Scientific Projects
Currently, 39 research projects are active in FEdA
The network of the BMBF Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity (FEdA) comprises 39 projects from three funding guidelines, as well as several research projects in the network.
17 projects belong to the funding measure “Valuing and Securing Biodiversity in Politics, Business and Society”, in short: “BiodiWert“. They all pursue the goal of increasing the value of ecosystem services and biodiversity at the corporate and societal level through the development of innovative valuation concepts, governance structures, and (policy) measures – and thus effectively contribute to securing biodiversity.
In the funding measure “Research into the links between biodiversity and human health”, or “BiodivGesundheit” for short, 8 projects recently entered the second phase. Their research focuses on the hitherto little-known but diverse links between biodiversity and human health.
An additional 14 projects of the newest funding measure “Artificial intelligence methods as a tool in biodiversity research” (“BiodivKI“) began their one-year conception phase in November 2023. With this call, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research aims to increase our understanding of the highly complex and dynamic relationships between biodiversity and ecosystems in order to improve species conservation.
Beyond these funding measures, other research projects are part of the FEdA network, but they are not linked by a joint funding measure.
