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Coral researchers awarded EXIST start-up fund - EurekAlert


<p>Coral farming based on sexual propagation, leading to a more sustainable coral trade and helping to protect coral reefs &ndash; this is the goal of SciReef, a new start-up which is emerging from a research transfer project. SciReef is based on the research conducted by scientists of the University of Oldenburg&rsquo;s (Germany) Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM). The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus) support the innovative start-up with around 920,000 euros in EXIST Transfer of Research funding over the next two years. Peter Schupp, The project receives additional support from the university&#39;s Founding and Innovation Center (GIZ). The researchers are also collaborating with Tropic Marin AG, a seawater aquarium supplies company based in H&uuml;nenberg (Switzerland).</p>

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