| Project Title | FutureNanoNeeds (FNN) |
| Year Start | 2014 |
| Year End | 2017 |
| Consortium members | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOTECNOLOGIA PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAET MARBURG ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE UND UMWELTTECHNIK EV – IUTA HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE FARMACOLOGICHE MARIO NEGRI RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEIDEN MILIEU*NATIONAL INSTITUTEFOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTEN VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V LIBERCI COMITEE DES DONNEES SCIENTIFIQUES ET TECHNOLOGIQUES NANOFUTURES ASBL FILARETE SERVIZI SRL NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA Solarprint Limited NANONICA EUROPE SL CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA |
| Description | Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and markets. FutureNanoNeeds will develop a novel framework to enable naming, classification, hazard and environmental impact assessment of the next generation nanomaterials prior to their widespread industrial use. It will uniquely achieve this by integrating concepts and approaches from several well established contiguous domains, such as phylontology and crystallography to develop a robust, versatile and adaptable naming approach, coupled with a full assessment of all known biological protective responses as the basis for a decision tree for screening potential impacts of nanomaterials at all stages of their lifecycle. Together, these tools will form the basis of a “value chain” regulatory process which allows a each nanomaterial to be assessed for different applications on the basis of available data and the specific exposure and life cycle concerns for that application. Exemplar materials from emerging nano-industry sectors, such as energy, construction and agriculture will be evaluated via this process as demonstrators. The FutureNanoNeeds consortium is uniquely placed to achieve this, on the basis of expertise, positioning, open mindedness and a belief that new approaches are required. |
| Core Technology | Atomic Quantum Clusters |
| Industry of application | Healthcare & Therapeutics |
| Call | FP7 |
| Funding info | This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 604602 |
