60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/profile/awards/eic-grants The European Innovation Council (EIC) is the primary European innovation programme for the identification, development and distribution of ground-breaking technologies and forward-looking innovations. en University of Bremen Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:43:48 +0100 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:43:48 +0100 University of Bremen content-459005 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:05:03 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/profile/awards/eic-grants#c459005 <p>Biologist Professor Rita Groß-Hardt receives the <abbr title="European Innovation Council">EIC</abbr> Transition Grant from the European Research Council. In the project " 3P-Tec - Three-parent breeding technology for plants of the future", the scientist and her team, together with plant breeders KWS and Aardevo, want to establish three-parent crosses as a new breeding strategy for agriculture. In 2017, Groß-Hardt and her team demonstrated for the first time that plant eggs can fuse with two sperm to produce offspring with three parents instead of two - a mother and two fathers. This groundbreaking research result makes it possible to harness climate-adapted wild plants for plant breeding and accelerate breeding processes. The <abbr title="European Innovation Council">EIC</abbr> Transition Grant that has now been awarded will support Groß-Hardt and her collaboration partners in further developing the technology and bringing it to market. </p> Content