Objective The main aim of the proposed network of excellence (Noël) is to combat and overcome fragmentation of European Research on the field of Tissue Engineering of Bone and Cartilage. The network will bring together Europe's leading academic centres and several complementary industrial players in a multi-disciplinary consortium to conduct and structure research that is able to compete in the internationally arena, namely with USA and Japan. The constitution of this network of excellence will lead to a complete restructuring and reshaping of the European research in this field. The size of the network (20 partners from 13 countries, including 9 of the EU member states), and the selection of its original members, was designed in order to join together the critical mass and all the expertises needed to be an unavoidable world reference on the topic of tissue engineering of bone and cartilage. In order to achieve that, the network also incorporates, as part of an International Advisory Board (not funded by EU), academic (but not industrial) partners of leading institutions in the USA, Canada and Singapore. These partners, leaded in most cases by researchers of EU nationality, agreed to join the network bringing in a specific expertise that will help to move European research on that particular topic. This Noël aims to provide new tissue engineering technologies for therapeutic treatments, which will ultimately have a major social impact by contributing to the challenge of providing lifelong health for our society at an affordable cost. Keywords Biodegradable Controlled Release Scaffolds Stem Cells Tissue Engineering Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2002-3.4.4.2 - Tissue engineering, new biomimetic and bio-hybrid systems Call for proposal FP6-2002-NMP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme NoE - Network of Excellence Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF MINHO EU contribution No data Address Largo Do Paco BRAGA Portugal See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (20) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF PISA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Lungamo Pacinotti 43 PISA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TTY-SAATIO Finland EU contribution No data Address Korkeakoulunkatu 10 TAMPERE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LUDWIG BOLTZMANN ASSOCIATION Austria EU contribution No data Address Operngasse 6 - 5th floor VIENNA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Czechia EU contribution No data Address Heyrovsky Sq. 2 PRAGUE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAET MAINZ Germany EU contribution No data Address Langenbeckstr.1 MAINZ See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ZURICH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Raemistrasse 101 ZURICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Inonu Bulvari ANKARA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Beytepe ANKARA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Firth Court, Western Bank SHEFFIELD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel EU contribution No data Address Givat Ram JERUSALEM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Chalmersplatsen 1 GOTHENBURG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KEELE UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Keele University STAFFORDSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN Germany EU contribution No data Address Ratzeburger Allee 160 LUEBECK See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KEDRION S.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Loc. Ai Conti BARGA (LU) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CELLMED AG Germany EU contribution No data Address Industriestrasse 19 ALZENAU See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM ULM Germany EU contribution No data Address Albert-Einstein-Allee 29 ULM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MATERIALISE NV Belgium EU contribution No data Address Technologielaan 15 LEUVEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÁ DI TRENTO Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Mesiano 77 TRENTO See on map Total cost No data ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Ecublens, Building AAB LAUSANNE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
