Research and Education (PIRE) PIRE is a collaboration between AMI, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Delaware, the University of Chicago, and the University of California at San Diego. The program is funded by the National Science Foundations of Switzerland and the US. Its focus lies on developing functional materials inspired by desirable substances in nature. Plant-inspired Materials and Surfaces (PlaMatSu) The European Commission is funding PlaMatSu as an Innovative Training Network (ITN) under the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions with nine PhD students at University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and AMI, University of Freiburg (Germany), and University of Cambridge. As industrial partners the ITN includes BASF SE (Germany), Fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), and Dr. Tillwich GmbH (Germany), as well as VDI - The Association of German Engineers and Wikimedia CH as communication partners. CityCare CityCare is another ITN funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions with three PhD students. The projects investigates the damaging effects of air pollutants on the skin. PATROLS PATROLS (Physiologically Anchored Tools for Realistic nanOmateriaL hazard aSsessment) is an international project funded by the European Union through the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program with the objective to develop tools and techniques to predict potential hazards for humans and the environment from engineered nanomaterials in order to minimize the necessity of animal testing and categorize nanomaterials according to their health and safety risks. See also University of Fribourg Fribourg References External links Adolphe Merkle Institute Université de Fribourg Research institutes in Switzerland University of Fribourg 2008 establishments in Switzerland