TRANSPORT
- Industrial design and development of components and products.
- Advanced materials (polymers, adhesives, coatings, nanomaterials, micro and nanocapsules).
- Advanced manufacturing: IoT, collaborative/mobile robotics and additive manufacturing/3D printing
- Tribology and tribochemistry
- Connected vehicles
- Treatment, disinfection and control of indoor air quality
CONSTRUCTION
- Advanced materials (asphalts, cements, concretes, nanomaterials, micro and nanocapsules, smart materials).
- Smart integration of renewable energies
- Energy efficiency
PACKAGING
- Development of packaging projects
- Prototyping by additive manufacturing
- Inks and printed electronics
- Global support for product industrialisation, testing, and validation
- Advanced materials (polymers, nanomaterials, barrier materials, coatings, electronic inks, sensor inks, micro and nanocapsules)
- Biobased, biodegradable materials
- Ecodesign of containers and packaging
- Active packaging
Textile
- Technical/smart textiles, support for industrialisation and testing
- New materials for fabrics (biomaterials, polymeric materials)
- Product design and development based on textile solutions
- Development of inks, finishes and application of nanotechnologies
- Textile finishes with advanced functionalities (coatings, inks, dyes, nanomaterials, micro and nanocapsules)
- Remanufacturing and preparation for reuse
- Textiles recycling
ENERGY
- Emerging solar photovoltaic/concentration technology
- Design and development of components and products for the photovoltaic and energy industry
- Energy harvesting & management
- Energy efficiency studies, measurement, and verification of savings
- Energy recovery from waste streams
- New materials for batteries and energy harvesting (polymers, nanomaterials, coatings, inks)
ENVIRONMENT
- Efficient treatment, reuse and management of water
- Recycling, treatment and recovery of waste/by-products
- Soil restoration and agronomy
- Treatment and control of air quality
- Separation and oxidation technologies, new materials, biological processes, and nature-based solutions
- Removal of emerging pollutants
- Microbiological control and detection of emerging pathogens
- Sensors and biosensors for the detection of contaminants
- Decarbonisation technologies and strategies
- Environmental impact of technologies, products and processes. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
- Analysis of environmental and human health risks
- Design of safe products and processes. Sustainable production and circular business models
FOOD
- New alternative sources of ingredients (microalgae, insects, by-products)
- Development and validation of active ingredients, functional food.
- Microencapsulation of new active ingredients.
- Cellular models for studies of efficacy and bioavailability of assets.
- Mixed in vivo/in vitro models (cellular-microbiota) and humanised animal models
- Microbiota study
- Energy metabolism and nutrition
- Formulation of new food products
- 3D food printing
- Quality control, Allergens and Intolerances: detection by fast sensors and cellular characterisation.
- Food Safety
- Sensory evaluation of food and shelf life studies
- Design and development of components, products, and equipment for the food industry
COSMETICS
- Advanced materials (micro and nanocapsules and nanomaterials)
- Formulation of cosmetic products
- Consumer tests
- Ecolabels for cosmetic products
- Efficacy studies and innovative claim support
- Safety profile of cosmetic ingredients and formulations
- Screening, bioproduction and characterisation of new (active) cosmetics
- Mixed in vitro models (cellular-microbiota)
- Design and development of components, products and equipment for the cosmetics industry
DETERGENCY
- Study and development of new active ingredients
- Product formulation and efficacy tests
- Consumer tests
- Ecolabels for detergency products
- Applied microbiology, enzyme activity
HEALTH
- Portable or desktop diagnostic devices.
- Microbiota as a biomarker of wellness/disorders
- Biomarkers in blood, urine and saliva
- Design and development of products and tools for diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and response to therapy
- Advanced materials (polymers and biopolymers, bioadhesives, compatible adhesives)
PHARMACEUTICAL AND VETERINARY
- Preclinical validation of therapeutic targets
- Mechanism of action and drug efficacy studies
- ADMETox
- Cellular models, organoids, and animal models
- Oncological, inflammatory, autoimmune, dermatological indications
- Generation and production of monoclonal and recombinant antibodies
- ScFV libraries and phage display
- Nanoformulation of drugs
- Drug discovery and drug development
- Metabolomics
CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS
- Nanomaterial and polymer synthesis
- Formulation of polymers, paints, inks, coatings and construction materials
- Bioprocess design. Biocatalysis and enzymes
- Surface treatment
- Nanosafety, REACH
- Testing, analytical chemistry and industrialisation mentoring
- Tribology and tribochemistry (cutting fluids, coolants, oils, lubricants and greases)
- Flow Chemistry
- Chemical recycling of polycondensation polymers
SECURITY
- Nanosafety
- Sensors and actuators
- Efficacy and safety studies
- Biosafety: rapid detection of toxic and infectious agents
- Advanced materials (smart inks, nanomaterials)
MARITIME
- Prevention and mitigation of emerging pollutants in the sea (microplastics)
- Recycling of materials in the maritime environment (boats, etc.)
- Reduction of marine pollution
- Management and recovery of fishing and port waste: recovery of marine biomass to obtain ingredients and products
- Screening of marine microorganisms and bioproduction of natural products