E.U.-U.S. Atlantis Program Focuses on Biorenewable Resources and Bioproducts

摘要

The E.U.-U.S. Atlantis Program, jointly administered and funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture (DGEC), provides grants for international curriculum development and related student exchange. The program is an umbrella program/grant competition for a variety of innovative, educational opportunities for students and faculty to study and conduct research abroad and develop curriculum. Roland Verhe, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium, originated the concept and secured the initial grant from the DGEC in 2004. U.S. partners submitted the same grant to the Atlantis Program at FIPSE to obtain parallel funding. The first of the two biorenewable resource projects was Renewable Resources and Clean Technology from 2004 to 2009.