EUROPEAN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA TO COLLABORATE ON HIGH THROUGHPUT CATALYSIS PROGRAMME

摘要

The so-called Lisbon objectives of the European Union have targeted that 3% of GDP should be spent on R&D by 2010.Collaborative research between industry and academia ("Integrated Projects" in Euro parlance) between member states is of paramount importance in attaining the Lisbon objectives.Sadly,only two chemistry-related programmes were awarded within the euro17,883 M EU Framework 6 - fortunately,one of those has been awarded in the field of catalysis and is known by the acronym TOPCOMBI (Towards Optimised chemical processes and new materials by COMBInatorial science).