MateriNex - Nexus for sustainable materials research in Flanders
MateriNex - Nexus for sustainable materials research in Flanders
The aim is to strengthen the materials research innovation ecosystem and ensure its excellence. MateriNex offers Flemish companies active in materials research support for their high-risk long-term research.
In consultation with industrial and academic stakeholders, from the 3 innovation themes selected for the launch of MateriNex, 2 are aligned with Build Up targets. These innovation themes fit within both the EU research agenda, and the Flemish policy priorities. For each of these innovation themes, there is a roadmap that will provide the framework to elaborate and assess project proposals. Each roadmap contains a limited number of application domains and a number of common 'transversal' challenges in terms of digitalisation and 'safe and sustainable by design' (which includes circularity).
The innovation themes and corresponding roadmaps with application domains are:
materials for building and construction (low-carbon construction and resource efficiency)
strategic and critical raw materials (ensuring supply, sustainable and circular value chains)