The FANAS Programme was finally launched on the 17 June 2008.
The 7 CRPs which form the FANAS Programme are (in brackets are the Funding Agencies which will support the Project):
EBioAdI- An Integrated Framework for Engineering Bio-Mimetic Adhesive Interfaces - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(CNR, DFG, CNRS, FNRS, TUBITAK, SNSF)
NOMCIS- Nanomanipulation of Metallic Clusters on Insulating Substrates - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(AKA, CNR, DFG)
AFRI-Atomic Friction - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(SNSF, DFG, TUBITAK, AKA, MCI, IRCSET, CNR)
ACOF-Active Control of Friction - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(ISF, CNRS, SNSF, DFG, MNISW)
AQUALUBE-Water-based lubricants: theory and experiment - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(SNSF, IRCSET, ISF)
NANOPARMA-Nanoparticle manipulation with atomic force microscopy techniques - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(DFG, FCT, SNSF, ETF, CNRS, SAV)
FUNDTRIBO-Fundamentals of Tribology – Correlation between Wear Characteristics and Material Properties of Polymers Ranged from Sub-Micro to Macro Scale - Read more here (2 September 2008)
(DFG, FWO, MCI)