NMP seminar, EU FP6 Priority 3 NMP Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences, knowledge-based Multi-functional materials and new Production processes and devices Status for Norway after 1. Call Tor Einar Johnsen The Research Council of Norway

NMP seminar, NMP: Norwegian success ?

NMP seminar, Call FP NMP  New instruments (IP, NE)260 M€  Trad. Instrum. (STREP, CA, SSA)140 M€  Norway 11 points FP NMP-2 IP’s for SME  New instruments (IP) 40 M€  Norway 0 points!

NMP seminar, Participation 103 proposals with 149 Norwegian partners Final results: 11 proposals with 14 Norwegian partners

NMP seminar, Participation

NMP seminar, Who participated?  HE – Higher education  RES – Research institute  IND – Industry  ISME - Industrial SME  OSME – Other SME

NMP seminar, Who were successful participants ?

NMP seminar, Who are the Norwegian partners ? Instrument AcronymNorwegian Partners NE – Network of Excellence NANOMEMPROSINTEF (R. Bredesen) INSIDE_PORES Institute for energy technology, IFE SINTEF CA – Coordination Action ELFNET SINTEF Abelia SSA – Specific Support Actions EMUDE National Institute for Consumer Research, SIFO NAPOLY Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU

NMP seminar, Who are the Norwegian partners ? InstrumentAcronymNorwegian Partners STREP – Specific Targeted REsearch Projects NANOCAPS KeraNor AS SINTEF (Chr. Simon, Coord.) SENPIMAG SINTEF SEMINANO University of Oslo SFINX Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU I-IMAS SINTEF COMPOSE SINTEF

NMP seminar, Comparison to Finland NorwayFinland Projects Total Successful1132 Partici- pants Total Successful1464

NMP seminar, Comparison to Denmark NorwayDenmark Projects Total Successful1130 Partici- pants Total Successful1455

NMP seminar, Norwegian summary, NMP-1 Traditional instruments: STREP, CA and SSA  Low Norwegian ”score”  Success rate 10,3% (Finland 27,4%) New instruments: IP and NE  Low Norwegian ”score”  Success rate 6,5% (Finland 9,2%)  No Norwegian partners in IP!  3 (2) institutes in 2 NE! KeraNor is the only Norwegian industrial partner (STRP)

NMP seminar, Concluding remarks Very low participation from Norway  Have we failed to inform about possibilities?  Too much nano?  Too little about multifunctional materials and processes  Not relevant for the Norwegian industry?  Too early for the Norwegian research community? Low interaction between institutes and industry

NMP seminar, Can we improve? Need closer cooperation between institutes and industries National funding for participating institutes  Less costly for research institutes to participate  Less costly for industry (not paying institutes) More resources in the Norwegian Research Council Thank You !