SAF€RA is a partnership of research funding institutions. It was initiated by the European Technology Platform Industry Safety and temporarily funded by the European commission as an ERA-NET action. Networking and activities are described.
Research topics are presented as they were retrieved from the strategic research agenda of the European Technology Platform Industrial Safety (EPIS), partner institutions of SAF€RA, the nano research strategy of the German federal senior authorities and the VDI Working party Safety and Security.