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Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing

Challenge

The present Teaming second phase application will create the first Centre of Excellence in Ageing Research in Southern Europe and in a R&D low-performing EU member state, to reduce disparities and to bridge the gap between fundamental research and its translation into human intervention. The new Centre of Excellence, the Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing (MIA-Portugal), will be a new Strategic Research Institute with the University of Coimbra as the core scientific element of a new living laboratory, Ageing@Coimbra’.

Solution

The overall objective of the new Centre of Excellence is to improve health and wellbeing of an ageing population and benefit from excellence science and innovation potential to deliver business opportunities. Based on an international forefront position in Biology of Ageing, it will create knowledge to promote healthy living, develop, validate and deliver interventions that improve human healthy life expectancy, with a specific focus on those members of both
genders of the population with the lowest healthy life expectancy, and promote innovation transfer into practices and services. This will contribute to reduce the socioeconomic burden of chronic diseases and inadequate ageing of population and will foster functional independence, stimulate the economy and raise new high-qualified jobs.

Objectives, Activities and Results expected / achieved

The objectives MIA-Portugal aims to achieve will be:
• Strategic scientific development of research in Biology of Ageing;

• Advanced teaching;

• Innovation and technology transfer;

• Translation/clinical research;

• Bolstering the societal impact of Ageing@Coimbra.

Project Reference

Grant Agreement No 857524

Funding


Total Investment

15.000.001,25

IPN Investment

406.550,00

Total Eligible

15.000.001,25

IPN Eligible

406.550,00

EC Funding – Total

15.000.001,25

EC Funding – IPN

406.550,00

Duration

84 Months

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2026-12-30

Approval Date

2019-12-01

Consortium

Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Universidade de Coimbra
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
Instituto Pedro Nunes

Keywords

Molecular biology and interactions;
Regenerative medicine;
Translational medicine;
Organ physiology and pathophysiology;
Centre of Excellence;
Ageing Research;
Molecular Epidemiology;
Multidisciplinary;
Health and Wellbeing;
Healthy Living and Active Ageing;
Research and Innovation.
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