The Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) part of Horizon 2020 will support the development of technologies underpinning innovation across a range of sectors. Horizon 2020 will have a strong focus on developing European industrial capabilities in Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). This part of the programme covers different areas : Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Advanced manufacturing and Biotechnology.
This priority is divided into 3 areas:
- nanotechnology, advanced materials and supporting activites to KET
- industrial biotechnology
- 3 inter-sector activities : Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB), Factories of the Future (FoF), Sustainable Process Industries (SPIRE)
The main goals of the priority are:
- supporting European competitiveness through accelerated market uptake of nano-enabled products
- improvement in existing manufacturing processes and industrial productivity
- contribution to improved technical knowledge
- promoting safe-by-design approaches and contributing towards the framework of EU nanosafety and regulatory strategies (including standardisation)
- providing significant long term societal benefits in terms of improved health care and improved quality of life