EU and US identify priority areas for nanosafety research cooperation Locked

A recent EU-US collaborative workshop has identified a number of priority areas for nanosafety research.Participants from academia, industry and policy drafted recommendations that will be shared with the European Commission and appropriate US funding agencies. The workshop report says this is "in view of the upcoming Horizon Europe" programme that will replace the EU’s current Horizon 2020 framework. environment and human hazards; emerging nanomaterials and potential risks; social and natural science research; nanoinformatics; exposure assessment; standard methodologies; and lifecycle stewardship.  The workshop on nanosafety took place in March 2019 at Harvard University and was part of the bilateral coordination for the enhancement and development of science and technology partnerships between the EU and US (BILAT USA 4.0).