Materials
- Preparation and characterization of nanomaterials
- Preparation and characterization of biomaterials
- Preparation and characterization of new materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, nanosustainables, etc)
- Preparation and characterization of sensors and biosensors
- Preparation and characterization of functional materials (catalysts, electrodes, membranes, nanofilms, multilayers, etc)
Use of land and natural resources
- Production of raw materials and energy from renewable sources
- Production of new molecules from recovered organic substances and/or secondary raw materials
- Use of water resources for food and agricultural purposes, protecting the land and generating power
- Agrifood
- Aquaculture
- Agriculture
Bio-economy
- Biorefining
- Biotechnology (eg wood and cellulose biomass)
- Biomaterials and biobased products
- Green chemistry
Environment
- Environmental monitoring
- Hardware and software platforms based on sensors and ICT delivering and supporting environmental monitoring, security, warning and analysis of environmental data and related processes.
- Management and processing of big data
- Reclamation of contaminated sites
- Prevention, reduction and evaluation of environmental risks
- Waste management (from the perspective of the circular economy)
- Management, control and treatment of drinking, agricultural, industrial and waste water from industrial and domestic waste
- Management and monitoring of the marine and port environments
Power generation
- Photovoltaics
- Wind energy
- Biomass
- Geothermal energy
- Fuel cells
- Decision support systems
- Fossil power generation
- Process efficency and environmental sustainability