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Key facts <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1765965832154{margin-top: 60px !important;}”]The overall objective of the project is to develop an internationally recognised interuniversity campus of excellence to build skills in research and innovation in the food processing sector, with a particular focus on the MENA region.<\/p>\n

The project has a duration of five years, starting on 1 December 2024 and ending on 30 November 2029. The total budget amounts to \u20ac2,502,490.65, including \u20ac2,310,000.00 in requested funding and \u20ac192,490.65 in co-funding.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”15947″ img_size=”full” css=”” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”15964″ img_size=”full” css=”” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

The project is coordinated by Prof. Pier Sandro Cocconcelli<\/strong>, Vice-Rector for the Coordination of Internationalisation Projects at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Full Professor of Food Microbiology. He is Director of the Transdisciplinary Research on Food Issues Centre (TROFIC) and serves as a scientific expert for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He is also Secretary General of the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) and author of over 560 scientific publications.<\/p>\n

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Partnership<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1756125822028{margin-top: 20px !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The FOCUSER project involves the collaboration of five leading Italian universities:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1756125822028{margin-top: 20px !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”img-text”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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\nCatholic University of the Sacred Heart<\/strong><\/span> (UCSC)<\/div>\n

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Project proposer and coordinator<\/em><\/div>\n

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Alma Mater Studiorum<\/strong><\/span>
\nUniversity of Bologna (UNIBO)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Co-proposer<\/em><\/p>\n

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University of<\/strong><\/span>
\nParma (UNIPR)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Co-proposer<\/em><\/p>\n

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University<\/strong><\/span>
\nof Modena and Reggio Emilia<\/strong><\/span>
\n(UNIMORE)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Co-proposer<\/em><\/p>\n

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University<\/strong><\/span>
\nof Ferrara (UNIFE) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Co-proposer<\/em><\/p>\n

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