"The fact is, that people are in these days overloaded by information and it is not easy, or better it is not possible to read all newspapers, web info servers etc., moreover for media, in general, the nanotechnology is not the main topic for the evening news. As a result of that, we live in a society which roughly know what nanotechnology is. Also somehow there is a lack of people with technical skills on the labor market – a combination of lack of interest for technical education and growing demand for technically educated people could be a devastating impact on the industry within the EU. Employees, employers, young adults as well as VET/UNI students do not have enough information as well, there is not enough communication, support and political influence to solve this situation. What is nanotechnology exactly? Almost nobody knows the right answer, sure, everyone will imagine ""really small something which is useful for something"". With this project we want to fight against the ""something"" and educate general public, adults, vet´s, uni´s about the nanotechnology and the fact, that´s already here, everywhere around us. What is the most important message for everyone is, that nanotechnology is NOT one of the technology..., truth is, that the nanotechnology os the future in several branches and it will not take long time and nanotechnology will be all around us! With Nanotechnology NOW! we want to offer a standardized non-academic knowledge base with the learning material to spread out the information about the 4th industrial revolution within the EU. National contexts will be taken into account as well as transnational contexts. The knowledge platform audience will be able to get into the core of the nanotechnology, understand its content and will be able to transform achieved information in their work, companies, future studies or/and everyday life.PROJECT AIMSThe project aims to spread information and innovation, which delivers nanotechnology. The specific content - knowledge base - comes from deep researches and analysis (legislature, web, educational systems) and surveys (adults, employers, employees). This unique knowledge base will be implemented in the online knowledge platform. Following the feedback from the manufacturing companies - all information will be adjusted for optimum readability and then transferred to the knowledge platform. The final platform will be a valuable tool for spreading information among the target group. Everyone would find there a lot of new information which will give them a better chance to find a job, motivate them for further studies etc. The platform could be also an inspiration for employees of manufacturing companies who can find there useful information which can help them to implement innovative elements in their companies. The knowledge base can be also used by - VET schools and Universities. TARGET GROUP• Adults, Educators (VET/UNI), Employers, employees, General publicPROJECT PARTNERSP1 (CZ) Czech Nanotechnology Industries Association: the coordinator and the initiator of the project idea. Nanotechnology experts from CZ, bringing the know-how, expertize and a lot of contacts, ideas for all outputs of the project.P2 (CZ) bit cz training: have experience with the development of learning materials, teaching methods and ICT expertise.P3 (DE) Nanoinitiative Bayern: Nanotechnology experts from DE, bringing the know-how, expertize and a lot of contacts, ideas for all outputs of the project.P4 (B) Nanotechnology Industries Association: Nanotechnology experts from B, bringing the know-how, expertize and a lot of contacts, ideas for all outputs of the project.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS• O1 Current Status of the Nanotechnology (P1)• O2 Expert interviews and specific research in the field of education in Nanotechnology context (P3)• O3 Nanotechnology NOW! Development of the specialized texts (P4)• O4 Nanotechnology NOW! Online knowledge platform development (P2)In accordance with the Erasmus+ programme, Nanotechnology NOW! will contribute to:• Supporting ICT-based teaching and better exploitation of the ICT potential• Supporting technical education• Access to open educational resources (OER)• Development and delivery of new teaching/training materials and methods• Supporting innovation practices in a digital"

