IS_MIRRI21 is a Horizon 2020 project that supports research, development and innovation in the use and preservation of microbial life for the purpose of basic and applied scientific research through the implementation of the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) and securing its long-term sustainability.

IS_MIRRI21 will implement and sustain the collection, preservation, study and exploitation of microorganisms through microbial collection infrastructures attained in the preparatory phase of MIRRI and continuously enforce the activities for MIRRI to join the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).