Research fundings: "Factories of the Future"

Research grant funds: "Factories of the Future"

Deadline: 1st December 2011

MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:

Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production

• Adaptive production systems and measurement and control equipment for optimal energy consumption and near-to-zero emissions in manufacturing processes
• Methodologies and tools for the sustainable, predictive maintenance of production equipment
• Intelligent production machines and 'plug-and-produce' devices for the adaptive system integration of automation equipment, robots and other intelligent machines, peripheral devices, smart sensors and industrial IT systems
• High – performance manufacturing technologies in terms of efficiency (volumes, speed, process capability etc), robustness and accuracy
• High precision production technologies for high quality 3D micro-parts
• Knowledge-based tools and approaches for process planning and integrated process simulation at factory level
• Innovative technologies for casting, material removing and forming processes

ICT – Information and Communication Technologies

• Smart Factories: Energy-aware, agile manufacturing and customisation
• Manufacturing solutions for new ICT products

EU GRANT FUNDS: NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY

European fundings: Nature and Biodiversity

OBJECTIVE:

To protect, conserve, restore, monitor and facilitate the functioning of natural systems, natural habitats, wild flora and fauna, with the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity, including diversity of genetic resources, within the EU

ACTIVITIES:

NATURE

These projects contribute to the implementation of the birds and/or habitats directives, including at local and regional level, and support the further development and implementation of the Natura 2000 network, including coastal and marine habitats and species. The focus in on long-term sustainable investments in Natura 2000 sites and on the conservation on species and habitats.

Nature project must be best practice or demonstration projects.

BIODIVERSITY

These projects are focused on the demonstration of measures and practices that contribute to halting the loss of biodiversity on the territory of the Member States. They must be demonstration or innovation projects. They must all have as an integral part of the project the evaluation and active dissemination of the results and lessons learnt during the project

DEADLINE: July 18Th, 2011.

BENEFICIARIES:

Proposals must be presented by entities registered in the Member States of the European Union being public and/or private bodies, actors and institutions

GRANT FUNDS - NATURE, LIFE, BIODIVERSITY

EU Fundings: NATURE- CLIMATE CHANGE-BIODIVERSITY

OBJECTIVE

To disseminate information and raise awareness on environmental issues, including forest fire prevention; and to provide support for accompanying measures, such as information, communication actions and campaigns, conferences and training, including training on forest fire prevention.

BIODIVERSITY

• Halting the loss of biodiversity
• Launching national campaigns to promote Natura 2000

• Awareness raising campaigns on biodiversity aimed at explaining to the general public what biodiversity is and why it is important

• Promoting the integration of biodiversity concerns in territorial planning procedures

• The promotion of connectivity between natural areas (green infrastructure by explaining it better to citizens

• The implementation of art. 6 of the Habitats Directive

• Integrating the concept of ecosystem services in private company management or in public spending in particular in connection to Green Public Procurement

• Skills development for Natura 2000 site managers

RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

• Sustainable consumption and production
• Natural resources and waste, to develop and implement policies designated to ensure sustainable management and use of natural resources and waste

• Water scarcity/efficiency awareness raising campaign focused on water-stressed Member States

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Raising public awareness of climate change and its impact, particularly in EU12 countries

• Forest and climate change

OTHER

• Compilation and active transfer to relevant stakeholders that could usefully implement them of the techniques used and results and lessons learnt from a significant number of previous LIJE project for a specific theme/habitat/species (e.g. rivers, bogs, bats)

• Project related to the protection of marine environment on issues targeted by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

• Increasing the awareness and knowledge about the importance of soil and soil biodiversity and its main ecological functions, and sustainable land use

• Awareness raising and education on citizens’ exposure to air pollutants though the comparative assessment of air pollution levels in various larger cities of the EU

• Environmental noise

• The broad and targeted dissemination on best practices

DEADLINE: July 18^Th, 2011.

BENEFICIARIES:

Proposals must be presented by entities registered in the Member States of the European Union being public and/or private bodies, actors and institutions

TRANSPORT: SYSTEMS FOR GREEN OPERATIONS

DEADLINE: MAY 3^rd, 2011

BENEFICIARIES:
Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:
The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Regional Green Aircraft
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

SYSTEMS FOR GREEN OPERATIONS

• Construction of evaluation Power Modules to a given design
• Modelica Model Library Development
• Current return simulation (methodology and tools)
• Optimisation of coating for low pressure operation of power electronics and identification of pass and fail criteria for respective corona testing
• Flight Operations for novel Continuous Descents Including assistance in preparation, execution and analysis of a flight simulator experiment.

SMART FIXED WING AIRCRAFT

DEADLINE: MAY 3rd, 2011.


BENEFICIARIES:
Any legal entities established in EU Member states or Associated country.


