MANUNET

Basic Information

Description

MANUNET was created to involve SMEs inside ERA by providing: • Yearly calls • A high success ratio • Smaller consortia and budget • The opportunity of funding R&D projects closer to market Even if MANUNET has not reached its end, a high impact can be foreseen.

Main research priorities of the network

The strategic objective of the MANUNET call for proposals is to foster the competitiveness of Europe’s Manufacturing Industry by supporting the funding of manufacturing research projects performed by enterprises (preferably SMEs) and their strategic partnerships. The funding objectives of the call are transnational application oriented and high risk R&D projects related to Manufacturing. The MANUNET call for applications includes all fields in Manufacturing, structured in the following topics: * Information and communication technologies for manufacturing including industrial robotics; Environmental and energy technologies; * Knowledge-based engineering technologies (computer-aided engineering and design, automated manufacturing, product lifetime management, etc.); * Adaptive manufacturing technologies: processes for removing, joining, adding, forming, consolidating, assembling; * Other technologies/products related to the manufacturing field.