Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology,

Head of Division of Materials Design

Member of European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) – Executive Committee, Fellow of the Institute of Materials (FIM), Member of ACARE (Advisory Committee on Aerospace Research in Europe), Member of the Executive Committee of Fusion for Energy (ITER)

Vice-Rector of Warsaw University of Technology and Dean of Faculty, Vice chairman of the Polish Research Council,  Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Director of the National Centre for Research and Development.

Fields of scientific interest: Design of nano-materials, Materials for green energy

Presentation

Public private partnership in funding development of engineering materials

The development of engineering materials is either driven by the needs of industry (pull-action) or by attempts to commercialize the results of curiosity driven materials research (push action). The pull action typically is funded with private money while push actions usually are supported with public funding. As these two lines of approach are in practice are quite entangled, public and private money are mixed in various programmes and projects in the proportions which may vary in a wide range.  This rationalizes development of some guidance-rules, in particular with regard to the funding with public money. Such rules in particular should take into account the time needed for industrial utilization of the materials innovations, which can be estimated using the results of materials foresights. In this context a short characteristic is presented of the content of currently available materials foresights. Remarks are also made with regard to the possibility in coordinating public funding offered by national domestic agencies in Member States.

 Public private partnership in funding development of engineering materials