EURAMET,EMPIR, and ENVIRONMENT

Maria Luisa Rastello

EURAMET BoD

Members:37 European NMIs

Associates:> 70 Designated Institutes holding national standards- JRC (IRMM)

EURAMET e.V.

bilateral co-operations since ≈ 1900EUROMET since 1990EURAMET e.V. since 2007

European Association of National Metrology Institutes

Cyprus

Traditional areas of industry- becoming more complex- requiring broader measurement ranges and lower uncertainties

Growing demand for Metrology

NMI budgets limited

Need for collaborationNeed for collaboration

• New areas of technologye.g. nano‑technology or biotechnology

• Areas in which use of metrology is increasingly recognised e.g. chemistry, clinical analysis, food safety, the Grand Challenges,…

EURAMET e.V.EURAMET e.V.

• Main programme for joint research on metrology• Implemented by EURAMET e. V.• Lifetime: 2014 – 2024 with annual calls between 2014 and 2020

• Different modules, each with a clear focus

• Main programme for joint research on metrology• Implemented by EURAMET e. V.• Lifetime: 2014 – 2024 with annual calls between 2014 and 2020

• Different modules, each with a clear focus

European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

iMERA-plus

EMRP A169/18563 M€, 1/3 from EU, 1 call 400 M€, 1/2 from EU, 5 calls

Horizon 2020FP7

EMPIR A185600 M€, 1/2 from EU, 7 calls

Metrology improves health care e.g. by earlier detection of diseases and patient protection e.g. from radiation, and fosters the competitiveness of related European industries and services.

Healthcare

Energy

Metrology for energy supports the successful implementation of smart electrical grids in Europe or improves efficiency in

traditional power plants with a considerable impact on reducing energy consumption and reduction of emissions.

Environment

Metrology for environment provides improved measurements for better understanding of the Earth’s weather and climate. It makes space-based measurements consistent for comparisons with data from other sources.

EMRP projects addressing Grand Challenges

Current EMRP portfolio: 17 health, nine energyand nine environment projects. Final EMRP Call addresses Energy and Environment

Current EMRP portfolio: 17 health, nine energyand nine environment projects. Final EMRP Call addresses Energy and Environment

Healthcare

EMRP 2009 – 2013

2009 Energy projects ended

2010Environment

projects endedMetrology for Industry

2011

Health

Projects endingSI broader scope

New Technologies

2012

Metrology for Industryprojects ongoing

SI broader scope

Open excellence call

2013

Environment projects ongoing

Energy

Healthcare

Environment Joint Research Projects - call 2010

ENV01

Metrology for Chemical Pollutants in Air 

ENV02

Emerging requirements for measuring pollutants from automotive exhaust emissions 

ENV03

Traceability for surface spectral solar ultraviolet radiation

ENV04

Towards a European Metrology Centre for Earth Observation and Climate 

ENV05

Metrology for ocean salinity and acidity

ENV06

Spectral Reference Data for Atmospheric Monitoring

ENV07

Metrology for pressure, temperature, humidity and airspeed in the atmosphere 

ENV08

Traceable measurements for monitoring critical pollutants under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD-2000/60/EC)

ENV09

Metrology for Radioactive Waste Management

Healthcare

Environment Joint Research Projects - call 2013

ENV51

Traceability for mercury measurements

ENV52

Metrology for high-impact greenhouse gases

ENV53

Metrology for earth observation and climate

ENV54

Metrology for decommissioning nuclear facilities

ENV55

Metrology for ammonia in ambient air

ENV56

Metrology for VOC indicators in air pollution and climate change

ENV57

Metrology for radiological early warning networks in Europe

ENV58

Metrology for essential climate variables

ENV59

Traceability for atmospheric total column ozone

ENV60

Metrology to underpin future regulation of industrial emissions

EURAMET EURAMET EMPIREMPIR European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research

be the main programme for European research on metrology.

be jointly implemented by EURAMET’s member institutions.

be equally financed by EURAMET members and the European Union.

have different modules, each with a clear focus.

have a duration of 10 years with calls launched between 2014 and 2020.

extend the range of activities beyond research by including innovation

related, standardisation and capacity building activities.

open up for involvement of excellent research partners.  

