History
Here are the key milestones and achievements that have shaped EMPHASIS’s journey and continue to inspire our efforts to continue to build a stronger, more connected pan-European community.
2022 - 2025
EMPHASIS GO
Implementation Phase
- Aims to bring EMPHASIS into operations and lay the ground for providing services related to plant phenotyping to researchers in Europe.
- Funded under the EU H2020 INFRA DEV call scheme with 10 partners.


2017 - 2021
EMPHASIS PREP
Preparatory Phase
- Provide the basis for the establishment of the legal framework for a sustainable and innovative pan-European infrastructure for plant phenotyping.
- Funded under the EU H2020 INFRA DEV call scheme with 8 partners.
2017 - 2020
EPPN 2020
- First efforts to start a European research infrastructure focused on plant phenotyping.
- Funded under the EU H2020 INFRA call scheme with 21 partners.


2016
ESFRI Roadmap
- EMPHASIS joined the ESFRI Roadmap in 2016 as an ESFRI Project.
2012 - 2015
EPPN
- The drive to unify the phenotyping community began with the establishment of the European Plant Phenotyping Network.
- Funded under the EU FP7 INFRA call scheme with 14 partners.
- Aim to establish a network that provides a structure and efficient development of a competitive plant phenotyping community in Europe.

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