Data on innovative materials for sustainability and transfer
MANTRA is the scientific accompanying project for the BFTR funding programme MaterialNeutral. It links and communicates scientific results from research and development projects (R&D projects).
The project does research on the sustainability and safety of materials.
Together with the R&D projects, MANTRA considers sustainability aspects for innovative materials and develops sets of indicators that are intended to create a transparent and comparable basis for the evaluation of sustainability aspects in future R&D projects and funding measures in the long term. MANTRA is developing these sets of indicators in parallel with the projects currently running in Module 1 (as of 2025). The indicators are therefore not yet applicable to these projects. The aim is to develop a practical sustainability methodology that can be used in future projects to accompany them. The development is based on experience and critical feedback from the projects. These thus contribute significantly to further development.
MANTRA scientifically investigates the safety of materials using a literature criteria catalogue and discusses how sustainable materials are developed.
The project presents the objectives and results of the BMFTR funding measure MaterialNeutral in a way that is understandable to the public. This applies to German-speaking countries and internationally. It also organises information and networking events and workshops both between the R&D projects and for the public.
In addition, MANTRA conducts market analyses and assesses the economic potential of the technologies developed in MaterialNeutral.
