NaMeS — “Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS”

Results in brief

“Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS”

The overall objective of the NaMeS project was to create a new generation of scientists capable of working in both scientific and business sectors and becoming stimulants and intermediaries of knowledge & technology transfer on an international level. The project aimed to provide an international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary doctoral programme for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in the research field combining chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology and material science. Under the NaMeS project, we recruited 22 excellent, well-motivated ESRs who joined a research training programme, designed to provide them with the phenomenological knowledge concerning nanoscale processes to the creation of new materials applicable in the fields of industrial technology, medical diagnostics, and environmental protection. In the framework of the NaMeS programme, the ESRs conducted individual PhD research projects, which led them to the preparation of the PhD thesis and, in many cases, to the award of a doctoral degree. The essence of the projects was embedded in the state of art of modern basic research, but it also reached beyond the academic sector, creating good prospects for the commercialisation of the research results. To ensure high scientific quality as well as interdisciplinary and international dimension of the programme, every PhD student was supervised by highly qualified, experienced scientists, both: from the IChF and from a foreign research institution. Moreover, the NaMeS project envisaged the secondment of the NaMeS fellows to foreign partner institutions to gain new knowledge, skills, contacts, and experience of working in an international environment, hence providing ESRs with good background and prospects for a fruitful career in academia and beyond.

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Project objective

The Project “Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS” (‘NaMeS’) is aimed at creating a new generation of scientists, capable of working in both scientific and business sectors, and becoming the stimulants and intermediaries of knowledge & technology transfer on an international scale. NaMeS combines chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology and material science. The Project, benefiting from former IPC achievements in nanoscience, was designed to employ the phenomenological knowledge concerning nanoscale processes to the creation of new materials applicable in industrial technology, medical diagnostics and environmental protection (in line with regional and national SMART specializations).NaMeS includes 22 separate PhD research proposals, embedded in the state-of-the-art basic science, reaching beyond academic sector and having good prospects for commercialization. These will be supervised by highly qualified and experienced IPC scientists, often the authors of patents. Additionally, every ESR will be co-supervised by an excellent scientist from an adequate foreign research institution. In the course of NaMeS, ESRs will be seconded to these partner institutions to gain new knowledge, skills, contacts, and experience coming from working in an international environment.The Project will run in parallel to the existing IPC doctoral school. It will partly benefit from its structure, with essential modifications in research and educational programmes, securing the required international and inter-sectoral flows. In particular, NaMeS will include a collection of specialized lectures, dealing with various aspects of nanoscience – theoretical, experimental, and application-oriented – delivered by internationally recognized experts. It will also be enriched by internships, assuring the cross-fertilization between different disciplines, and by the courses on transferable skills.

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Participants

INSTYTUT CHEMII FIZYCZNEJ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK · WarszawaCoordinatorPoland
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridSpain
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG · FreiburgGermany
ATOMMAGKUTATO INTEZET · DebrecenHungary
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · ParisFrance
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN · TuebingenGermany
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · LausanneSwitzerland
FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA · JENAGermany
KEMIJSKI INSTITUT · LjubljanaSlovenia
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV · MUNCHENGermany
SORBONNE UNIVERSITE · ParisFrance
STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NijmegenNetherlands
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · DelftNetherlands
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL · Chapel HillUnited States
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO · TrentoItaly
UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG · LeipzigGermany
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH · GuelphCanada
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM · Dallas TxUnited States
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL · BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI · LjubljanaSlovenia

NaMeS · “Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS”

Results in brief

“Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS”

Project objective

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