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The NMP Expert Advisory Group (EAG), who met in Brussels in November 2009, just delivered its report on future Research and Technology Development (RTD) in Nanotechnologies, Materials Science and Engineering and Production for the period 2010 - 2015.
1. To identify the necessary research and technological initiatives to be undertaken by the NMP programme in order to support the European Industry, by creating new products/services and production paradigms, so Europe can maintain its competiveness and leading position in a knowledge-driven global economy.
2. To define the “breadth” of the NMP programme’s “core business” by maintaining an optimal balance between “industrial” applications and “breakthrough” research developments.
3. To undertake research and technological initiatives in response to
humanity’s “Grand Challenges”, described in the declaration of Lund, namely, Global Warming, Tightening Supplies of Energy, Water and Food, Ageing Societies, Public Health, Pandemics and Security. The overarching challenge to be tackled being that of turning Europe into an
eco-efficient economy.
Present state-of-the-art in Europe and in the world in the respective NMP fields.
Required fundamental research priorities in relation to the development of “breakthrough” technologies in NMP.
Present research directions described in the most relevant ETPs.
Identification of the required advancements in selected industrial sectors.
Identification of possible synergies with other thematic priorities of the seventh framework programme.
Expected impact (if possible, quantify the impact of the research and technological activities in relation to an industrial sector, societal/economic impact, etc.)
