Around €200 million has been ring-fenced for photonics and organic electronics R&D in an EU information communication technology (ICT) programme.
The ICT 2011-2012 work programme, recently approved by the commission's ICT Committee, contains three dedicated objectives for photonics and organic and large-area electronics (OLAE).
One of these objectives is incorporated in a new initiative, called 'Factories of the Future', a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative. Photonics also forms a subtopic in another objective of the PPP.
€117 million of the funding package will be spent on core and disruptive photonic technologies, which includes core photonic technologies, disruptive photonic technologies, and coordination and support.
€50 million will be spent on OLAE technology and components, OLAE systems and applications, and coordination and support actions.
One of four subtopics, an estimated €10-€40 million will be spent on lasers and laser systems for manufacturing and materials processing, while €20 million will be spent on manufacturing processes for new ICT products, mainly based on OLAE devices and technologies.
Proposals
The call for proposals on OLAE technology and components will be open from the end of September to January 2011 and the call on OLAE manufacturing solutions is tentatively scheduled for July 2011.
An OLAE event, focused on all Framework Programme (FP) OLAE projects, was held in June, prior to the new funding being confirmed. This enabled project participants to share views, ideas and explore new opportunities for future research collaboration. Projects include Fast2Light, which is developing high-throughput, large-area and cost-effective OLED production technologies.
The two-day meeting agenda grouped several main research and support areas for discussion: lighting and displays; organic photovoltaics; organic electronics, materials and sensors; manufacturing technologies, integration and devices; as well as the Quadriga projects coordinating and supporting OLAE research activities.
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