COOPERATION BETWEEN
RESEARCH SUPPORT
OFFICES IN THE CG
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30 OCTOBER 2014
PROGRAMME
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Horizon 2020
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Experiences and strategic approaches by Trinity, Leuven and
Poitiers
Possible areas for cooperation between the research
support offices in the CG
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HORIZON2020 - EXPERIENCES
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Massive oversubscription
Possibly very low success rates and low motivation for researchers
Simplification has also led to complexification
Everybody is trying to improve support in order to win the race – we try
many of the same things – how do we get the competitive edge?
Challenges in finding and working with the right SMEs
How to describe and document impact – no clarity from EU
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30 OCTOBER 2014
OVERVIEW OF POSSIBLE AREAS OF
COOPERATION
 Partners
in proposals
 Training and staff exchange
 Advocacy
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AARHUS
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30 OCTOBER 2014
PARTNERS IN PROPOSALS
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Scouting for partners in Coimbra Group for Horizon 2020
Internal partner search in the Coimbra group for multi-partner
projects where relevant (if researcher needs help)
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Use of each other’s industry contacts
Helping each other to find relevant SMEs in your home country
Collaboration between spin-outs
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30 OCTOBER 2014
TEACHING AND STAFF EXCHANGE
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Broad events
Organizing and running a research support office
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Themed meetings
Strategic use of bibliometrics
How to argue for and document impact
How to support research and innovation interaction
Export controls which hinders academic cooperation
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Staff exchanges of 1-2 weeks
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30 OCTOBER 2014
ADVOCACY
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Joint position papers to the EU (maybe with LERU)
Finding areas of joint interest and produce joint input to the EU
to influence Horizon 2020 call texts and “simplification”
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Joint visibility events in Brussels
Organize joint events for the European Parliament and
European Commission in strategically important areas using
our star researchers to inform the audience
Use each others members in advisory groups
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AARHUS
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30 OCTOBER 2014
NEXT STEPS - SUGGESTIONS
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General consensus that we want to find ways to cooperate
Activities will be carried out through ad hoc working groups where you
participate according to relevance
A short paper with focused suggestions and doing a pilot through a working
group (eg sharing good practice or deal with common EU problems) to test us
We need to consider the different situations of the members, eg how do the
lesser experienced institutions get invited to work with the more experienced
ones (cohesion)
We need to consider communication – how do we share information about our
relative strengths/research profile etc.
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30 OCTOBER 2014
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