SIINN – Safe Implementation of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

SIINN – Safe Implementation of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

SIINNwas a cooperation and coordination network of 20 national/regional research funding programs from 14 countries with a view to optimizing the use of resources (human, financial, and infrastructure), knowledge, and data on the impact and safety for human health and the environment of manufactured nanoparticles and nanomaterials. It ran from 2011 to 2015 under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program. The main objectives of ERA-NET SIINN were:

• Develop a transnational program for funding R&D in nanosciences and nanotechnology, particularly in industrial applications of nanoparticles and manufactured nanomaterials, promoting the study of their impacts and safety for health and the environment;
• Promote the exchange of information between ministries, funding agencies, academic institutions, and industry, including international organizations;
• Support joint Calls in areas corresponding to knowledge gaps.

The projects funded in the three Joint Calls (CTC2012, 2013, and 2014) are presentedhere.