Goals & Deliverables

In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding and its objectives for research coordination and capacity building, the following deliverables were defined:

D1.1: Technical collaborative papers in WG1 subtopics – This WG will produce/publish international papers on the topics of the Group (WG1 / Month 42)
D1.2: Press news on WG1 activities – several news, webinars, will be published on social and other conventional media on the work developed by the WG1 (WG1 / Month 12 & 36)
D1.3: Conclusion WG1 Report on the main achievements regarding the Plant-Microbiome molecular crosstalk (eg., distribution and eco-evolutionary perspectives) (WG1 / Month 48)
D2.1: Technical collaborative papers in WG2 subtopics – This WG will produce/publish international papers on the topics of the Group (WG2 / Month 42)
D2.2: Press news on WG2 activities – several news, webinars, will be published on social and other conventional media on the work developed by the WG2 (WG2 / Month 12 & 36)
D2.3: Conclusion WG2 Report on the main achievements regarding the Crop-Microbiome assembly dynamics under specific environments (WG2 / Month 48)
D3.1: Technical collaborative papers in WG3 subtopics – This WG will produce/publish international papers on the topics of the Group (WG3 / Month 45)
D3.2: Press news on WG3 activities – several news, webinars, will be published on social and other conventional media on the work developed by the WG3 (WG3 / Month 15 & 45)
D3.3: Conclusion WG3 Report on knowledge-based information regarding the Crop microbiomes and plant diseases (WG3 / Month 48)
D4.1: Technical collaborative papers in WG4 subtopics – This WG will produce/publish international papers on the topics of the Group (WG4 / Month 36 & 46)
D4.2: Press news on WG4 activities – several news, webinars, will be published on social and other conventional media on the work developed by the WG4 (WG4 / Month 18 & 45)
D4.3: Conclusion WG4 Report on the knowledge-based information regarding establishing and potential of synthetic communities (WG4 / Month 48)
D5.1: Website creation: the Action network will create and update during the action duration a website with main achievements (WG5 / Month 3)
D5.2: The Action Network will release Press newsletters on the COST activities and the main achievements, periodically highlighting key networks, joint collaborations, and main achievements (WG5 / Month 12, 24, 36 & 48)

Five grant period goals (GPGs) were defined for the first grant period (Nov 2023 – Oct 2024):

Establish for each WG, the subgroups and strategies for the respective topics: (i) Challenges related to phytobiomes’ performance (e.g., molecular level, phytobiomes’ dynamics, etc.); (ii) Terminology; (iii) Applications and case studies (e.g., methods, case studies of (a)biotic conditioning)
Define in each WG the strategy to review the state of the art on the respective topic (e.g., elaborate a perspective paper integrating one topic)
Establish two core working subgroups to discuss the strategy to adopt to obtain the databases and associated indicators/variables. This GPG is particularly important for the WG2, WG3 and WG4, considering the microbiome taxa and crop species as models. (i) Each WG selects 1-4 model crops and works on their microbiota. (ii) Each WG starts elaborating the lists of: PGPs / BCAs / Other-Phages/virus.
Establish for each WG the strategy to networking with experts inside/outside the Action (e.g., bioinformatics) and communication tools. (i) Site; Logo; Poster; Brochure; Social media (to be finalised by December); (ii) Compile a list of labs offering training internships/visits: (1) Title; (2) Responsible; (3) Objectives and description; (4) Period.
Strengthen communication channels (i) within the network with existing Action members; (ii) towards researchers in fields in deficit in the Action (e.g., bioinformatics) and considering Y/ITC profiles; and (iii) with stakeholders.