La Commissione Europea ha pubblicato il programma di lavoro provvisorio di Horizon 2020 "Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing" (NMBP) .  Il budget del programma è di oltre 1,6 miliardi di euro.

Il work programme "Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing" copre i triennio 2018-2020: i primi bandi apriranno a fine ottobre. Nei prossimi giorni pubblicheremo il calendario dettgaliato per il biennio 2018-2019 (le scadenze del 2020 non sono ancora state pubblicate).

Horizon 2020 - Work programme NMBP 2018-2020
Il work programme NMBP 2018-2020, che rientra nel secondo pilastro di Horizon 2020, Industrial leadership, è stato redatto sulla base delle lezioni apprese nel corso dei primi tre anni di attuazione del programma Horizon 2020. Gli aggiustamenti principali rispetto al triennio iniziale riguardano la concentrazione tematica: per evitare la disperesione degli investimenti, il numero degli argomenti (topic) del work programme NMBP 2018-2020 è stato ridotto di quasi la metà.

I topic dei bandi
Per il periodo 2018-2020 sono previsti tre bandi suddivisi in argomenti (topic) raggruppati per area tematica:

Call 1 - FOUNDATIONS FOR TOMORROW’S INDUSTRY

1.1 OPEN INNOVATION TEST BEDS

DT-NMBP-01-2018: Open Innovation Test Beds for Lightweight, nano-enabled multifunctional composite materials and
components (IA)
DT-NMBP-02-2018: Open Innovation Test Beds for Safety Testing of Medical Technologies for Health (IA)
DT-NMBP-03-2019: Open Innovation Test Beds for nano-enabled surfaces and membranes (IA)
DT-NMBP-04-2020: Open Innovation Test Beds for bio-based nano-materials and solutions (IA)
DT-NMBP-05-2020: Open Innovation Test Beds for functional materials for building envelopes (IA)
DT-NMBP-06-2020: Open Innovation Test Beds for nano-pharmaceuticals production (IA)

1.2 MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION and COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING. DT-NMBP-07-2018: Open Innovation Test Beds for
Characterisation (IA)

DT-NMBP-08-2019: Real-time nano-characterisation technologies (RIA)
DT-NMBP-09-2018: Accelerating the uptake of materials modelling software (IA) DT-NMBP-10-2019: Adopting materials
modelling in manufacturing processes (RIA) DT-NMBP-11-2020: Open Innovation Test Beds for Materials Modelling (IA)
DT-NMBP-12-2019: Sustainable Nano-Fabrication (CSA)

1.3 GOVERNANCE, SCIENCE-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT AND REGULATORY ASPECTS.

NMBP-13-2018: Risk Governance of nanotechnology (RIA)
NMBP-14-2018: Nanoinformatics: from materials models to predictive toxicology and ecotoxicology (RIA)
NMBP-15-2019: Safe by design, from science to regulation: metrics and main sectors (RIA) NMBP-16-2020: Safe by design,
from science to regulation: behaviour of multi-component nanomaterials (RIA)
NMBP-17-2020: Regulatory science for medical technology products (RIA)

Call 2 - TRANSFORMING EUROPEAN INDUSTRY

2.1. FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE (FOF)

DT-FOF-01-2018: Skills needed for new Manufacturing jobs (CSA)
DT-FOF-02-2018: Effective Industrial Human-Robot Collaboration (RIA)
DT-FOF-03-2018: Innovative manufacturing of opto-electrical parts (RIA)
DT-FOF-04-2018: Pilot lines for metal Additive Manufacturing (IA 50%)
DT-FOF-05-2019: Open Innovation for collaborative production engineering (IA) DT-FOF-06-2019: Refurbishment and re-manufacturing of large industrial equipment (IA) DT-FOF-07-2020: Reliable and accurate assembly of micro parts (RIA)
DT-FOF-08-2019: Pilot lines for modular factories (IA 50%)
DT-FOF-09-2020: Holistic energy-efficient factory management (IA)
DT-FOF-10-2020: Pilot lines for large-part high-precision manufacturing (IA 50%) DT-FOF-11-2020: Quality control in smart manufacturing (IA)
DT-FOF-12-2019: Handling systems for flexible materials (RIA)
DT-NMBP-18-2019: Materials, manufacturing processes and devices for organic and large area electronics (IA)
DT-NMBP-19-2019: Advanced materials for additive manufacturing (IA)
DT-NMBP-20-2018: A digital 'plug and produce' online equipment platform for manufacturing (IA)

