Public policies in the field of advanced materials international tendencies and subsidies to the national policy for advanced materials in brazil

Abstract

Currently, advanced materials are a source of interest for the private sector, since they are regarded as the foundation for the promotion of technology-based innovation and, also, because they have the potential to add value and competitive differential. Considering the efforts of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications (MCTIC), which has established advanced materials as a priority, this work presents an analysis of the most important international public policies in the field of advanced materials, thus identifying their main characteristics, tendencies, and priorities, with the intent of subsidizing the devising of a National Plan for Advanced Materials in Brazil.