BioSense Institute from Novi Sad won the first place in Europe, as part of the most prestigious call on the European Commission's Horizon 2020 – Timing Program, intended for the creation of European Centres of excellence in science and research, their implementation and the creation of innovations. It enables the economic development of the countries and strategically put them on the innovative path for growth in Europe.

In the competition of nearly 200 projects and participation of the strongest research institutions all over Europe, such as the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Max Planck Institute, Fraunhofer and others, through a multi-stage competition during the last two years, the project ANTARES of the Serbian BioSense Institute has won the convincing first place, ahead of all EU Member States and as the only non-EU funded project.

With a budget of up to EUR 28 million, of which 14 million are EU grants and 14 million national co-financing, already been provided by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, ANTARES aims at developing BioSense into the European Centre of excellence for advanced technology in the field of sustainable agriculture. 

The BioSense Institute’s partners on the project are the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and the Institute DLO from the Netherlands – a leading world institution in the field of contemporary agriculture.