Tag: NMBP

The EU recently published the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018, 2019 and 2020. For these last three years of Horizon 2020 an investment of around € 30 billion will be represented. Various Calls for proposals set out upcoming funding opportunities for the forestry, woodworking and processing industries. FTP is currently analysing the available information and opportunities for the forest-based […]

The FTP Manual of the most relevant Horizon 2020 call topics 2016-2017 for the forest-based sector is now available for download. The topics of highest relevance for the sector are clustered under the following four pillars: Industrial Leadership Societal Challenge 2: Food Security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the […]

Aiming to ensure that the sector’s research interests and innovation ambitions are integrated into the scope of the next Work Programme, forest-based sector stakeholders together with FTP prepared: FTP Recommendations for the Work Programme 2018-2020 of Horizon 2020. The FTP Recommendations identify some 90 research and innovation areas of major concern for the European forest-based sector, […]

The objective of the High-Level Meeting hosted by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) on 16 June 2017, in Brussels, was to jointly build the mission of the industrial technologies industry, and explore its new approaches for the next EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme, that will replace Horizon 2020.  Speaking […]

Advanced materials and nanotechnologies are key enabling technologies for the innovation portfolio of the forest-based sector. Having a strong competence in these areas has enabled the sector to provide powerful solutions to societal needs. FTP Managing Director Johan Elvnert stressed this point during the session   Advanced materials and nanotechnologies for a bio- based and circular […]

Funding opportunities for research and innovation projects in the forest-based sector will remain a significant part of the next Horizon 2020 work programme (WP), for the period 2018-2020. “There will be a slight shift in particular work programme sections, but our evaluation is that FTP’s coordinated campaign with the NSGs, to increase the visibility of […]

The development of advanced materials and composites allowing new functionalities and improved performance is indispensable for the competitiveness of forest-based industries. The rich and complex chemical and physical composition of wood, bark (including cork) and other parts of a tree, contain the potential for a wide range of innovative properties to be developed and incorporated […]

Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (NMBP) The Industrial Leadership block of Horizon 2020 aims to support entrepreneurs and innovative companies in research and innovation. It addresses joint public and private sector investment in R&D and supports the growth of innovative enterprises and early stage eco-innovative companies, through the following actions: o    Encouraging […]

The forest-based sector already depends on ‘space technology’ in the form of global positioning systems, remote sensing technologies and geo-information technologies. In particular, optimising large-scale forest management, inventory, harvesting and transport operations relies increasingly upon these technologies. Space technology is also important for tracking the trade in legal and illegal wood, monitoring changes in forest […]

Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology works with materials, devices and other structures with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres. Quantum mechanical effects are important on this quantum-realm scale. Nanotechnology as a spectrum of evolving techniques has a revolutionary impact on the areas […]