• Exploitation strategy and innovation consultants (ESIC) for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (NMP) - 2007/S 125-152142

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
On-demand services to secure and enhance the potential impact of the results of projects co-financed by the Commission within the activity 'Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies - NMP'. The tasks to be performed will more specifically aim at identifying and addressing potential obstacles to the exploitation of project results. These may be internal obstacles, such as diverging expectations or intentions between project partners (risk for conflict of interest), as well as external obstacles, such as legislative or normative influences, market evolution, development of other technologies to solve the same problem or address the same market, lack of training, lack of acceptance by society, etc. Services take the form of project analysis (desk work), assistance at project meetings, exploitation strategy seminars, first line consulting, presentations, and other.
Deadline: 20 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• Project Technical Assistants (PTA) for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (NMP) - 2007/S 119-145485
• Information about lots (see terms of references for all of them):

Lot No 1
Assistance to projects in the field 'Beyond lean manufacturing — new industrial models for product and process life cycle'
Lot No 2
Assistance to projects in the field 'New added-value user-centred products and product services'
Lot No 3
Assistance to projects in the field 'Integrated risk management in industrial systems'
Lot No 4
Assistance to projects in the field 'Adaptive production systems — rapidly-configurable machines and production systems' (see terms of reference).
Lot No 5
Assistance to projects in the field 'Networked production — innovative customer-driven product-service design in a global environment' (see terms of reference).
Lot No 6
Assistance to projects in the field 'Rapid transfer and integration of new technologies into the design and operation of manufacturing processes' (see terms of reference).
Lot No 7
Assistance to projects in the field 'Process intensification in chemicals production' (see terms of reference).
Lot No 8
Assistance to projects in the field 'Innovative pathways in synthesis — improving efficiency by smart synthesis, design and reduction of the number of reaction steps' (see terms of reference).
Lot No 9
Assistance to projects in the field 'Processes and equipment for high-quality industrial production of 3-dimensional nanosurfaces'
Lot No 10
Assistance to projects in the field 'Production technologies and equipment for micro-manufacturing'
Lot No 11
Assistance to projects in the field 'Advanced wood-based composites and their production'
Lot No 12
Assistance to projects in the field 'Application of new materials including bio-based fibres in high-added-value textile products'
Lot No 13
Assistance to projects in the field 'Resource-efficient and clean buildings'
Lot No 14
Assistance to projects in the field 'Nano-structured materials'
Lot No 15
Assistance to projects in the field 'Opto-electronic and photonic materials'
Lot No 16
Assistance to projects in the field 'Smart materials with tailored properties'
Lot No 17
Assistance to projects in the field 'Magnetic materials and superconductors'
Lot No 18
Assistance to projects in the field 'Bio-materials and bio-inspired materials'
Lot No 19
Assistance to projects in the field 'Chemical technologies and hybrid materials'
Lot No 20
Assistance to projects in the field 'Ceramics, metals and composites'
Lot No 21
Assistance to projects in the field 'Engineering tools and material modelling'
Lot No 22
Assistance to projects in the field 'High-performance materials for macro-applications'
Lot No 23
Assistance to projects in the field 'Materials processing'
Lot No 24
Assistance to projects in the field 'Materials for energy and transport application'
Lot No 25
Assistance to projects in the field 'Coatings and surface engineering'
Lot No 26
Assistance to projects in the field 'Soft materials and polymers'.
Lot No 27
Assistance to projects in the field 'Nanobio-science and -technology'
Lot No 28
Assistance to projects in the field 'Nanomedicine'
Lot No 29
Assistance to projects in the field 'Self assembling and self-organisation'
Lot No 30
Assistance to projects in the field 'Health and environmental impact assessment — nanotoxicology'
Lot No 31
Assistance to projects in the field 'Up-scaling of nanotechnology-based processes'
Lot No 32
Assistance to projects in the field 'Instruments for nanoscale analysis and handling operations — metrology, standardisation'
Lot No 33
Assistance to projects in the field 'Nanotechnology applications for energy'
Deadline: 12 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• Monitoring and Control : today's Market, its evolution till 2020 and the impact of ICT on these - 2007/S 151-187360

The objectives of the study are the following:
1. To describe today's M&C market.
2. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the M&C market potential.
3. Economic and Societal Impact assuming that the previously described M&C market potential is achieved.
4. Policy actions.
Deadline: 17 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• Requirements and Options for Actions in RFID in healthcare - 2007/S 134-163980

The main objective of the study is to provide expert input necessary to assess prospective aspects of the applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the healthcare and pharmaceutical market focusing on visions and scenarios with identification of associated obstacles and needs for specific policy actions or research activities.
Deadline: 17 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• Scale and scope as drivers of the European Research Area - FORESIGHT-2007-01 - 2007/S 106-129997)

Lot 1: "Economies of scale and scope in the provision of direct public support (subsidies) for public and private R&D"
Lot 2: "Economies of scale at the research project level"
Lot 3: "Economies of scale and scope in research financed at the level of the firm"
Deadline: 14 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• "Mapping the Past in View of the Future Developments of the European Research Area", - FORESIGHT-2007-02 - 2007/S 106-129999

Lot 1: "Developing a taxonomy of research system types within the framework of ERA"
Lot 2: "Analysis of public research institutes in Europe in selected S&T fields: historical evolution and future scenarios"
Lot 3: "Mapping the costs and benefits of applying to national and EU public research programmes".
Deadline: 14 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

• "Lead Markets and S&T Specialisation in Europe" - FORESIGHT-2007-03 - 2007/S 106-129998

Lot 1: "The role of public intervention in the creation of new markets"
Lot 2: "S&T priorities for 2030 – Potential impacts and markets of future key technological domains"
Lot 3: "European consumer preferences in 2030 - implications for science and technology"
Deadline: 14 September 2007 at 16:00:00 (Brussels local time)

Source: CORDIS