NanoMaterials safety is of great societal concern and raises many questions for the general public, governments, industry, scientists and regulators. Identifying and controlling the hazards associated with NMs is required to ensure the safety in parallel to exploiting the technological benefits. NANOGENTOOLS answers this challenge by creating a collaborative excellence-based knowledge exchange network that will: i) push forward knowledge via method development and pre-validation, ii) train scientists in new methodologies to assess long term nanosafety, and iii) support their inclusion in standardization and EU regulations. NANOGENTOOLS combines toxicogenomics, proteomics, biophysics, molecular modeling, chemistry, bio/chemoinformatics to develop fast in vitro high throughput (HTS) assays, with molecular based computational models for nanotoxicity. Its objectives are to: · Provide solutions for faster, more reliable assessment of NM toxicity and propose HTS and omics tools for predicting toxicological properties of NMs. · Develop new bioinformatics methodologies for analyzing -omics data and create an open database in collaboration with the EU Nanosafety Cluster. · Conduct research and training on biophysical techniques and mathematical models for accurate and fast nanotoxicity prediction. · Build/improve the safe by design concept, demonstrated using carbon-NMs and nanosensors. · Place our new knowledge in the context of regulations and EU roadmaps. NANOGENTOOLS brings together cutting edge research, innovative knowledge-transfer and co-development, and cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary secondments linking EU academic institutes/networks with industry and policy makers across 8 countries. Expected impacts include pre-validated tools for efficient cost-effective nanosafety assessment applicable to SMEs for incorporation into regulatory frameworks, and translation of knowledge via development of a CNT-based nanosensor based on safe-by-design principles.

The incidental, accidental, or intentional release of manufactured nanomaterials into the environment and its exposure to humans is inevitable due to the exponential growth in invention, production, and use of them. It can have a huge impact in our health specially in the most sensible and exposed human body organs such us lungs, stomach, and brain. iCare aim to to develop a resilient and adaptive set of advanced imaging technologies to quantify physical-chemistry properties for ANMC in complex matrices. The main objective will focus on a integrated model system to characterize and predict the impact of nanomaterials on brain health to prevent the toxicity nanomaterials. The project makes accessible for industry a set of techniques and methodologies to evaluate changes in morphology, chemical composition and reactivity of nanomaterials when exposed to complex homogenous matrices mimicking environmental and biological exposure, with a particular emphasis on high-resolution imaging methodologies. To achieve this goal the project the project brings together in the consortium 11 partners from different backgrounds such as RTOs, SMEs, industries and universities from different EU and non-eu countries and coming from different fields like nanotech, toxicology, advanced materials, advanced imaging, … During the 48 months long of the project, the consortium will work on the development of different activities to achieve the following results: 1)new imaging methods achieving new high resolution methodologies and new super resolution imaging techniques 2)development of toxicology testing protocols and addressing current gaps in nanotoxicology, 3)development of tools and methods bringing the gap in vitro and in vivo testing, 4)efficiency of materials and product development 5)Delivery of reliable data and improved data reporting and finally development of harmonised standardised test methods that can be used in regulatory frameworks.

The SeeingNano project will create Novel Visualisation Tools for Enhanced Nanotechnology Awareness through a coordinated collaborative approach conducted by leading experts in the relevant fields: the target audiences identified in the proposal will be analysed by the consortium's socio-economic sciences and humanities, who - in collaboration with the consortium's state-of-the-art information visualisation partners - will elaborate and agree on the most appropriate tool to address the respective audiences. The scientific and technical content to be communicate through each tool to the respective audiences will be provided by experts from the nano-phenomena research community in collaboration with experts from the risk-communication and nanotoxicology community, in order to provide the key audiences with an ability to ‘seeing at the nanoscale’, and an understanding and awareness for the breadth of nanotechnologies, and the uncertainties and potential risks connected to them. The resulting tools are flexibly designed for customisation by the nanotechnology stakeholder community, and supported by guidance documents on (a) the socio-economic aspects of awareness-building exercises on nanotechnologies, (b) the science- and technology content and story boards on the nanotechnology-phenomena and their potential risks, and (c) the technical customisation of the tools provided. The It is the ultimate goal of the SeeingNano project to make available a public online SeeingNano exchange with visualisation tools, guidance and content for the enhancement of nanotechnology awareness-building exercises conducted by the nanotechnology stakeholder community. The backbone of this repository is formed by the SeeingNano output: a set of good-communication practices, developed and stress-tested within the project, supported by captivating customisable visualisation tools, to demonstrate the raising of awareness and understanding.