Austrian NANO Initiative

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 Strategic Objectives
1. Using the nanoscale sciences and nanotechnologies for
business and society by exploiting RTD results;
2. Strengthening competitiveness by cooperation and
networking between science and enterprises by creating
and expanding critical masses;
3. Positioning Austrian interests through increased integration
and cross-disciplinary networking in European and
international cooperation in research and technology
development, in particular in the EU programmes;
4. Contributing to the expansion and maintenance of research
competence through education and training measures for
the qualification of specialists in research and technology
development;
5. Contributing to the building and expansion of the
corresponding infrastructure as well as building centres in
basic research and application-oriented special fields.

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 Austrian Funding Landscape

Technology
Fundamental development, Product
Market
research industrial development
research

Provinces + Ministries
Research
organisations SME‘s
Industry

R&D CLUSTERS
Basic and Pre-
Austrian
applied
research
competitive
development
NANO
Initiative

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 Programme Action Lines

1. Project Clusters:
Research and Technology
Development Project
Clusters

4. Accompanying
Measures:
studies, analyses and
2. Networking: management
3. Human Resources:
interactions
young researchers,
between NANO
education & training
disciplines

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 Budget 2004
Programme Action Lines and Elements k€ %
1. RTD Project Clusters 10,000 86.1
Funding of RTD projects including appliances
Commissioning of the project cluster coordination
2. Networking and Trust Building 1,100 9.5
Feasibility studies, preparation of RTD project clusters
Regional and/or thematic networks
Events

3. Training and Education Measures (HR) 250 2.2

Measures including education for researchers and mobility 70 0.6
Funding of awareness-raising measures

4. Accompanying Measures 200 1.7

Funding of studies, (market) analyses, evaluations, strategic
concepts, concepts regarding research programmes,
Technology Foresights

Total 11,620 100 %

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Responsible Nanotechnology in Austria
• Health & Safety Assessments for each proposal:
ex ante, on-going, ex post
• NANO Forum:
ethics, health & safety, environment, public dialogue
• Austrian Ethics Commission:
open discussion on nanotechnology
• Accompanying Measures:
studies (patent analysis, socio-environmental impact)
Public awareness of science
Ethics
Health & Safety
Governance
• Training & Education:
know-how, studies, up-dates
• Networks:
national groups, EU-projects, worldwide (International Dialogue
on Responsible Nanotechnology)

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 Contact Persons

Emmanuel GLENCK
Margit HAAS
FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Division Thematic Programmes

Canovagasse 7
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
T +43 (0)5 7755 3202
F +43 (0)5 7755 93202

e-mail: Margit.Haas@ffg.at

http://www.nanoinitiative.at
http://www.ffg.at