MACRAMÉ’s Central Objective is to: • detect, characterise and quantify Advanced Materials during their processing and product-life-cycle (incl. recycling/end-of-life) to assess (e.g. ecotox-/tox-test) the resulting impact on (human) health and the environment if/when they pose (intended or unintended) exposures to humans and/or the environment and to • advance (i.e. prepare for standardisation & harmonisation/’regulatory validation’) the wide-spread applicability and application of the developed test- and characterisation methods, by demonstrating their effectiveness and efficiency in the context of existing, market-relevant industrial materials, processes and products. In alignment with the EU strategies to secure the safety and sustainability of enabling and emerging technologies (incl. those based on chemicals and materials, as addressed in the EU’s Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (2020), and in the European Green Deal (2021)), the MACRAMÉ Project focusses on the development of methodologies that are applicable to ‘Advanced Materials (AdMas)’ - a categories that includes, but surpasses that of ‘nanomaterials’ (EU, ‘Definition of a Nanomaterial’), and that is aligned with the future-oriented innovation, safety and sustainability considerations at the OECD (OECD (2020)), the EU (EU (2022)), and several of its Member States (e.g. Germany (2021)); this will be achieved by focussing the development and demonstration of novel methods and methodologies, as well as the advancement of their harmonisation and standardisation on (planned inhalable carbon-based AdMas in a variety of morphologies and dimensions, moving beyond spherical particles: (a) graphene-related material (GRM), (b) carbon fibres (CNTs), and (c) Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA). The focus on carbon-based AdMa is due to unsolved detection and characterisation issues especially in complex media.

Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design materials and chemicals (AdMas&Chems) are a central requirement for reaching the ambitious goal of making Europe the first digitally-enabled circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy. PINK will provide an open innovation platform supporting industry by: INNOVATE new computational approaches for AdMas&Chems development and for assessing their safety and sustainability performances by (a) integrating data and predictive models and (b) complement them with new AI techniques for data searches. INTEGRATE these into a computational SSbD Framework by translating industrial requirements and new market demands into decision support as well as training and skill development needs. PROVIDE an integrated platform, the PINKISH Platform, providing decision support based on advanced data visualisation and Generative AI technologies based on all generated data. FAIRIFY the information exchange along the value-chain and life cycle of AdMas&Chems by developing an advanced Interoperability Framework, sharing the corresponding approaches and FAIR tools with the communities, and making data, models, workflows and software FAIR and whenever possible publicly available. VALIDATE the newly developed PINK models and software as well as the PINKISH platform on two Developmental Case-Studies. BOOST the innovation capacity of industry in general, and that of SMEs in particular, by making all PINK innovations accessible, promoting the cost-effective tools, further demonstrate these in a number of Industrial Demonstrators, and encouraging their sharing and use through dedicated training and skills-development. This will be the starting point for implementing a business plan for commercialisation and long-term sustainability of the platform. The PINK Project will run for 48 months. It is organised in 6 work packages (WPs) representing the tasks above, 1 WP for initiating community outreach (REFINE) and 3 coordination and dissemination WPs.

Nanotechnologies and the resulting novel and emerging materials (NEMs) represent major areas of investment and growth for the European economy. Recent advances have enabled confidence in the understanding of what constitutes toxicity of NEMs in relation to health and environmental hazards. However, the nanotechnology and nanosafety communities remain disparate and unconnected, whilst knowledge and data remain fragmented and inaccessible, such that from a data integrating and mining perspective it is clearly a “starting community”. The field, and indeed the European open knowledge economy, requires conversion of these scientific discoveries into legislative frameworks and industrial applications, which can only be achieved through concerted efforts to integrate, consolidate, annotate and facilitate access to the disparate datasets. NanoCommons brings together academia, industry and regulators to facilitate pooling and harmonising of methods and data for modelling, safe-by-design product development and regulatory approval purposes, thereby driving best practice and ensuring maximum access to data and tools. Networking Activities span community needs assessment through development of demonstration case studies (e.g. exemplar regulatory dossiers). Joint Research Activities will integrate existing resources and organise efficient curation, preservation and facilitate access to data/models. Transnational Access will focus on standardisation of data generation workflows across the disparate communities and establishment of a common access procedure for transnational and/or virtual access to the data, and modelling and risk prediction/management tools developed and integrated. Given the extremely rapid pace of development of nanoinformatics, NanoCommons’s detailed workplan will be prescribed for the first 18 months, beyond which it will be co-developed with stakeholders on a rolling call basis to ensure maximum responsiveness to community needs.

The CHIASMA’s Central Objective is to develop a new and improved Safety and Sustainable by Design Assessment framework based on innovative, in-project validated in vitro and in silico methods New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and data for the next generation of hazard- & risk assessment of chemicals and materials. The developed NAMs cover main human target organs and exposure routes. The CHIASMA Assessment Framework will be based on an iterative multi-step approach based on Next Genaration Safety Assessment (NGSA) that combines chemocentric and biocentric approaches and NAMs and it will be able to predict regulatory relevant endpoints and long-term safety, together with absolute Life Cycle Impact Analysis (LCIA). Developed methods will be demonstrated for scienfic soundness and performances and for transferability (including to industrial environment), prior to submission to regulatory bodies. Demonstration of the SSbD Framework in at least three chemicals/materials groups (PFAS, 2D materials for energy applications and (nano-)pesticides), supported by the assessment of socio-economic aspects and gap analyses in the context of existing methods. Integration of the new & improved methods for expressing safety and health parameter into existing life-cycle and sustainability assessments methodologies and tools, as well as into the relevant applicable regulatory frameworks (incl. the SSbD framework). Provision of accessible data for industry and public authorities, in order to ultimately support the wider implementation of the SSbD framework and its criteria. The CHIASMA Project will run for 48 months. It is organised interdependent workflows, which will be broken down into 9 workpackages aligned with the scientific plan in order provide an optimum project-conduct and achievement of Project objectives.

Safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) chemicals and materials are crucial to address the challenges of modern society. However, lack of stakeholders’ coordination, limited access to relevant data, and absence of standardised methods have thus far hampered the emergence of a comprehensive approach to SSbD. INSIGHT will overcome these challenges by developing an innovative framework for mechanistic impact assessment of chemicals/materials. The INSIGHT framework will consist of a multi-layered approach that integrates data, models, and impact outcome pathway (IOP) graphs. INSIGHT will also provide curated and user-friendly FAIR data and computational models/workflows. INSIGHT aims to foster a paradigm shift in the assessment of sustainability and safety of chemicals and materials, from a fragmented situation to a holistic and integrated approach. INSIGHT will provide decision maps as a part of its integrated framework to guide users through the decision-making process, aiding them in evaluating the social, economic, health and environmental impacts of chemicals/materials in a more efficient and comprehensive manner. The INSIGHT project is fully aligned with the EU principles of safety and sustainability and the European Green Deal. INSIGHT will support the development of policies in the areas of neutrality, biodiversity protection, public health, and circular economy, thus aiding the development of a dynamic economy respecting planet Earth as a whole, avoiding harm to humans and the environment. By democratising the use of cutting-edge AI methods to SSbD, INSIGHT will drive innovation towards a digital, circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy. INSIGHT will help the industry to optimise development and production of chemicals/materials and derived products, support regulators and policymakers in informed decision-making towards safer and more sustainable society, and pave the way for a comprehensive approach to SSbD.