European Research in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies and Perspectives for International Co-operation

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European Research inNanosciences and
Nanotechnologiesand Perspectives
forInternational Co-operation
Nicholas Deliyanakis European Commission DG
Research - G4 Nano ST and Converging Science
and Technologies
http//cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/ nicholas.d
eliyanakis_at_ec.europa.eu
Disclaimer Note that this presentation is not
legally binding and does not represent any
commitment on behalf of the European Commission
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Nanotechnology

• Potential
• to serve society by addressing important problems
• to support industrial competitiveness

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Issues to be addressed Funding and Policy

• More knowledge
• Research
• Infrastructures
• Education
• Capacity of application
• Innovation
• Patents
• Regulation

• Reliability
• Metrology
• Standards
• Risk assessment
• Societal acceptance
• Balance and perception of risks and benefits
• Conformity to ethical principles
• Expected response to society needs, to peoples
  expectations and concerns

some issues are better addressed at local,
national, EU or global level
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Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies An Action Plan
for Europe 2005-2009

• http//cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/actionplan.
  htm
• Actions to be implemented by Commission
• and Member States
• for integrated, safe and responsible policy
• Research Development
• Infrastructures
• Human Resources
• Industrial Innovation
• Integrating the Societal Dimension
• Public Health, Safety, Environmental and Consumer
  Protection
• International Co-operation
• Co-ordination of activities

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Background Nanotechnology RD in FP6 More than
1.3 billion Euro in more than 550 projects
EC funding by FP6 programme, M
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Nanotechnology RD in the World
Global figures for 2005 M (1 1.25)
2004 8 Billion
2005 10.5 Billion
Source EC, Lux Research
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NMP FP6 projects, e.g.

• Examples of FP6 projects
• CANAPE Carbon Nanotubes for Applications in
  Electronics, Catalysis, Composites and
  Nano-Biology University of Cambridge (UK)
• NAIMO Nanoscale Integrated processing of
  self-organizing Multifunctional Organic Materials
  - Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
• NANOFUN-POLY Nanostructured and functional
  polymer-based materials and nanocomposites -
  Consorzio Interuniversitario Scienza e Tecnologia
  dei Materiali (IT)
• RADSAS Rational Design and Characterisation of
  Supramolecular Architectures on Surfaces -
  Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und
  Forschungsanstalt (CH)
• BIOMACH Molecular Machines - Design and
  Nano-Scale Handling of Biological Antetypes and
  Artificial Mimics - Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
  GmbH (DE)
• Cornea engineering Three-dimensional
  reconstruction of human corneas by tissue
  engineering - Centre National de la Recherche
  Scientifique / Rhône Alpes (FR)
• Ambio Advanced nanostructured surfaces for the
  control of biofouling - University of Birmingham
  (UK)
• ANVOC Application of nanotechnologies for
  separation and recovery of volatile organic
  compounds from waste air streams ST Research
  Council of Turkey (TR)
• NANOSAFE2 Safe production and use of
  nanomaterials - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
  (FR)
• Nanologue Facilitating dialogue between
  research, business and the civil society to
  improve the quality of life, create wealth and
  reduce impacts to society - Wuppertal Institute
  for Climate, Energy and the Environment (DE)

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Examples of FP6 projects addressing impact
NANOTOX IMPART www.impart-nanotox.org NANOSAFE2
www.nanosafe.org PARTICLE RISK www.iom-world.com/p
articlerisk POLYSOA polysoa.web.psi.ch ANTISTORM
antistorm.isac.cnr.it DIPNA CELLNANOTOX NANOSH S
APHIR NANOINTERACT
Total Funding for EHS in FP6 25 M
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FP7 (EC) Budget, M
CO-OPERATION 32413 -Health 6100
-Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 1935
-Information and Communication Technologies 9050
-Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and
new Production Technologies 3475
-Energy 2350 -Environment (including
Climate Change) 1890 -Transport (including
Aeronautics) 4160 -Socio-economic Sciences and
Humanities 623 -Space 1430 -Security
1400 IDEAS (European Research Council)
7510 PEOPLE 4750 CAPACITIES
4097 JRC 1751
50521 M
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7th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2007-2013

• New features of FP7 include
• Longer duration (7 years)
• Large increase in annual budget (from 4,500 to
  7,000M)
• Integration of International Co-operation into
  all four programmes
• Simplification of operation
• Focus on developing research that meets the needs
  of European industry, through the work of
  Technology Platforms and the new Joint Technology
  Initiatives
• Establishment of a European Research Council,
  funding European research on the sole basis of
  excellence

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• Funding for Nanotechnology RD in FP7
• More than 50 activities in the calls opened in
  2007 are directly relevant
• Many more activities are indirectly relevant
  (e.g. in Health)
• 300-400M estimated in 2007
• Doubling of the FP6 funding expected over
  duration of FP7

Nanoscience
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Technology development
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Impact assessment and societal issues
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Nanomaterials
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Nanomaterials contd
Nanoelectronics
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Nanomedicine
NB Many more activities in the Health theme are
relevant to nanomedicine, e.g. imaging, stem
cells and translating research for human health
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Other Important Topics
Please consider also opportunities within COST
actions (funding for co-ordination
activities) http//www.cost.esf.org/
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Human Resources
Please consider also the opportunities in
educational programmes managed by DG
EAC http//ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/progr
ammes_en.html
Ideas European Research Council
Infrastructures SMEs
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Infrastructures actions

