The principle objectives of this Theme are to improve the competitiveness of European industry and to generate knowledge to ensure its transformation from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive base, by creating step changes through research and implementing decisive knowledge for new applications at the crossroads between different technologies and disciplines. This will benefit both new, high-tech industries and higher-value, knowledgebased traditional industries, with a special focus on the appropriate dissemination of RTD results to SMEs. These activities are concerned with enabling technologies which impact all industrial sectors and many other FP7 Themes. Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies - NMP.

The call is focused in the following activities:

• Activity/ Area: Nanosciences and converging sciences
• Activity/ Area: Nanotechnologies and converging technologies
• Activity/ Area: Health and Environmental Impacts
• Activity/ Area: Mastering nano-scale complexity in materials
• Activity/ Area: Knowledge-based smart materials with tailored properties
• Activity/ Area:Novel material and bioinspired materials
• Activity/ Area: Advances in chemical technologies and materials processing
• Activity/ Area: Using engineering to develop high performance knowledgebased materials
• Activity/ Area: Adaptive production systems
• Activity/ Area: Networked prod

The call for proposal is focused in the following areas:

Activity/ Area: Nanosciences and converging sciences

• NMP-2008-1.1-1Converging sciences and technologies (nano, bio, info, cogni)

Activity/ Area: Nanotechnologies and converging technologies

• NMP-2008-1.2-3 Development of technologies for the controlled combustion of nano-particles

Activity/ Area: Health and Environmental Impacts

• NMP-2008-1.3-2 Impact of engineered nanoparticles on health and the environment

Activity/ Area: Mastering nano-scale complexity in materials

• NMP-2008-2.1-1 Nano-structured membrane materials
• NMP-2008-2.1-2 Processing and upscaling of nanostructured materials

Activity/ Area: Knowledge-based smart materials with tailored properties

• NMP-2008-2.2-2 Nano-structured meta-materials

Activity/ Area:Novel material and bioinspired materials

• NMP-2008-2.3-1 Advanced implants and bioactive materials for critical organs

Activity/ Area: Advances in chemical technologies and materials processing

• NMP-2008- 2.4-2 Radical advances in the processing of multifunctional films and tapes

Activity/ Area: Using engineering to develop high performance knowledgebased materials

• NMP-2008-2.5-1 Functionally graded materials for improved mechanical performance
• NMP-2008-2.5-2 Modelling of interfaces for high performance materials design

Activity/ Area: Adaptive production systems

• NMP-2008-3.2-2 Self-learning production systems Activity/ Area: Networked production
• NMP-2008-3.3-1 Supply chain integration and real time decision making in non hierarchical manufacturing networks

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 15,00 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 06 March 2008 - 16 years ago (None)
• 02 September 2008 - 15 years ago (None)

• Cooperation - FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Any legal organisation

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Economic Area (EEA)
• European Union (EU)
• Candidate Countries
• European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• Third countries

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