Partner search under Horizon 2020 programme

 

The University of Wolverhampton, in the UK, is looking for partners in order to submit a project proposal under the Horizon 2020 programme, Call: Greening the Economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), Topic CE-SC5-07-2018-2019-2020: Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ce-sc5-07-2018-2019-2020.html.

 

The project “Producing a new raw material to replace nickel compounds deregulated due to health and safety and environmental consequences of its use” aims at improving the environmental (control of emissions, residues, effluents), health and safety performance of operations throughout the whole life cycle. This project envisages working with businesses in the chemical processing industry to research on alternative raw materials suitable for reuse, recycle and recovery.

 

The project aims to develop and demonstrate innovative pilots for the clean and sustainable production of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials in the EU from primary and/or secondary sources finishing at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 6-7. The project develops solutions developed through industrially- and  user-driven multidisciplinary consortium covering the relevant value chain which will then be ready for the market uptake. Standardisation activities are also foreseen.

 

Moreover, the consortium will need to develop business plans and an outline of the initial exploitation with clarified management of intellectual property rights and commitment to the first exploitation. The project will be applying a circular economy approach throughout the entire value chain.

 

Partners sought: Industrial partners in the chemical processing industry, Partners operating in oil and gas sector, Academic partners (in the field of chemistry, and chemical and process engineering).

 

Deadline for proposal submission: 27 February 2018 (two-stage proposal submission)

 

Interested parties are kindly invited to express their interest as soon as possible to the following contact persons:

 

Weronika Urbanska

weronika.urbanska@wlv.ac.uk

and

Prof Chike Oduoza

C.F.Oduoza@wlv.ac.uk

 

 

Kind regards,

Rosemary

 

Rosemary STREVINIOTI

Head of Brussels Office
European Office of Cyprus
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Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: strevinioti.rozamaria@ucy.ac.cy

 

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