Projects

Consortia

BIOCAT  (Modular Biocatalyst Platform for Chiral Synthesis of Chemical Compounds by Structure-based Directed Evolution)
Lajunen Marja, University of Oulu, 176 000 €
Neubauer Peter, University of Oulu 203 440 €
Wierenga Rikkert, University of Oulu 143 430 €

CO2UTIL (Towards Utilization of Carbon Dioxide as a Green and Versatile Commodity Chemical: Clean Synthesis of Methanol and Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC))
Mikkola Jyri-Pekka, Åbo Akademi University, 192 710 €
Pongracz Eva, University of Oulu, 416 020 €

FSE_IX (Fast, Selective and Ecological Ion-exchange Materials for Hydrometallurgy)
Paatero Erkki, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 228 530 €
Harjula Risto, University of Helsinki, 93 210 €

FunMan (Targeted Functionalization of Spruce Galactoglucomannans with Aid of Galactose Oxidase)
Tenkanen Maija, University of Helsinki, 170 000 €
Willför Stefan, Åbo Akademi University, 84 600 €

IFEE (Indicator Framework for Eco-efficiency)
Kauppi Pekka, University of Helsinki, 147 800 €
Vehmas Jarmo, Turku School of Economics, 214 060 €
Korhonen Jouni, University of Tampere, 275 200 €
Savolainen Ilkka, Technical Research Center of Finland, 105 050 €

ISSB (Industrial Symbiosis System Boundaries)
Korhonen Jouni, Univesrity of Tampere, 202 370 €
Melanen Matti, Finnish Environment Institute, 244 820 €

NADREDOX (Enhanced Organocatalyzed Redox Processes for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis)
Pihko Petri, Teknillinen korkeakoulu, 212 920 €
Repo Timo, Helsingin yliopisto, 212 920 €

PEGRES (Paper, Bioenergy and Green Chemicals from Nonwood Residues by a Novel Biorefinery)                                                                                        
Tanskanen Juha, University of Oulu, 200 140 €
Niinimäki Jouko, University of Oulu, 174 180 €
Manner Hannu, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 213 950 €

ProDOE (Pro-environmental Product Planning in a Dynamic Operational Environment Now and in the Future-Methods and Tools)
Fogelholm Carl-Johan, Helsinki University of Technology, 122 360 €
Härkki Jouko, University of Oulu, 115 040 €
Ekroos Ari, Helsinki University of Technology, 151 050 €
Hukkinen Janne, Helsinki University of Technology, 172 040 €
Heiskanen Kari, Helsinki University of Technology, 108 590 €
Dahl Olli Pekka, Helsinki University of Technology, 100 600 €

SUMAC (Sustainable Innovative Materials in High Tech Applications. An INterdisciplinary Approach to Design, Engineering Technology and Chemistry of Environmentally Sound Products and Production)
Nieminen Eija, Tampere University of Technology, 180 600 €
Uotila Minna, Univesity of Lapland, 191 120 €
Louhevaara Veikko, Univesity of Kuopio, 160 000 €

SusProc (Sustainable Processing of Natural Resources)
Lajunen Marja, Univesity of Oulu, 390 000 e

SUSWOOD (Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Wood Material for Future Industrial Needs)
Tykkyläinen Markku, University of Joensuu, 201 160 €
Kolström Taneli, University of Joensuu, 184 300 €
Westerholm Jan, Åbo Akademi University, 189 450 €

Improvement of Xylose Utilisation for Bioprocesses
Ruohonen Laura, Technical Research Center of Finland, 393 130 €

Chemical Testing by Molecular Biological Methods
Virta Marko, University of Helsinki, 396 600 €

Design of Novel Non-halogenated Flame Retardants
Wilen Carl-Eric, Åbo Akademi, 394 320 € 

Joint call of the Academy of Finland and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) - June 2008

Carbon dioxide as a green carbon source in transition metal catalyzed syntheses
Matti Haukka, University of Joensuu, 370 300€

SUSE (Sustaining carbonic esters synthesis with carbon dioxide feedstock )
Riitta Keiski, University of Oulu, 171 900€
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Åbo Akademi University, 166 530€

PENTOVAL (Biotechnological production of pentanoic acids from sidestreams of biorefineries based on agrobiomass)
Merja Penttilä, Technical Research Center of Finland, 307 440€
Olli Pentikäinen, University of Joensuu, 64 160€

Joint call of the Academy of Finland and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) - May 2009

Kristiina Mäkinen, University of Helsinki, (Plant viral particles as nanoscaffolds for controlled positioning of entzymes on solid supports), 248 590 €

Maija Tenkanen, University of Helsinki, (Valorisation of wheat residues to polymeric xylan and cellulose), 349 810 €

Joint call for proposals in the field of Green Chemistry Academy of Finland and Indian Department of Science and Technology, DST

BUSU (Butanol from sustainable sources)
Tommi Aho, Tampere University of Technology, 201 310 €
Matti Karp, Tampere University of Technology, 312 820 €

Sustainable Catalytic Syntheses of Chemicals using Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock
Riitta Keiski, University of Oulu, 323 930 €

Synthesis of furfural from renewable sources using acid modified Supported Ionic Liquid Catalysts (SILCA) -FUSILCA
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Åbo Akademi University, 336 800 €

One pot catalytic valorisation of biomass into fuels and chemicals in aqueous media
Dmitry Murzin, Åbo Akademi University, 196 640 €

Green methods towards pharmaceutically important heterocycles and cyclopentanoids
Petri Pihko, University of Jyväskylä, 239 350 €