Constitution of the BIOPOLIS association
The constitution of BIOPOLIS Association results from the approval, by European Commission, of the project BIOPOLIS – Teaming to Upgrade to Excellence in Environmental Biology, Ecosystem Research and AgroBiodiversity, under the scope of Horizon 2020 Widening programme, which aims the upgrade of CIBIO to a Center of Excellence for Basic and Environmental Biology, Ecosystem Monitoring and AgroBiodiversity.
This private association was created, having as founding members the University of Porto, ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto, Association Porto Business School (PBS) and the University of Montpellier.
The object of the Association is to carry on scientific and technological activity in research and development in the areas of biodiversity, ecosystems, ecology, genomics, computational biology, bioinformatics, environmental monitoring, as well as advanced human resources training, knowledge transfer and communication and dissemination activities.