On 15 October 2010 at CNRS headquarters, representatives of 18 funding institutions from 14 European countries voted upon the "list of topics" for NuPNET's first call for proposals.

Elaborated within Work Package 4 “Launching joint activities at a transnational level” under the leadership of José Benlliure (MICINN, Spain) after consultation of all NuPNET member institutions, this list had first been approved of by the NuPNET Co-ordination Committee and then proposed to the NuPNET Governing Council for a common decision.

After an interesting final discussion on 15th October, the vote was performed and the result unanimous: indeed all 18 funding agencies agreed to launch NuPNET’s first call with the following topics:

1st topic: R&D on new detector technologies in nuclear physics.

• Gamma and neutron detection technologies based on new scintillation materials and new photo-sensors (APDs, SiPMs…).
• Silicon and micropatterned gas tracking detectors (GEM, Micromegas): low and high energy applications.
• Large-area diamond detectors for beam monitoring or timing.

These technologies are important for the nuclear research infrastructures selected in the ESFRI list: FAIR and SPIRAL2.