Objective The Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis (CenTACat) in Queens University Belfast is the leading laboratory in the UK for the investigation of applied catalysis and is one of the top-ten such research groups in Europe. A unique feature of CenTACat is the integration in one centre of state of the art expertise ranging from high level computational chemistry (involving chemists and physicists) through the use of fast transient and spectroscopic techniques for investigating reaction mechanisms (involving chemists), to engineering applications (involving process and mechanical engineers).The objectives of CenTACat are:- to provide European researchers with access to world class facilities for the investigation of catalytic processes using state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical tools;- to provide opportunities for gaining experience in the use of specialist techniques in the research context of applied catalysis for students, postdoctoral fellows, and young academic researchers from the EU and the Associated States.- to lay the foundations for further transnational collaborations between CenTACat and laboratories across the European community;- to establish new transnational links and collaborations with relevant laboratories across Europe, particularly in the candidate countries and the less technically advanced countries that lack comparable facilities.These objectives will be achieved:- by providing access for users to the fully integrated, multidisciplinary equipment and expertise in CenTACat;- by arranging research visits for users (1 week to 2 months) to maximise the access to specialised equipment in order to gain hands-on experience and to undertake specific experiments;- by arranging visits in order to maximise the knowledge transfer between users and the key catalysis research staff in the Schools of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Physics, Control Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering in Queens University. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisengineering and technologychemical engineeringengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol engineering Programme(s) FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES - Research infrastructures: Specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) INFRASTR-1 - Transnational access to major research infrastructures for research teams and individual researchers Call for proposal FP6-2004-INFRASTRUCTURES-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST EU contribution No data Address University Road BELFAST United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data