ACTIVITIES:
The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):
1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft,
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design
The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

SMART FIXED WING AIRCRAFT

• Analysis of sensitivity/robustness of distributed micron-sized roughness elements (MSR) for transition delay
• Grooved paint surface manufacturing and aerodynamic testing
• Automated riblet application on aircraft parts
• Basic wind tunnel investigation to explore the use of Active Flow Control technology for aerodynamic load control
• High Voltage amplifier for MEMS-based Active Flow Control (AFC) actuators
• Design and manufacturing of innovative shield (3 different projects)
• Ground Based Structural and Systems Demonstrator Phase 3 – Component and subsystem manufacture
• Manufacturing of outer wing assembly tooling
• Low drag wing foam cover for flight test
• Acoustic Inlet Lip panel large scale endurance demonstrator

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SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN ENGINES - AIRCRAFT

DEADLINE: MAY 3^rd, 2011.

BENEFICIARIES: 

Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:

The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft,
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN ENGINES

• Lean Burn Control System Verification Rig
• Pitch Change Mechanism key technologies maturation
• PCM kinematic demonstration
• Propellers electrical de-icing system: reliability assessment of key technologies for high temperature electrical machines
• Large 3-shaft Demonstrator – Core Turbomachinery – High Temperature Flexible Printed Circuit Board
• Large 3-shaft Demonstrator – Aeroengine intake acoustic liner technology development
• Advanced press forming and hardening of high strength steels
• Casting process optimization and validation of hollow multivane clusters with thin walls and trailing edges
• Integrating forging- and process-simulation into SAGE4 GTF LPT rotor design
• Total Measurement System for Geometry and Surface Inspection of bladed Disks (TOMMI)
• Implementation of Carbon-Nanotube Reinforced Aluminium for Aerospace Heat Exchanger Applications
• Electric Smart Engine Actuator
• High temperature Ni-based alloy forging process advancement
• High temperature Ni-based super alloy casting process advancement
• Feasibility study and prototypes manufacturing of oil tank in thermoplastic for Helicopter Engine
• Hot environment unsteady pressure sensors
• Development of Quiet exhaust noise attenuation technologies

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TRANSPORT GREEN ROTOCRAFT

BENEFICIARIES:

Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:

The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft,
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

GREEN ROTOCRAFT

• EMA for utility consumer systems: EMA for Landing Gear
• Innovative Dynamic Rotor Brake
• Innovative High Voltage Energy Storage System for Advanced Rotorcraft Integration
• Integrated Air Traffic Control/Tiltrotor simulation of low-noise procedures and evaluation of the impact on operators
• Dismantling and recycling of ecodesigned helicopter demonstrators

TRANSPORT: GREEN AIRCRAFT

DEADLINE: MAY 3^rd, 2011

BENEFICIARIES:
Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:
The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

GREEN REGIONAL AIRCRAFT

• Smart Maintenance Technologies
• Development of methodology for selection and integration of sensors in fuselage stiffened panels. Testing scheme, testing of sensorised fuselage stiffened panels and data processing
• Advanced fuselage and wing structure based on innovative Al-Li alloy – Numerical trade off study and experimental stiffened panel validation.
• Advanced concepts for trailing edge morphing wings - Design and manufacturing of test rig and test samples -Test execution
• Novel dressings for Nose Landing Gear noise impact reduction
• Updated Regional traffic scenario to upgrade Requirements for "Future Regional Aircraft”.

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AERONAUTICS - AIRCRAFT- ECODESIGN

DEADLINE: MAY 3^rd, 2011.

BENEFICIARIES:
Any legal entities established in  EU Member states or Associated country.

ACTIVITIES:
The programme is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
2. Green Regional Aircraft,
3. Green Rotorcraft,
4. Systems for Green Operation,
5. Sustainable and Green Engines,
6. Eco-Design

The calls are published to support activities meeting the needs of the ITDs and in most cases, the RTD work will serve for one of the demonstrators

TOPICS CALLED:

ECODESIGN

• Environmental Data Models and Interface development
• Borate-free cleaners used in anodizing processes
• Chromate free and energy efficient sealing of TSA anodic films for corrosion protection.
• Industrialization set up of Thermoplastics «In situ» Consolidation Process
• Conductive thin skin heating (CSH) device for FRP repair applications
• To develop recycling technologies of aeronautical composite materials through mechano-physical approaches.
• Simplified LCA (Life cycle assessment) tool
• Production of yarns and fabric based on recycled carbon fibres
• Electrical Power Distribution System Model:*
• Alternator with active power rectification and health monitoring
• Development, Construction and Integration of Systems for Ground Thermal Test Bench
• Development, construction, integration, and progress toward to heat pipes monitoring and qualification on aircrafts

 *Functional and scalable model of the EDS Generic Architecture Electrical Power Distribution System, simulating system level issues such as power control and management, load dispatching and shedding, regeneration and protection mechanisms of the electrical distribution network.

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Partner search for EU funded project - SWITCH ASIA PROGRAMME

PROFILE:

• Not-for-profit intermediary (business) organisations and networks (e.g. chambers of commerce or industry associations)
• Not-for-profit organisations aiming at pursuing sustainable development
• Governmental institutions at the regional and local level

The project deals with new technologies for sustainable energy (e.g for buildings) or fuel production from organic compost/biological waste.


PARTNERS MUST BE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
Afganistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Chinese Taipei), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, DPR Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
 
More information on the Switch Asia programme can be found here


Contacts: www.igcsas.com/contact
2 PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS CALL!