Avanes maavarade teemaline ERA-MIN3 rahvusvaheline taotlusvoor

Avanenud on maavarade teemaline ERA-MIN3 rahvusvaheline taotlusvoor. Konkursile oodatakse taotlusi, mis on suunatud vajaduspõhiselt metallide toorme, ehitusmaterjalide ja tööstuses kasutatavale mineraalse toorme valdkondadele.

Konkurss on kaheastmeline ning eeltaotluste esitamine on kohustuslik. Eeltaotluste esitamise tähtaeg on 1. aprill 2021 (17:00:00 CEST).

Taotluse saavad esitada uurimisrühmad, kuhu kuulub vähemalt kolm erinevat gruppi vähemalt kolmelt erinevalt maalt, mis pärinevad vähemalt kahest ERA-MIN3-ga liitunud riigist.

Konkursi 5 teemat alateemadega on:

Topic 1. Supply of raw materials from exploration and mining

  • ​Exploration
  • Mining operations
  • Mine closure and reclamation

Topic 2. Circular Design

  • Product design for increased raw material efficiency
  • Product design for reuse or extended durability of product
  • Product design to promote recycling
  • Product design for critical materials substitution

Topic 3. Processing, Production and Remanufacturing

  • ​Increase resource efficiency in resource intensive production processes
  • Increase resource efficiency through recycling of residues or remanufacturing of used products and components
  • Increase resource efficiency using information and communication technologies (ICT)

Topic 4. Recycling and Re-use of End-of-Life Products Recycling and Re-use of End-of-Life Products

  • End-of-life products collection and (reverse) logistics
  • End-of-life products pre-processing: pre-treatment, dismantling, sorting, characterisation
  • Reuse, repair, refurbishing, repurposing and remanufacturing of End-of-Life products
  • Recovery of raw materials from End-of-life products
  • Recovery of raw materials from End-of-life immovable assets
  • Increase recycling or reuse through information and communication technologies (ICT)

Topic 5: Cross-cutting topics.

  • ​New business models (implementing circular economy aspects)
  • Improvement of methods or data for environmental impact assessment
  • Social acceptance and trust/public perception of raw materials
  • Health safety issues

Eesti Teadusagentuur osaleb konkursil 100 000 euroga, millega rahastatakse ühte edukat Eesti teadlaste uurimisgruppi.

Taotlusvooru tutvustavad materjalid ning lingid taotlussüsteemi ja partneriotsingu platvormile leiab ERA-MIN3 veebilehelt https://www.era-min.eu/joint-call/era-min-joint-call-2021.

 

Täiendav info Eesti Teadusagentuuris:
Margit Suuroja
margit.suuroja@etag.ee
Tel: +372 731 7360