NIST awards USD$7.8 million for Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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NIST awards USD$7.8 million for Advanced Manufacturing Technology www.nist.gov/amo
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he National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced 16 awards totaling USD$7.8 million to help accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing in the United States. The grants will support industry-driven consortia in developing research plans and charting collaborative actions to solve high-priority technology challenges. Called the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech), the
program supports newly funded projects spanning a variety of industries and technologies, from next-generation gas turbines and aerospace manufacturing to hybridized semiconductor and synthetic-biology devices and glass manufacturing. Thirteen of the projects will launch new consortia. All will initiate technology roadmapping activities or similar efforts intended to identify, prioritize, and align research
EU Horizon 2020 supports new round of SMEs https://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme-instrument-beneficiaries
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ver 160 companies from 23 countries have been selected in the latest round of the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1, which funds small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For each project, the participants will receive €50,000 to finance feasibility studies. They can also request up to three days of business coaching.
Among the recipients are Magpie Polymers—a spin-off from the École Polytechnique, France— which recovers precious metals such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, and gold from wastewater or process water. The company received funding for its proposal for vertical integration into platinum group metals refining processes. The United Kingdom’s C4 Carbides
Minister Pandor urges Africa to invest more resources in universities www.dst.gov.za
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frica needs to invest more resources in universities as a commitment to genuinely contribute to economic development and poverty and disease alleviation on the continent, said the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor. Minister Pandor was speaking at an inaugural awards ceremony in Johannesburg, namely, the Department of Science and Technology/Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) Excellence in Research and Innovation Management Awards to celebrate excellence in research and innovation in Southern Africa.
The Minister said that, over the past few years, there had been a notable increase in the demand for higher education in Africa, stretching institutions beyond capacity. The majority of mobile students come from less developed countries to developed countries, while mobility within the Commonwealth countries is influenced by cost factors, increased competition in the market, and skills shortages. She said while South Africa had benefited from this increased mobility, the country had not managed to expand the number of researchers, warning that the country was edging toward a demographic MRS BULLETIN
and development in targeted industry sectors. This round of grants—ranging from $41
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