NANOFORCE 

Project duration: May 2011 - October 2013

Financing: European Union - European Regional Development Fund, Central Europe

The Project objectives are focused mainly on the improvement of the frame conditions for supporting of innovations in the nanotechnology field that are connected with the rest of themes within the Priority 1 of the Central Europe Scheme.

With the specific reference to P1.2, the NANOFORCE Project, via the mechanisms “Nanodeals generator”, the Technical rating for the projects oriented to the innovative market with nanotechnologies as well as the Multi-national Capital Fund for Nanotechnology, stimulates the applied research and the co-operation in Central Europe.

The perspective synergy between research & development centres and big and small enterprises, supports the transfer of knowledge. Common evaluation of nanomaterials analysis and the planned training of students and researchers at the creation of nanotechnology innovative business doing, contribute to the support of knowledge exchange, in accordance with P1.3. Until now, no European or National legislative scope exists for the field of nanotechnology and nanoparticles. What is more, in all the partner countries of the Project, it is feared that placing the nanomaterials in the market can bring serious risk, which is caused mainly by the lack of information in this field. The NANOFORCE Project which is in accordance with the Priority 1 the Central Europe Programme is trying to connect the private and public organizations to co-operate and deal with inter-discipline research of nanotechnologies and to create suitable technical and financial conditions for transforming of the most promising laboratory results into innovative industrial applications.

Project partners:

Lead Partner:

• SC - Sviluppo Chimica spa - (IT)

Partners:

• Veneto Nanotech S.C.p.A. - (IT)
• Association of Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic - SCHP CZ (CZ)
• Chemistry Cluster of Bavaria - (DE)
• Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry - PIPC (PL)
• University of Nova Gorica (SI)
• BioNanoNet Forschungs GmbH (AT)
• Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry of the Slovak Republic - ZCHFP SR (SK)
• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Science (PL)

Associated institutions supporting the Project:

• CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council
• ECRN - European Chemical Regions Network

Description of Activities

ZCHFP SR as a project partner is engaged in all Work packages (WPs) the Project.

WP 1: Project Management & Coordination - Participation of the co-ordinator for ZCHFP SR in the WP is defined as well as his presence on the meetings of the Steering Commission

WP 2: Communication, Knowledge Management & Dissemination - the role of ZCHFP SR is to prepare the National versions of the press releases, the Slovak version of the web site, translation of the brochures on nanotechnology to Slovak language.

Within the non-medial co-operation, ZCHFP SR will participate in the preparation and translation of the e-news as well as the National handbook. ZCHFP SR is responsible for the organization of 2 National NANOFORCE info-days.

WP 3: Existing Nanotechnology Infrastructures & Strategy to Reduce Knowledge Gaps in Central Europe - ZCHFP SR will participate in the preparation of the Regional Report about nanotechnology, which will contain the analysis of nanotechnologies from the point of view of invest possibilities (funds) for starting and acceleration of R&D with real outputs. National database of scientific competitions, markets, infrastructure and National plan will be created.

WP 4: Responsible Use of Nanotech & Associated Risk Management. ZCHFP SR will participate in the revision of the existing safety proceedings and respective legislation in the field of research, manufacturing an use of nanotech as well as the nanoparticles analysis in the context of the Regulation 1907/2006 on REACH and 1272/2008 on CLP.

As a result there will be the handbook Responsible Management in Nanotechnology, at the same time the recommendations for the European Commission will be prepared.

WP 5: Supporting Nano R&D, Commercialization and Industrialization. The main goal is the creation of the Innovative platform of nanotechnology “Nanodeals Generator” which consists of the creation of the platform as such, the support of B2B for entrepreneurs and the development of the Methodology of technological rating for the evaluation.

WP 6: Aimed to the creation of the International Nanotech Venture Capital Fund (INVCF) in cooperation with banks and investment companies.

Active participation of ZCHFP SR

• In Monitoring and analysing of present level of the development in the field of nanotech and identification of further possible needs.
• In Creation of the information about the safe use of nanoparticles during their entire life cycle, transferring the information to the community of scientists, to member companies as well as to the public.
• In Creation of the database of the exact information about the ways and fields of nanotech use.
• In participating of Slovak chemical entrepreneurial bodies to broader use of nanotechnologies.

  4. NANOFORCE Newsletter

  3. NANOFORCE Newsletter

  2. NANOFORCE Newsletter

  1. NANOFORCE Newsletter

  NANOFORCE Abstract NanoImpactNet 2012

  NANOFORCE poster

  NANOFORCE

  NANOFORCE 1st Meeting ENG