MoldERA

REFERENCE OF THE CONTRACT: Grant Agreement No 266515

STARTING DATE: 1st November 2010

DURATION: 30 months (November 2010 - April 2013)

The objective of MOLD-ERA is to assist the Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies IEEN (Republic of Moldova) to develop and implement a research strategy that will expand its activities and increase its level of excellence, so that it can compete and collaborate with leading research institutions in Europe.

MOLD-ERA training activities will be opened up and integrate with activities in other relevant research institutions in Moldova to increase the project impact and thereby increase the generation of wealth in the region. Focus is on a new research and training program for young researchers that will result in creation of a leading European infrastructure at IEEN in nanotechnology and nanobiology.

The main objectives of MOLD-ERA project are :

• further consolidation of human potential and technological infrastructure;
• promotion of the link between NANO and BIO (Medicine) fields;
• creation and consolidation of bridges between Moldovan National NANO-Network and EU partners;
• creation of capacities for broader participation in the future of Moldovan research groups in the FP7 Program.

These objectives are in line with the forthcoming association of the Republic of Moldova to the FP7 Program and will contribute to its success.

The Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies (IEEN) will play a key role from the laboratory discovery phase to the process of technology transfer for industrial implementation. This will be achieved by creation of a technological infrastructure for Moldova, implementation of a high-tech culture and through integration into the European Research Area by developing close collaboration and networking with excellent
European research centres and industrial companies.