Projet IMPACT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Soft chemical-ionization mass-spectrometry (SCIMS) is an exquisitely sensitive analytical technique with applications to health, the environment and security that are vital to the EU. However, the recent, rapid and widespread adoption of this technique has caught Europe unprepared. The resultant shortage in analytical chemical expertise has created an urgent need for highly skilled young researchers to be trained in the wide variety of SCIMS methods. IMPACT addresses this skills’ shortage by establishing an intersectoral and multidisciplinary SCIMS training network. IMPACT also brings cohesion to the fragmented SCIMS research and development activities within the EU. To date, most SCIMS developments have been driven not by users but by manufacturers, whose main focus has been on increased sensitivity. However, just as crucial is improved selectivity. Indeed, many users consider improved selectivity to be the key to taking SCIMS technology to a whole new level. Instead of private and public sectors working independently, we need a fresh, intersectoral approach. IMPACT will achieve this through intersectoral work packages and multidisciplinary research projects. In place of major and costly changes in instrumental design, IMPACT’s projects will focus on developing new methods for improved chemical specificity by manipulating ion chemistry. Hence, IMPACT’s fresh approach will produce a step change in SCIMS instrumentation to deliver both economic and societal benefit to the EU. Specifically, IMPACT will train 10 ESRs within an integrated partnership of commercial, governmental and academic organisations, with planned secondments, 5 Advanced Training Courses, 7 interactive Complementary Skills Workshops, and 4 ESR Centred Research Meetings. IMPACT will therefore provide Europe with both a world-class capability in SCIMS technology and a cohort of highly trained researchers who will bring the benefits of that technology to citizens across the EU.

Mots clés : soft chemical ionization mass spectrometry, ion molecule reactions, ion mobility spectrometry, proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

Participants :
- Wehrwissenschaftliches institut fuer schutztechnologien - abc-scutz (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Max Planck Society (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 249216.48 €
- University of Birmingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 273287.88 €
- Universitätsmedizin Rostock (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 262875.6 €
- Radboud University Nijmegen (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 255374.28 €
- Government of the United Kingdom (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Waters (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Smiths Group (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Tracer measurements ltd. (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Kore technology ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 273287.88 €
- Universität Innsbruck (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 255934.08 €
- Anna buxaderas riorola (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ionicon Analytik (Austria) (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 255934.08 €
- Research Centre of Medical Technology and Biotechnology (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Comenius University Bratislava (Slovaquie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 231078.96 €
- Masa tech s.r.o. (Slovaquie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- The Open University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Owlstone Medical (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Syft ltd. (Nouvelle-Zélande) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Czech Academy of Sciences (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 232422.48 €
- Scriptoria (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €