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Frugtpr jekt bærer frugt En ualmindelig veludformet projektansøgning om frugtforskning fik topkarakter i EU og har båret frugt i form af en kæmpe bevilling. DJF-forskere står i spidsen for det ambitiøse internationale projekt fra start til slut. Det var to glade herrer, som 8. december 2005 sad på DJF’s direktørkontor og satte deres underskrifter på en omfattende samarbejdsaftale. Forskningschef for Afdeling for Havebrugsproduktion Ole Callesen og direktør Just Jensen førte pennen på vegne af DJF, der sammen med 62 andre partnere indgår i et konsortium, som skal udføre frugtforskning på internationalt plan. Det tog under et minut for Ole Callesen og Just Jensen at sætte deres navne på kontrakten, men bag selve aftalen ligger to års hårdt arbejde. At projektet er blevet en realitet er et skoleeksempel på, hvordan grundig forberedelse, top-tunet samarbejde og en velformuleret, koncis og præcis projektansøgning kan føre til imponerende resultater. – For at sådan en ansøgning og sådan et projekt skal lykkes, skal man bygge på sit eksisterende netværk. Man kan ikke samle et netværk til lejligheden. Der skal virkelig være ”commitment”. Derudover skal man lave en nøgtern og grundig analyse af behovet, man skal kende området til bunds, og man skal bruge de rigtige ord i ansøgningen. For eksempel er ”produktkvalitet” et væsentligt nøgleord. Bedre kvalitet betyder øget sundhed og større tilfredshed hos forbrugerne samt større salg af produktet. Det er meget væsentligt, siger Ole Callesen. 8 Personalebladet nr. 6 · 2005 Af Janne Hansen Projektansøgningen, som fik 4,8 point ud af 5,0 og blev rangeret på en førsteplads blandt alle ansøgninger, har givet pote i form af bevillinger på 13,8 millioner euro (cirka 103 millioner kroner). Det betyder forskningsarbejde for 200 forskere ved 62 institutioner i 16 lande og omfatter 25 arbejdsprojekter med velklingende akronymer som SMARTFRUIT, FRUITSAFE og FRUIT- CLEAN. Projektet vil komme til at køre i cirka 4,5 år. I spidsen for ansøgningen såvel som for koordinering af projektets videre forløb står DJF-folk. Ole Callesen er projektkoordinator og ansvarlig for, at projektet ruller. Han er formand for styrekomiteen og har desuden ansvaret for kommunikationen med EU. Niels Bent Bredmose, seniorforsker ved Afdeling for Havebrugsproduktion, er projektleder. Af projektmidlerne er DJF bevilget otte millioner kroner. De vil gå dels til administration af projektet og dels til forskning i æblekvalitet, gmo-æbler til allergitest og post-harvest håndtering af æbler. Ideen til projektet blev født ved det årlige møde i EU-frugtnetværket i 2003. Idémagerne gik bestemt ikke i små sko: tanken var at skabe et arbejdsprogram, der rummer projekter omkring alle aspekter af frugt lige fra den spæde begyndelse som frø, til forbrugeren sætter sine tænder i et saftigt slutprodukt. Forædling, dyrkning, høst, håndtering, smagsoplevelse, allergitest – der er næsten ikke det aspekt, som det enorme projektet ikke omfatter.
The will is there – the funds are missing Cutbacks should be transformed into increased grants, so Denmark and DIAS can continue to live up to the goal of providing world class research. By Just Jensen, (page 1-2) It almost seems as though every Christmas at DIAS brings cutbacks.This is now the fourth year in a row that such an unfortunate Christmas gift is being presented. Our financial situation is the reason that adjustments are necessary. In 2006 we have a projected income of 539 million kroner. Unfortunately, our costs will be even higher at an unaltered level of activities. Generally speaking, at DIAS we have been able to maintain a static level of income measured in kroner.That means that we have not been able to increase our income and follow current developments in prices and salaries. At DIAS we are subject to annual two per cent general cutbacks on our basic grants in the same manner as most of the other government institutions. These cutbacks are called ”rationalisation” in political lingo.The majority of funds that we use to run DIAS are so-called ”loose change” from the EU, research councils, funds and various commercial enterprises that collaborate with DIAS on research projects. Funds from the private sector have been on the increase.The same goes for funds from the research councils and the EU. However, programme funds from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and similar strategic research programmes have been decreasing. For example, grants from The Danish Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business (DFFE) fell from 165 million kroner in 2002 to 108 million kroner in 2004.The decrease is due to the fact that there are now fewer funds being offered through these channels. DIAS is a strong competitor The increasing funds from collaborators, the EU and the research councils show, together with an analysis of the strategic research programmes that have been realized more recently, that when there are relevant research funds to apply for, then DIAS is a particularly strong competitor. The fact that DIAS has managed well in the research programmes offered shows in part that DIAS has the qualifications that are required, and that the employees at DIAS are able to complete good and relevant applications. This requires a great effort that we at DIAS must maintain, develop further and support as much as possible. It is beneficial for the society that DIAS services and for the good research environment that we have at DIAS. DIAS is a very strong competitor when research programmes in relevant fields are offered. What we need are more offers of research programmes within our research areas. New studies from Statistics Denmark show that the food sector directly or indirectly contributes about 20 per cent of Denmark’s gross national product. The Danish food sector ought to be a major player in the future globalised market.The condition for this is increased investment in continuing research and development. A Christmas wish this December could therefore be for extra research funds to be forthcoming so that Denmark can live up to the Barcelona declaration that states that publicly funded research be increased to one per cent of the gross national product.When that happens, then DIAS will be all set to continue to live up to its goal of providing world class research and is ready to contribute to making the Danish food sector competitive in the future global economy. Community spirit knocks off at the end of the day At DIAS we bid welcome to researchers from other countries but neglect to bid them welcome into our social network By Janne Hansen, (page 4-5) Computers hum, telephones ring, people talk. A dynamic atmosphere flourishes in the large, red main building at Research Centre Foulum. Since 2003 the 35-year-old Ph.D. student Saeid Ansari-Mahyari from Iran has been working here – in the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology – and from his point of view, the days whiz by. A few hundred metres away, by the on-site accommodations, the setting is another. Here the lawn rests like a plush green carpet in front of the row of uniform red-brick houses. A flame-coloured Personalebladet nr. 6 · 2005 9
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