[Takeoff #1] Being a winner of a European call for proposals

[Article, Video] - Published on January 10, 2022 in Major Programs, University-Industry Partnerships, Commercialization

Valérie Guillard, a researcher at the IATE laboratory, is the coordinator of the Glopack research project in the field of sustainable food packaging, which was selected through a European Horizon 2020 call for proposals. She shares this great success with us this month as part of the“Décollage”video series produced by the University of Montpellier’s Department of Innovation and Partnerships (DIPA).

Glopack, the project that took Europe by storm

Glopack’s goal was to develop active, smart, bio-based, and biodegradable packaging that could serve as an alternative to conventional plastic.“The project began in 2016 with an idea and a European call for proposals that was published at the time, featuring all the keywords specific to our research activities,”explains Valérie Guillard, a researcher at the UMR Agopolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies and coordinator of this project, which brings together 16 European partners from academia and the private sector.

To respond to this call for proposals—which she ultimately won—the researcher sought support from the DIPA. Completed last November, the success of the Glopack project can be summed up in two figures: three innovations in the field of sustainable food packaging and a first commercial application.

Keywords: Takeoff, Innovation, Research