News

The evaluation process of the Stage 2 Call for 2015 has been finalised.

Following the Review Conference held in November, where external independent referees evaluated and ranked the proposals, the EMPIR Committee agreed on a final list of selected projects to fund. The following project proposals have been selected and will be invited for contract negotiation:

Health

• Quantitative measurement and imaging of drug-uptake by bacteria with antimicrobial resistance
• Role of metals and metal containing biomolecules in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease
• Metrology for modern hearing assessment and protecting public health from emerging noise sources
• Innovative measurements for improved diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative diseases
• Metrology for multi-modality imaging of impaired tissue perfusion
• Metrology for clinical implementation of dosimetry in molecular radiotherapy
• Novel materials and methods for the detection, traceable monitoring and evaluation of antimicrobial resistance
• Metrology for MR guided radiotherapy
• Metrology for additively manufactured medical implants

Normative

• Metrology for sampling and conditioning SO2 emissions from stacks
• Techniques for ultra-high voltage and very fast transients
• Metrology for sustainable hydrogen energy applications
• Standard tests and requirements for rate-of-change of frequency (ROCOF) measurements in smart grids

Research Potential

• Development of RF and microwave metrology capability
• Underwater acoustic calibration standards for frequencies below 1 kHz
• Expansion of European research capabilities in humidity measurement
• Traceability routes for electrical power quality measurements

SI Broader Scope

• Reference algorithms and metrology on aspherical and freeform lenses
• Implementing the new kelvin 2
• Optical clocks with 1E-18 uncertainty
• Waveform metrology based on spectrally pure Josephson voltages• Optical frequency transfer - a European network
• Nano-scale traceable magnetic field measurements
• Future photometry based on solid-state lighting products
• Quantum realisation of the SI ampere
• Traceable three-dimensional nanometrology
• Radionuclide beta spectra metrology

Support for Impact
The previous EMRP JRP that each SIP is linked to is shown in brackets

• Standard to certify the purity of zero gas in ambient air measurements (ENV01)
• An International Standard for Reliable Chemical Depth Profiling of Organic Materials (NEW01)
• Standards and e-learning course to maximize the uptake of infusion and calibration best practices (HLT07)Time synchronization impact enabling future network communication (SIB02)
• Methodology and software to increase uptake of advanced uncertainty evaluation methods (NEW04)
• Validation of software development and analysis tools using TraCIM (NEW06)

EURAMET would like to thank the following referees who evaluated proposals in 2015:

The 56 referees consisted of 43 men (76.8 %), 13 women (23.2 %) and represented 20 different nationalities.