This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 772787.

The 6th SMARTER newsletter is now available!

The 6th SMARTER newsletter is now available! Enjoy your reading at: https://bit.ly/3is6DKf For receiving the future issues please sign up here.

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Horizon Impact Award 2022 is open for applications!

The European Commission has launched the Horizon Impact Award 2022 on 6th January 2022, an initiative to recognise and celebrate outstanding projects that have used their results to provide value for society.  The contest is open to legal entities, individuals or teams that have completed an FP7 and/or Horizon 2020 project. In order to be eligible, the projects must […]

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Open competition for research scientists at INRAE, France: 55 Job offers!

Each year, INRAE organises open competitions to recruit research scientists on permanent positions. The recruitment campaign is generally aimed at researchers who have recently obtained their PhD. Candidates are recruited on the basis of their scientific competence and must have published articles on the results of their PhD. Fifty-five job positions in different fields are open! […]

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Joint Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Subnetworks on Sheep and Goat Nutrition and on Mediterranean Pastures and Forages!

  The next Joint Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Subnetworks on Sheep and Goat Nutrition and on Mediterranean Pastures and Forages will be held in Catania, Sicily, from 27 to 29 September 2022, hosted by the University of Catania. The Seminar will deal with the topic: “Alternative feed resources and their management for transiting towards a […]

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SMARTER Practice Abstracts EIP-AGRI!

Ten practice abstracts in the EIP Agri format based on SMARTER research will be produced in English. A “practice abstract” is a short summary which describes a main information/recommendation/practice that can be used by the end-users in their daily practice. Six practice abstracts have already been uploaded on the EIP-Agri website. Visit the dedicated webpage  […]

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UNILEON video to present SMARTER project!

Within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night (24 September 2021) and the Science Week (November 2021), with the aim of bringing research and researchers closer to the public and increasing the interest of young people in science, UNILEON prepared a video to present the SMARTER project. This video was the basis for an interactive event with secondary […]

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PhD studentship available at SRUC!

A PhD studentship on genetic determination of sow aggressive behaviour is available at SRUC. This 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover stipend and UK level tuition (limited funding is available to provide […]

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SMARTER Third Annual Meeting!

SMARTER has held the third annual meeting from 11th to 22nd of October 2021, once again by video conference because of the COVID crisis. The agenda for the remote SMARTER included 3-hours meetings per WPs with 17 to 56 participants each. The meeting gave an overview of the great work achieved during the third year […]

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Job offer at INRAE!

INRAE is opening a temporary European project manager position, initial duration is 12 months, possible extension of 6 months. The project manager will act in support of the project coordinator for the monitoring, coordination and animation of the SMARTER project. Occasionally she/he can provide support to another European project coordinated by the same unit (GEroNIMO: […]

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WCGALP 2022: Call for papers, deadline 12th January 2022!

The WCGALP 2022 will be held in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on 3rd – 8th July! The call for papers is already open and the deadline is 12th January 2022! The WCGALP Ovine and Caprine (sheep and goats!) organising committee invite you to submit genetic and genomic papers on the topics listed below: 1.            Meat and […]

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