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MATERA Call ERA-NET Materials. 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
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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
MATERA Funding Agencies 1/2 Belgium - Flanders The Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology of Flanders (IWT) Belgium - Wallonia Walloon 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)
MATERA+ Funding Agencies 2/2 Slovenia 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
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
Thematic Topics of MATERA Call Biomaterials for Human Health Improvement Materials with Tailored Properties Biomaterials and Bio-Inspired Materials
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
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
Further Information on MATERA www.matera.fi MATERA contact points of the national and regional funding agencies involved in the Call