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MATERA CallERA-NET Materials

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MATERA Call in a Nutshell

• MATERA offers participants– a simplified way to initiate and participate in R&D

projects at the European level – an opportunity to easily access international know-how – an opportunity to integrate into international value chains

• The Call is open for industry, universities and research centres in 12 countries involved at the moment

• More information from the funding agencies participating the Call and the website www.matera.fi

MATERA call 2010 Participating Countries and Regions

MATERA 2010 Call is open to industry, universities and research centers in these countries and regions.

*to be confirmed

*

10.2.2010

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MATERA Funding Agencies 1/2

Belgium - FlandersThe Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology of Flanders (IWT)

Belgium - WalloniaWalloon Public Service (DGOEER)

Finland Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes)

Iceland Technology Development Research Fund (RANNIS)

Israel Israeli Industry Center for R&D (MATIMOP)

Italy Ministry of University and Research (MIUR)(to be confirmed)

Luxembourg The National Research Fund (FNR)

Poland The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)

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MATERA+ Funding Agencies 2/2Slovenia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and

Technology (MHEST)

Spain - Madrid Fundación madrimasd para el Conocimiento (fmi+d)

Spain – Madrid Instituto Madrileño de Desarrollo (IMADE)

Spain – Basque The Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism Department of the Basque Government

Switzerland Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)

Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

UK – Northern Ireland Invest NI

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Focus of MATERA Call

• The goals of the Call are– to launch transnational, interdisciplinary, innovative, R&D

projects related to materials science and engineering– to narrow the gap between basic materials research and

applied problems– to shorten the time-to-market of scientific outcomes

• The projects must fulfil the criteria of the national/regional programmes involved in the Call

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Thematic Topics of MATERA Call

• Biomaterials for Human Health Improvement

• Materials with Tailored Properties

• Biomaterials and Bio-Inspired Materials

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MATERA Call Deadlines

• Call pre-announcement 15th January 2010• Call opens 15th February 2010• Cut-off date for MATERA Pre-proposals 26th April 2010 • Invitation to submit a full-proposal 31st May 2010• Cut-off date for MATERA Proposals 19th July 2010 • National/Regional funding decisions October/December 2010

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MATERA Call Procedure

• Two stage call procedure– First stage: checking of the national/regional criteria, including

relevance and impact where appropriate– Second stage: external evaluation and national/regional

appraisal

• Final funding decisions are made on national/regional level

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Further Information on MATERA

• www.matera.fi

• MATERA contact points of the national and regional funding agencies involved in the Call