INCOBRA - Increasing International Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union

On December 7th 2017, INCOBRA consortium has run its ninth webinar dedicated to

Horizon 2020 open calls on Risk Governance of Nanotechnology & Nanoinformatics (NMBP-13-2018 &  NMBP-14-2018).  Opportunities for EU-BR cooperation in the nanotech sector

The webinar was opened by Chiara Davalli, EBN who briefly provided an overview about INCOBRA project and the support services it provides to EU-BR R&I stakeholders.

Presentation 1, Introduction by Chiara Davalli (EBN)

Luca Polizzi, European Commission, then present two call topics now open under the  H2020 call on Foundations for Tomorrow Industry  (H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2018-2020):

• Risk Governance of Nanotechnology (NMBP-13-2018)
• Nanoinformatics: from materials models to predictive toxicology and ecotoxicology (NMBP-14-2018)

Presentation 2, NMBP Programme - Governance, Science-based Risk Assessment and Regulatory Aspects by Luca Polizzi (EC)

Professor Turco from FAPESC then provided an insight on the State of Santa Caterina's landscape on nanotech.

Presentation 3, FAPESC and the opportunities in the nanotech sector by Prof Turco (FAPESC)

The webinar ended with 2 brief presentations by organizations interested in building consortia for the nanotech calls now open under the H2020 programme:

• University of Salento
• Technical University of Sofia and “IVECOL CONSULT” Ltd

If you are interested in learning more about INCOBRA Webinar #9 have a look to the webinar recordings.

We have also developed a factsheet dedicated to the 2 NMBP calls, where we biefly present main scope of the calls and we answer some of the questions raised during the webinar. Download it here.

Don't miss the opportunity to register as INCOBRA stakeholder and get visibility. You can also join our LinkedIn Group, a growing community of 150 R&I actors interested in EU-Brazil STI cooperation opportunities. Feel free to use it to look for potential partners and/or post relevant information for the group.

For any question, please address them to INCOBRA helpdesk.