The BRICS Network Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology is established as the organisational support of the initiatives defined by the STI Ministers of the BRICS countries on 27 October 2015 in the 2015-2018 BRICS Work Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation.
The BRICS Network Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology is established as the organisational support of the initiatives defined by the STI Ministers of the BRICS countries on 27 October 2015 in the 2015-2018 BRICS Work Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation.
The BRICS Network Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (BRICS-NCMSN) is established as the organisational support of the initiatives defined by the STI Ministers of the BRICS countries on 27 October 2015 in the 2015-2018 BRICS Work Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation. The main objectives of the Centre are to establish cooperation in the field of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, to facilitate shared use of research equipment and/or facilities in the key areas of cooperation, and to organise conferences in the thematic areas of common interest.
The BRICS-NCMSN is a non-profit academic consortium uniting and networking, on a voluntary basis, leading universities, and research organisations of BRICS countries in the fields of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.
Сетевой Центр Материаловедения и Нанотехнологий стран БРИКС (СЦМН БРИКС)
金砖五国材料科学与纳米技术联合中心
Rede BRICS de Ciências dos Materiais e Nanotecnologia (BRICS-RCMN)
The Lead coordinating agency of BRICS-NCMSN in each BRICS country (Focal Points), which are responsible for the organisational work in BRICS-NCMSN, are nominated by respective BRICS Ministries for Science, Technology, and Innovation of the respective countries. Russia, being the Lead-Coordinator of the Working Group on Materials Science and Nanotechnology, will be the Lead-coordinator of BRICS-NCMSN. In order to carry out the work of NCMSN, the Russian side proposes to establish an office located at Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, (Yekaterinburg, Russia); this office is responsible for the overall coordination of BRICS-NCMSN activities.