Objective of the project:
The MULTI-STR3AM project responds to the growing demand for sustainable microalgae products. As the first European project, it is based on the so-called “MULTI-biorefinery” approach, which means the integration of multiple strains, multiple processes and multiple products into one common technology. The consortium includes two companies – Algae for Future (Portugal) and Phycom (Netherlands), which will produce biomass for the preparation of requiered high-quality products such as lipids for feed and food applications; algal protein for feed and cosmetic applications; pigments for food and feed, and low molecular weight organic compounds for cosmetics. The project includes seven work packages covering the entire production process, from biomass production through the integration of individual technologies into three main processing directions, to the final products for three large end users (For Farmers, International Flavors and Fragrances and Upfield). The MULTI-STR3AM project naturally focuses on reducing investment and operating costs for biomass production of microalgae and downstream processing. The role of the team of the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in the project is to obtain new strains, including breeding (non-GMO), proposals for cultivation protocols and the use of chromatography for the isolation of valuable substances.
| Acronym | MULTI-STR3AM | |
| Number and ID code of the project | N°887227, H2020-BBI-JTI-2019 | |
| Type of the project | BBI-IA-DEMO | |
| Coordinator | A4F ALGAFUEL SA, Portugalsko | |
| IMIC Principal Researcher | Ing. Jiří Kopecký, CSc. | |
| Start of the project | 5/2020 | |
| End of the project | 4/2025 | |
| Total number of particip. countries | 3 | |
| Of which from EU | 3 | |
| Number of partners | 7 | |
| Total funding for the project | 6 588 732 EUR | |
| Funding for IMIC | 698 400 EUR | |
| Provider | Program EU Horizon 2020 BBI-IA-DEMO – Bio-based Industries Innovation action – Demonstration |