MANUNET 2010 CALL IN MANUFACTURING RESEARCH

Basic Information

Network	MANUNET
Website	http://www.manunet.net/index.php
Aim of the joint call	The strategic objective of the MANUNET call for proposals is to foster the competitiveness of Europe’s Manufacturing Industry by supporting the funding of manufacturing research projects performed by enterprises (preferably SMEs) and their strategic partnerships. The funding objectives of the call are transnational application oriented and high risk R&D projects related to Manufacturing. The MANUNET call for applications includes all fields in Manufacturing, structured in the following topics: • Information and communication technologies for manufacturing including industrial robotics; • Environmental and energy technologies; • Knowledge-based engineering technologies (computer-aided engineering and design, automated manufacturing, product lifetime management, etc.); • Adaptive manufacturing technologies: processes for removing, joining, adding, forming, consolidating, assembling; • Other technologies/products related to the manufacturing field.
Type of joint call	Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions
Events	Launch date 07/01/2010 Deadline Pre-Proposal 24/03/2010 Submitted proposal: 190 Deadline Full-Proposal 08/07/2010 Submitted proposal: 81 Evaluation End Date 30/09/2010 Successful proposal: n/a Proposals funded: 39
Is call co-funded?	No
Call follow up funding	There are mechanisms in place to monitor There are mechanisms in place to monitor technical progress
Call reasons	Achieving critical mass Sharing competences and associated work Addressing global issues Developing common administrative procedures Access to expertise from different countries Addressing specific scientific and technological issues
Research fields	Industrial production
Type of research	Applied Research
Target groups	Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Public Research Organisations (PROs) Private and Semi-private Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Large Corporations
Participating networks	n/a

Organisations Participating

Country	Organisation
	National Centre for Programme Management
Austria	Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Austria	Department of Economics, Tourism and Technology, Government of Lower Austria (WST3)
Belgium	Public Service of Wallonia (SPW)
Estonia	Enterprise Estonia (EE/EAS)
France	French Agency for Innovation (OSEO)
Greece	Region of Western Greece (RWG)
Israel	MATIMOP Israeli Industry Centre for R&D (OLD) (MATIMOP)
Italy	Development Toscana (ST)
Italy	Piemonte Region (RP)
Slovakia	Ministry of Education (ME SR)
Slovenia	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST)
Spain	Agency for Innovation and Development of Andalucia (IDEA)
Spain	Basque Government (EJ-GV)
Spain	Catalonian Enterprise support Agency (ACC10)
Spain	Government of Navarra (CFN)
Switzerland	Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
Turkey	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
United Kingdom	Invest Northern Ireland (INI)