastern Europe
   Grant number: 13-76/1944
   Duration: 01/10/2020-31/05/2024
   Project coordinator: Dr. Smiljana Goreta Ban, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Poreč, Croatia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela
4. ERASMUS project: BREEDTECH – Building Capacity in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Education and Research through partnership program in Africa, Middle East and Europe for Agricultural Transformation
   Grant number: 101128862
   Duration: 01/03/2024-28/02/2027
   Coordinator: Egerton University, Kenya
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović

National projects

Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia

a) program IDEAS

1. Creating climate smart sunflower for future challenges – SmartSun
   Grant number: 13-76/1944
   Duration: 01/2022-12/2024
   Project coordinator: Dr. Sandra Cvejić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sandra Cvejić

b) program PRISMA

1. New biorational methods for stored seed pest control and protection: To serve and prevent – SafeSeed
   Grant number: 6619
   Duration : 01/2024-12/2026
   Project coordinator: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute : Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
2. Nutrition-sensitive breeding of Cucurbita plants – NutSens_PumpBreed
   Grant number: 6680
   Duration: 12/2023-12/2026
   Project coordinator: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović

Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia

1. Evaluating the stimulating effect of Trichoderma sp. on rapeseed and whitе maize seed germination
   Programme: Technology Transfer
   Grant number: TTP 1163
   Start and end dates: 15/10/2023-15/02/2025.
   Coordinated by: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad
   Project coordinator: Dr. Sonja Tančić-Živanov

Past projects

International projects

COST actions

1. PlantEd – Genome editing in plants – a technology with transformative potential
   Grant number: CA18111
   Duration: 25/04/2019-24/10/2023
   Project coordinator: Dr. Dennis Eriksson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragana Miladinović
2. Sourdough biotechnology network towards novel, healthier and sustainable food and bioprocesses
   Grant number: CA18101
   Duration: 10/4/2019-9/4/2023
   Project coordinator: Dr. Joao Miguel Ferreira da Rocha ICETA – Institute of Sciences, Technologies and Agribusiness of the University of Porto, Portugal
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Dragan Živančev

Bilateral projects funded by The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia

1. Sunflower broomrape – comparative research on virulence and diversity of parasite populations from China and Serbia – SBD (Sunflower Broomrape Diversity)
   Duration: 2021-2023
   Project coordinator: Dr. Boško Dedić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Boško Dedić
2. Alternative cereals and oil crops as a source of healthcare food and an important raw material for the production of biofuel
   Grant number: 101058020
   Duration: 2019-2022
   Project coordinator: Dr. Vera Popović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Novi Sad, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Vera Popović
3. Serbia-Slovenia: Evaluation for reintroduction of forgotten and under-utilized crops from Brassica sp. and Lathyrus sp.
   Grant number: 337-00-21/2020-09/14
   Duration: 2020-2022
   Project coordinator: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
   Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Ana Marjanović Jeromela