Partnership for European Environmental Research

Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) is a network of seven European environmental research centres, created in 2001.

One of the aims of PEER is to foster innovative interdisciplinary research and cross-cutting approaches in support of national and EU policy-makers, industry and society. Member institutes employ about 15,200 persons and have a combined annual budget of 1.6 billion euro.

Member institutes have for example training and research co-operation. Through its METIER courses, PEER centres have trained young researchers.

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