Poland
Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology
(MSRIT)
The Ministry of Science and Information Society Technology (MSRIT) is a governmental body and the supreme authority on state policy in the area of science and technology. It funds the programme “The National Center of Si Micro- and Nanotechnology” (NCSMN).
The main objective is to provide the Polish R&D community, on
the one hand, and Polish industry, on the other, with access to MNT and
assisting them on the whole route of development starting from the
first idea to a new product. The Center is envisaged as the meeting
point for research community, academia and industry. The Center is the
first and only body giving MNT Technologies a dedicated support in
Poland. Formally being a project, it will be executed by the
Institute of Electron Technology (IET) acting as the programme
manager for MNT ERA NET, while the MSRIT will act as program
owner.