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In cooperation with six european scientific sites the Graz University of Technology (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials) has got granted a 2.5 million € EU funding for excellent science. Aim of the project is to explore a radically new concept for MR contrast agents which implies huge potential for molecular imaging using magnetic resonance. CONQUER ---
http://www.conquer.at --- is a highly interdisciplinary project covering topics from quantum physics over nano-chemistry to biomedical engineering.
The project was submitted to the highly competitive funding resource
Future and Emerging Technologies (FETopen): only 24 out of 639 proposals were granted EU wide, a funding rate of merely 3.7%!
Press release
Stefan Spirk,
Hermann Scharfetter,
Andreas Petrovic
(l. to r.)
(Last Modification: December 2016)