Projet BIG4 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

BIG4 is a global network to amalgamate the cutting edge methods of genomics, phylogenetics, informatics, taxonomy, semantic biodiversity publishing and citizen science, into highly competitive cross-disciplinary training programme for 15 ESRs with a stronghold in biosystematics. These 15 future leaders will extend the exploration of the four biggest groups of living organisms in a more forward looking way than has been attempted before. The urgent focus on the “big four” insect groups, i.e. Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (wasps, ants and bees), Diptera (flies and mosquitoes), and Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) is justified by the super abundance of this form of Life, and by the growing need by science and society to make better use of the enormous potential hidden in their biological diversity. BIG4 aims [1] to gain a robust systematic knowledge that explains the evolutionary origin, diversification, past and present distributions of living organisms, [2] to model their future dispersal and [3] to predict the traits of species that are yet unknown. Additionally, BIG4 strives for [4] implementing organismal features into engineering, medicine, agricultural or environmental solutions, the insect flight mechanics and more effective pollination to mention just a few. Such knowledge is in a particularly high demand in respect of the four biggest insects groups comprising the most important model organisms, the most dangerous pests or disease vectors, the most abundant invasive species and the most fragile entire species communities undergoing extinction due to habitat destruction. By integrating academia with the business and public sectors, BIG4 will greatly increase services and beneficial products provided by the biosystematics as a science. BIG4 will place insect mega-diversity as a powerful service for economic and societal needs such as environmental monitoring, biological control, biomedicine, or ecological farming.

Mots clés : biological systematics, entomology, phylogenetics, biodiversity, citizen science

Participants :
- Natural History Museum Vienna (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 255934.08 €
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Charles University (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 464844.96 €
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- University of Turku (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Plazi gmbh (Suisse) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- National Museum (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Kansas Medical Center (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Tsukuba (Japon) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Vienna (Autriche) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Australian Museum (Australie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Leibniz Association (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Era7 information technologies sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 247872.96 €
- University of Helsinki (Finlande) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Lund University (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 527318.64 €
- Crown Research Institutes (Nouvelle-Zélande) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- UNSW Sydney (Australie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Savantic ab (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 263659.32 €
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 870245.64 €
- Decuria ab (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgique) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Swedish Museum of Natural History (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 527318.64 €
- Pensoft Publishers (Bulgaria) (Bulgarie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 218651.4 €