Breakthrough Innovation Programme for a Pan-European Detection and Imaging Eco-System – Phase-1(B)

Projektinformationen

ATTRACT Phase-1B

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101071694

DOI

10.3030/101071694

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 7 November 2022

Startdatum 1 November 2022

Enddatum 31 Januar 2025

Finanziert unter

• European innovation ecosystems

Gesamtkosten

€ 4 999 906,13

EU-Beitrag

€ 4 999 906,00

Koordiniert durch

ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
Switzerland

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ATTRACT Phase-1B (Breakthrough Innovation Programme for a Pan-European Detection and Imaging Eco-System – Phase-1(B))

Berichtszeitraum: 2024-05-01 bis 2025-01-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Both ATTRACT Phase-1 and Phase-2 were implemented with a bottom-up philosophy with respect to the identification of breakthrough D&I technologies. The ATTRACT Consortium never specified or pre-determined topics because the expectation was that D&I researchers would not consider participation if they felt their basic research was somehow constricted or ringfenced to a point that it could even be perceived as either applied or even contract research. In light of the many global societal challenges that Europe faces, the ATTRACT Consortium feels compelled to explore whether this assumption – and therefore the perception within the research community - is valid, or whether ATTRACT as an instrument that can work equally well when an element of pre-determination is introduced. Our ambition is, therefore, to investigate whether the basic science community responds similarly if a thematic focus is introduced from the very start and whether this still leads to the kind of high-class scientific concepts, supported by initial business cases, that will excite politicians, investors, and the general public alike. This
starting point makes ATTRACT Phase-1(B) conceptually different from the previous Phases. We will test our hypothesis by funding 30 new concepts with a Third Party grant of €100.000 each to investigate their scientific merits, technical feasibility, and potential game-changing applicability potential toward improving the local, regional, national and/or global environment5. The ATTRACT-Phase-1(B) Project serves to test ATTRACT, as an instrument, under this new boundary condition. In doing so, it responds constructively to pressure exerted by policymakers on big science organizations to extend their impact also beyond basic research. Considering that the new project targets key-enabling technologies to create the conditions for a fast uptake to meet environmental challenges, the end-TRL is set at 3-5.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

The projectis on hold. See Technical Report

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The project is on hold. See Technical Report