EMPIREMPIR

EEuropean uropean MMetrology etrology PProgramme for rogramme for IInnovation and nnovation and RResearchesearch

EMPIREMPIR

Duration: Duration: 2014 – 20222014 – 2022

CALLS: 7CALLS: 7

BUDGET: BUDGET: 600 M€600 M€ 50 % EU50 % EU50 % NMIs50 % NMIs

EURAMET EURAMET EMPIREMPIREuropean Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research

EMPIR broadens the scope, dedicated modules

Module 1: Science Fundamental scientific metrology

48 %Grand challenges Energy, Environment, Health

Module 2: InnovationIndustry-driven joint research

22 %Technology-transfer projects

Module 3: Pre-normative Pre- and co-normative metrology R&D 10 %

Module 4: Capacity building

R&D for measurement capabilities

15 %Research Potential and smaller scale capacity building measures

Programme Administration 5 %

EMPIR Module 1: Science

Module 1: Science Fundamental scientific metrologyGrand challenges

• Is about excellence-driven scientific metrology

• Addresses Grand Challenges, i.e. environment, energy, health

• Serves high-level interests of EU, WMO, ..

• Follows integrated approaches into standardization and for industry uptake

• The research agenda builds on roadmaps of EURAMET Technical Committeeshttp://www.euramet.org/index.php?id=roadmaps

Healthcare

Healthcare

Healthcare

Healthcare

EURAMET TG on “Metrology for Environment”

to monitor and report to EURAMET on new perspectives, emerging needs, projects and activities related to metrological traceability, quality assurance, reference methods and calibration procedures for environmental measurements; to advise EURAMET in cooperating with other RMOs, institutions, organizations, committees, scientific communities, users’ associations and other stakeholders, in order to provide guidance to an appropriate approach to traceability and good practice in metrology for environment; to consider the most effective means by which TCs involved in climate and environmental activities should cooperate in order to establish a common response to the stated needs of the communities working in environmental science; to support EURAMET in encouraging NMIs to work with the relevant environmental networks to support a monitoring framework for traceable environmental data over long temporal terms and wide spatial scales based on best practice metrology;

EMPIR Work ProgrammeCall Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

Metrology research underpins the management of natural resources by developing the ability to measure our environment.

The projects funded from the 2010 and 2013 EMRP Calls were directed at climate change, air quality, water quality, and radioactive waste.

Call Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

This Call again focuses on metrological research to improve the quality of data to stimulate technological innovation, and to disseminate traceability to, and make traceable measurements in, the field. It also aims to underpin other environmental research initiatives through collaborative metrological research and development

Call Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

This call addresses both

• local environmental challenges and

• global metrological challenges for climate monitoring

Call Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

It addresses both local environmental challenges such as those related to:• contamination of water, air and soil• radiation measurement and protection,

and acoustic noise• local pollutions and emissions measurements• monitoring of key parameters to detect local climate evolution

Call Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

and global metrological challenges for climate monitoring such as those related to:

• the essential climate variables of the atmosphere, land and water, including their constituents,

• contamination, transport and other parameters, and their time evolution and comparability

Call Scope – Metrology for Environment (2016)

and:• emission control; measurement of gases

and particles that have an effect on climate and health

• validated remote sensing for environmental and climate monitoring.

• measurements in extreme environments and challenging conditions

EURAMET wishes to put a focus on reliable climate data and especially welcomes proposals enabling the establishment of a long-term European NMI/DI network coordinating the measurement infrastructure in this area and links to a potential global network, in collaboration with user communities.

To enhance the impact of the R&D work, the involvement of the user community such as industry, academia, meteorology and climate research, standardisation and regulatory bodies, as appropriate, is strongly recommended.