A - The Romanian National Council for Scientific Research (CNCS) though Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, (UEFISCDI). PNCDI III - Programme 2 - Subprogramme 2.1. Competitiveness by research, development and innovation. Experimental Demonstrative Projects (PED 2016).

The goal of "Experimental Demonstration Project” (PED) call is: the implementation and testing of demonstrative models (functional experimental) for new or significantly improved products, technologies, methods, systems or services in the areas of smart specialization or public priority. Main objectives of PED: - use of knowledge generated by basic research for developing a higher level of technological maturity (demonstrator, lab-validated technology); - increase the research organizations capacity to generate lab-validated solutions for new or significantly improved products / technologies /services and provide them to economic agents.