2.2 BIOTECHNOLOGY

BIOTEC-01-2018: Standardisation in Synthetic Biology (CSA)
BIOTEC-02-2019: Boosting the efficiency of photosynthesis (RIA)
BIOTEC-03-2018: Synthetic biology to expand diversity of nature's chemical production (RIA)
CE-BIOTEC-04-2018: New biotechnologies for environmental remediation (RIA) CE-BIOTEC-05-2019: Microorganism communities
for plastics bio-degradation (RIA) BIOTEC-06-2020: Reprogrammed microorganisms for biological sensors (IA)
BIOTEC-07-2020: Multi-omics for the optimisation of genotype-phenotype associations (RIA)

2.3. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

NMBP-21-2020: Custom-made biological scaffolds for specific tissue regeneration and repair (RIA)
NMBP-22-2018: Osteoarticular tissues regeneration (RIA)
DT-NMBP-23-2020: Next generation organ-on-chip (RIA)

Call 3 - INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY

3.1. SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDUSTRY (SPIRE)

CE-SPIRE-01-2020: Industrial symbiosis (IA)
CE-SPIRE-02-2018: Processing of material feedstock using non-conventional energy sources (IA)
CE-SPIRE-03-2018: Energy and resource flexibility in highly energy intensive industries (IA 50%)
CE-SPIRE-04-2019: Efficient integrated downstream processes (IA)
CE-SPIRE-05-2019: Adaptation to variable feedstock through retrofitting (IA 50%) DT-SPIRE-06-2019: Digital technologies
for improved performance in cognitive production plants (IA)
CE-SPIRE-07-2020: Recovery of industrial water, thermal energy and substances contained therein (IA)
CE-SPIRE-08-2020: Improved Industrial Processing using novel high-temperature resistant materials (RIA)
CE-SPIRE-09-2020: Making the most of mineral waste, by-products and recycled material as feed for high volume production
(IA)
CE-SPIRE-10-2018: Efficient recycling processes for plastic containing materials (IA)

3.2. CATALYSING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

CE-NMBP-24-2018: Catalytic transformation of hydrocarbons (RIA)
CE-NMBP-25-2019: Photocatalytic synthesis (RIA)
CE-NMBP-26-2018: Smart plastic materials with intrinsic recycling properties by design (RIA)

3.3. CLEAN ENERGY THROUGH INNOVATIVE MATERIALS

LC-NMBP-27-2019: Strengthening EU materials technologies for non-automotive battery storage (RIA)
LC-NMBP-28-2020: Advanced materials for innovative multilayers for durable photovoltaics (IA)
LC-NMBP-29-2019: Materials for non-battery based energy storage (RIA)
LC-NMBP-30-2018: Materials for future highly performant electrified vehicle batteries (RIA) LC-NMBP-31-2020: Materials
for off shore energy (IA)
LC-NMBP-32-2019: Smart materials, systems and structures for energy harvesting (RIA)

3.4. CULTURAL HERITAGE

NMBP-33-2018: Innovative and affordable solutions for the preventive conservation of cultural heritage (IA)

3.5. ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS (EEB)

LC-EEB-01-2019: Integration of energy smart materials in non-residential buildings (IA)
LC-EEB-02-2018: Building information modelling adapted to efficient renovation (RIA) LC-EEB-03-2019: New developments in
plus energy houses (IA)
LC-EEB-04-2020: Industrialisation of building envelope for the renovation market (IA) LC-EEB-05-2019-20: Integrated
storage systems for residential buildings (IA)
LC-EEB-06-2018-20: ICT enabled, sustainable and affordable residential building construction, design to end of life (IA
50%)