Joint European Disruptive Initiative Explained

Type:Funding agency
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:André Loesekrug-Pietri
Leader Title2:Vice-President
Leader Name2:Antoine Petit
Headquarters:Paris, France
Website:https://www.jedi.foundation

The Joint  European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI) is a European funding agency aiming at promoting disruptive technologies. Inspired by the US DARPA,[1] it funds innovation in different "missions" (environment and energy, healthcare, education, digital, space, and oceans),[2] with the goal of bringing "Europe in a leadership position in breakthrough technologies".[3] It organizes scientific competitions focused on disruptive technologies.[4] In June 2020, the Joint European Disruptive Initiative was present in 25 countries, with 3.700 persons involved.[5]

Research on Covid-19

The Joint European Disruptive Initiative launched its first "Darpa-type GrandChallenge"[6] on Covid-19 on May 5, 2020.[7] The competition consisted in screening "billions of molecules with blocking interactions on SARS-CoV-2" to develop a drug against the coronavirus — with each participant having to use at least three different calculation methods for the simulations.[8] The foundation claims to have had approximately 54 billions of molecules screened [9] and 878 of them being synthesized. A paper published in Nature showed that the protein PDB 6W9C was one of the most used in silico drug design against Covid-19.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/07/09/europe-and-ai-leading-lagging-behind-or-carving-its-own-way-pub-82236 Europe and AI: Leading, Lagging Behind, or Carving Its Own Way?
  2. Web site: Loesekrug-Pietri. Andre. Breaking the Wall to European Tech Sovereignty Falling Walls. 2021-11-11. Falling Walls. en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-11. The Next Generation of Climate Innovation. 2021-11-11. BCG Global. en.
  4. https://www.powerengineeringint.com/hydrogen/jedi-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/ JEDI – a force to be reckoned with
  5. Web site: Maward. Marie. 5 June 2020. Meet JEDI: Europe's equivalent to DARPA? Sifted. 2021-11-11. sifted.
  6. Web site: 8 July 2021. 20 Years After 9/11: Achievements and Challenges of EU Counter-Terrorism Efforts. Council of the European Union.
  7. Web site: McKee. Selina. 2020-05-05. JEDI launches billion molecules against COVID19 challenge. 2021-11-11. PharmaTimes. en.
  8. Web site: Austrians as finalists in the biggest programme searching for drugs against COVID-19. 2021-11-11. investinaustria.at. en.
  9. Web site: Billion Molecules. 2021-11-11. JEDI Foundation. en.
  10. Croll. Tristan I.. Diederichs. Kay. Fischer. Florens. Fyfe. Cameron D.. Gao. Yunyun. Horrell. Sam. Joseph. Agnel Praveen. Kandler. Luise. Kippes. Oliver. Kirsten. Ferdinand. Müller. Konstantin. 10 May 2021. Making the invisible enemy visible. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. en. 28. 5. 404–408. 10.1038/s41594-021-00593-7. 33972785. 8340564. 1545-9985.

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