• a) Optimising the use and development of the best
  research infrastructures existing in Europe
• Co-ordinated calls dedicated to nanotechnology
  are envisaged
• b) Pooling of resources (national, private,
  European) to support the emergence of new
  facilities required by the scientific community
  within the next 10-20 years
• -European Strategy Forum on Research
  Infrastructures (ESFRI) http//www.cordis.europa.
  eu/esfri/
• -Integration through Networks of Excellence

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Human Resources actions

• Workshop on research training in NN, 14-15 April
  2005
• cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/src/educationworks
  hop.htm
• Educational programmes (Erasmus Mundus,
  Socrates-Erasmus)
• e.g. Erasmus Mundus Masters course in NN
• Nanotechnology Award (ongoing discussions with
  Science and Society directorate)
• Joint initiatives with Marie Curie actions in
  FP7 are envisaged

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Industrial Innovation actions

• Better co-operation between industry and RD
  organisations, encouragement of entrepreneurship
• NanoForum, a European NN gateway
• www.nanoforum.org
• NanoRoadSME, NanoRoadmap projects
• Exploitation Strategy Seminars
• Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)
• Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)
• Increased involvement of industry in EU RD
  projects, in particular of SMEs
• 3 Integrated Projects dedicated to SMEs

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Industrial Innovation actions

• Digital NN library
• Implementation by a support or coordination
  action in FP7
• Pre-normative RD and metrology for
  nanotechnology
• Two projects in NMP, Nano-Strand and
  Nanotransport also addressed in IST
• Patent systems
• Cooperation with EPO Working Group on
  Nanotechnology
• e.g. patent regime, patent analysis, expert
  exchange, patent monitoring

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Industrial Innovation

• Patents
• In 500 FP5 projects (Growth Programme), an
  average of 0.9 patents per projects were applied
  for and 0.4 were granted.
• In FP6 so far (sample of 35 projects), about 3
  patents per project have been (or will be) filed
• 45 from IPs
• 55 from STREPs
• Most patents in Nanobiotechnology, esp.
  nanomedicine, self-assembly, nanotubes,
• organic electronics, sensors and instruments

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Societal Dimension actions
ADDRESSING EXPECTATIONS ANDCONCERNS A real
partnership between science, society and policy
is a key element of governance Open dialogue
with open results.

• Ethical reviews of projects carried out, where
  needed
• European Group of Ethics is assessing
  Nanomedicine (opinion in autumn 2006)

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Societal Dimension actions

• Studies and foresight activities
• NanoRoadSME project www.nanoroad.net
• NanoRoadMap project www.nanoroadmap.it
• Social dialogue undertaken through funded
  projects and events
• Nanologue project www.nanologue.net
• Nanodialogue project www.nanodialogue.org
• Communicating Science, A survival kit for
  Scientists
• ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/
• pdf/communicating-science_en.pdf
• Publicity material in many languages
• http//cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/src/pressro
  om.htm

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International Cooperation actions
a) Declaration or code of good conduct
dedicated international dialogue (global meetings
in Alexandria (US), 2004, Tokyo, 2006, and
Brussels, 2007) b) Issues of mutual benefit -
(i) a new ISO group is operational, (ii) OECD is
becoming increasingly active and (iii) a
co-ordinated EU/USA call for proposals in
(eco)toxicology is being negotiated c) Database
of publications Addressed in the first FP7 call
for proposals
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General principles on international co-operation

• The Commission seeks international debate on
  nanotechnology-related issues such as public
  health, safety, environment, consumer protection,
  risk assessment, metrology, norms,
• The EU RD programmes are open to the World
  Europe even funds research teams in Third
  Countries
• Europe promotes the monitoring and sharing at
  international level of information related to the
  scientific, technological, economical social
  development of nanotechnology
• Europe strives for an international code of
• conduct for the responsible development of
  nanotechnology, and to avoid a nano-divide.

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Main International Fora and Initiatives on
Nanotechnology
G8 Carnegie Group
Observatory?
ISO, IEEE, Int. Comm. Weights
Measures standardisation, metrology
World Economic Forum
Global (informal) governmental dialogue on
responsible nanotechnology incl. governance
societal dialogue
OECD Global Science Forum
coordination by ICGB
World Social Forum
OECD NESTI nanotechnology indicators
Meridian Inst., UNIDO, NEPAD against  divide 
UNESCO ethics incl. risk assessment
OECD JM CHEMICALS WP safety nanomaterials characte
risation, metrology, toxicity,
APEC, ANF, NEPAD macro-regions
OECD CSTP proposed WP on nanotechnology
IRGC, ICON about risks industry-led
INC industry-led
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Co-ordination actions

• a) Creation of a Commission Interservice Group to
  monitor and oversee the implementation of the
  Action Plan, see cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/s
  rc/contacts.htm
• It is important to have a regular interaction
  with Member States (currently Council Research
  working party a nano group for international
  cooperation and groups for regulation)
• b) Reporting We plan to issue a report at the
  end of 2007 and one at the end of 2009
• c) Activities to foster beneficial applications
  addressed in proposals for FP7 calls for
  proposals

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Inter-institutional activity

• The Commissions approach has received strong
  support from
• Council of Ministers
• (European Strategy on Nanotechnology)
• European Economic and Social Committee
• Opinion CESE 582/2006
• European Parliament
• Resolution (2006)392, Sep 06

 
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References http//cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology
/src/eu_funding.htm FP7 http//cordis.europa.e
u/fp7/home_en.html FP7 calls http//cordis.europ
a.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm Nanotechnology
homepage http//cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology
/ Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies An Action
Plan for Europe 2005-2009 http//cordis.europa.eu/
nanotechnology/actionplan.htm Additional
information on nanotechnology