The Heads of Research Councils from the G8 countries (G8-HORCs) Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the USA (Italy is not participating) have established a new joint funding initiative.
Global challenges need global solutions and this pilot initiative provides a new framework for co-operation across a broad range of disciplines and on a multilateral and multinational basis.
Following the first call, the initiative continues with a second call on Material Efficiency.
For further information, please consult the following documents:
Instructions for Pre-proposals (PDF | 55 KB)
Application form for Pre-Proposal(MS WORD | 266 KB)
FAQ (PDF | 47 KB)
Instructions for Full Proposals(PDF | 64.4 KB)
Application form for Full Proposal(MS WORD | 338 KB)
Based on the result of the reviews by the Panel of Experts and the funds available from the seven funding agencies, 10 proposals were selected for funding.
project title | Principal Investigators | university / institute | country | |
Multiscale Smart Coatings with Sustained Anticorrosive Action |
LPI | Helmuth Moehwald | Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces | GER |
PI | Katsuhiko Ariga | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | JPN | |
PI | Michael McShane | Texas A&M University | USA | |
PI | Rawil Fakhrullin | Kazan Federal University | RUS | |
PI | Dmitry Shchukin | Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces | GER | |
High Performance Permanent Magnets sustainable for Next Generation |
LPI | Takao Suzuki | University of Alabama | US |
PI | George Hadjipanayis | University of Delaware | US | |
PI | Helmut Kronmueller | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | GER | |
PI | Oliver Gutfleisch | Technical University of Darmstadt | GER | |
PI | Kazuhiro Hono | National Institute for Materials Science | JPN | |
PI | Kiyoyuki Masuzawa | TDK Corporation | JPN | |
Structural Bamboo Products |
LPI | Gregory David Smith | The University of British Columbia | CAN |
PI | Lorna Gibson | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US | |
PI | Michael Hector Ramage | University of Cambridge | UK | |
New low surface energy materials |
LPI | Julian Eastoe | Universtiy of Bristol | UK |
PI | Masanobu Sagisaka | Hirosaki University | JPN | |
PI | Frederic Guittard | University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis | FRA | |
Sustainable Manufacturing of Solution-Processed Devices on Flexible Substrates using Nanohybrid Materials |
LPI | Tadafumi Adschiri | Tohoku University | JPN |
PI | Cyril Aymonier | Institut de Chimie de la Matière condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB) | FRA | |
PI | James Watkins | University of Massachusetts Amhers | US | |
PI | Masahiko Hirao | The University of Tokyo | JPN | |
PI | Richard Riman | Rutgers University | US | |
PI | Françoise Lafaye | UMR CNRS Environnement, Ville, Société | FRA | |
PI | Thierry Cardinal | Institut de Chimie de la Matière condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB) | FRA | |
PI | Kohzo Ito | The University of Tokyo | JPN | |
Material Efficiency – A first step toward sustainable manufacturing |
LPI | Steven Nutt | University of Southern California | US |
PI | Kevin Potter | University of Bristol | UK | |
PI | Pascal Hubert | McGill University | CAN | |
PI | Klaus Drechsler | Technical University of Munich | GER | |
Catalysing the growth in metal recovery |
LPI | James Hanley Clark | University of York | UK |
PI | Neil Bruce | University of York | UK | |
PI | Andrew John Hunt | University of York | UK | |
PI | Thomas Graedel | Yale University | US | |
PI | John Athol Meech | University of British Columbia | CAN | |
PI | Christopher William Noel Anderson | University of British Columbia | CAN | |
PI | Elizabeth Rylott | University of York | UK | |
Nanodiamond-based Nanospacer Lubricants |
LPI | Donald Brenner | North Carolina State University | US |
PI | Michail Ivanov | Ural Federal University | RUS | |
PI | Eiji Osawa | Asama Research Extension Center NanoCarbon Research Institute |
JPN | |
PI | Olga Shenderova | International Technology Center | US | |
Reduced Emission Cement: Cradle to Grave Material Applications and Accounting |
LPI | Frank Zeman | Royal Military College of Canada | CAN |
PI | Paul Fennell | Imperial College, London | UK | |
PI | Paulina Jaramillo | Carnegie Mellon University | US | |
PI | Maroun Neme | Mines ParisTech/Armines | FRA | |
Ink-jet printed single-crystal organic photovoltaics |
LPI | Henning Sirringhaus | University of Cambridge | UK |
PI | John Anthony | University of Kentucky | US | |
PI | Shu Hotta | Kyoto Institute of Technology | JPN | |
PI | Michael Niggemann | Eight19 | UK |
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- French National Research Agency (ANR)
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
- Research Councils of the United Kingdom (RCUK)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)