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Research project Eureka - INOEYE
ABOUT THE PROJECT
- • Eureka number: 2024-20917/NP/OPEN CALL / INO4EYE
- • Financing contract number: 13/2025
- • The project title: Innovative ingredient and food supplement for eye health support
- • Acronym: INO4EYE
- • Project Coordinator: TRM SUPPLEMENTS SRL
- • Project Manager: Dr. VM. Marinela IVANESCU
- • Financed by: Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii (UEFISCDI) – Program 5.8 - Cooperare europeana si internationala – Subprogramul 5.8.2 Initiative europene si internationale – EUREKA-EUROSTARS
- • Link to UEFISCDI page: www.uefiscdi.gov.ro
- • Contract total value: 1.504.050 lei
- • Contract value (budget source): 1.320.000 lei
- • Duration of implementation: 01.08.2025-01.08.2028
CONSORTIUM COMPONENTS
- • Project Coordinator
TRM SUPPLEMENTS SRL
Str. Steaua Rosie nr. 31F, Localitatea Otopeni, Judetul Ilfov, 75100, Romania
Project Manager – Dr. VM. Marinela IVANESCU; officeovoimuno@gmail.com
- • Partener P1
INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CHIMIE SI PETROCHIMIE - ICECHIM Bucuresti
Spl. Independentei 202, sector 6, 06021, Bucuresti, Romania
Project responsible – PhD. Biologist Diana PASARIN; diana.pasarin@gmail.com
- • Partener P2
PLASTBEST SRL
Str. Horea nr. 68, Localitatea Beius, Judetul Bihor, 3600, Romania
Project responsible – Ing. Nicolaie FOFIU; plastbest@yahoo.ro
- • Partener P3
„13. Jul Plantaže“ a.d.
Bulevar Šarla de Gola 2, broj 2, Podgorica, Montenegro
Project responsible – MSc. Jovana Kojić, jovana.kojic@plantaze.com
OBJECTIVE
The INO4EYE project aims to develop and introduce to the market an innovative ingredient and a food supplement, formulated with lutein-rich and polyphenol-rich extracts, designed to protect and support eye health, particularly in the context of population aging and prolonged exposure to blue light emitted by screens.
PROJECT EXPECTED RESULTS
- • the development of an innovative ingredient and a food supplement, available in two variants, designed to protect and support eye health in the context of population aging and increased exposure to blue light emitted by screens
WORK PACKAGES
Work package I - Optimization of extraction processes and characterization of components for the food preservative, Ongoing period: 01.08.2025 – 31.12.2025
Work package II - Physico-chemical and functional characterization of the extracts. Development and optimization of the innovative ingredient, Ongoing period: 31.12.2025 – 31.12.2026
Work package III - Development and optimization of dietary supplements for the protection and support of eye health, Ongoing period: 31.12.2026 – 31.12.2027
Work package IV - Scale-up of processes, production, and product validation, Ongoing period: 31.12.2027 – 01.08.2028
Work package V - Economic effects reporting CO – TRM SUPPLEMENTS SRL, Ongoing period: 01.08.2028 – 31.01.2030
Work package VI - Economic effects reporting CO – TRM SUPPLEMENTS SRL, Ongoing period: 31.01.2030 – 01.08.2031
TASKS WITHIN WORK PACKAGES
Work package I - Optimization of extraction processes and characterization of components for the food preservative
A.I.1 - A. Characterization of lutein-rich by-products: spinach, broccoli, celery (Apium graveolens), and egg yolk
A.I.2 - B. Characterization of lutein-rich by-products: spinach, broccoli, celery (Apium graveolens), and egg yolk
A.I.3 – A. Optimization of the extraction process of lutein-rich by-products using selected methods such as: ultrasound-assisted hydroalcoholic extraction / supercritical fluid extraction / microwave-assisted extraction
A.I.4 – B. Optimization of the extraction process of lutein-rich by-products using selected methods such as: ultrasound-assisted hydroalcoholic extraction / supercritical fluid extraction / microwave-assisted extraction
EVENTS
CONTACT
Contact person: Dr. VM. Marinela IVANESCU, officeovoimuno@gmail.com
Address: Str. Steaua Rosie nr. 31F, Localitatea Otopeni, Judetul Ilfov, 75100, Romania
Tel: 0726936392