MateriNex - Nexus for Sustainable Materials Research in Flanders

Commissioned by VLAIO and the Flemish government's Department of Economy, Science and Innovation, MateriNex facilitates and manages sustainable materials research in Flanders by stimulating cooperation between industrial and academic stakeholders. The aim is to strengthen the materials research innovation ecosystem and ensure its excellence. MateriNex offers Flemish companies active in materials research support for their high-risk long-term research.

MateriNex Innovation Topics

In consultation with industrial and academic stakeholders, three innovation topics were selected for the launch of MateriNex. These topics align with both the EU research agenda and Flemish policy priorities. A roadmap has been created for each of these innovation themes to provide a framework for elaborating and assessing project proposals. Each roadmap contains a limited number of application domains and several common "transversal" challenges related to digitalization and "safe and sustainable by design" (including circularity).

 

The innovation topics and their corresponding roadmaps with application domains are:

MateriNex as facilitator

MateriNex will assume a facilitating role mainly in terms of project genesis and dissemination of results. To this end, MateriNex has earmarked project funds at the Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for cSBO and ICON projects, including feasibility studies. As materials research is often complementary with respect to application-oriented research, cooperation with the spearhead clusters is an obvious option.  

For broad dissemination, MateriNex will cooperate with various stakeholder organisations, including the collective centres and the spearhead clusters. Regular consultations will take place with academia. Ideas for innovations will be jointly proposed to the stakeholder group.  

News

Call for Pitches - Connect at the MateriNex Marketplace Event

Do you have a promising research idea and are looking for the right research partners to help bring it to life?

MateriNex Call 10.2025 launching 1 October.

We are pleased to announce that the MateriNex Call 10.2025 will officially launch on  1 October, 2025.

Expert Forum on Deep-Sea Mining: A Call for Interdisciplinary Dialogue

On June 16, MateriNex and SIM² KU Leuven convened an expert forum that brought together 30 experts to explore the complex landscape of de

Contact

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