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Com um orçamento global de 50,5 mil milhões de euros para o período de 2007-2013, o 7º Programa Quadro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento é, agora, uma ferramenta central da Política Europeia de Investigação, em comparação com os 17,5 mil milhões de euros para o 6º Programa Quadro.

Na fase europeia, representa um contributo importante e, com muita frequência, essencial para a realização de trabalhos de investigação e desenvolvimento, para transferir tecnologias, e para contribuir para o dinamismo económico e científico a nível regional e internacional.

Contudo, para ter acesso aos Programas Europeus de Investigação, os participantes deverão dispor de fortes competências na gestão de projectos europeus.

Actualmente, estruturas como Universidades ou Centros de Investigação nem sempre têm os recursos ou as estratégias que lhes permitem suportar eficazmente os parceiros de Investigação nos seus programas europeus. Por sua vez, os investigadores têm de renunciar à implementação, sobretudo por motivos financeiros e de especialização, das redes científicas criadas por si. Assim, são penalizados por uma fraca visibilidade relativamente à Comissão Europeia e, consequentemente, em relação aos seus potenciais parceiros europeus para o 7º Programa Quadro ou nos projectos do Programa de Inovação e Competitividade.

O projecto ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE, cujo principal parceiro é o Conselho Regional de Limousin, visa a implementação de uma rede de parceiros de Investigação e Inovação à escala do Sudoeste Europeu (6 Regiões do Sudoeste de França, Portugal e Espanha), com o objectivo de trocar e capitalizar boas práticas relativas ao apoio aos iniciadores de projectos europeus de Investigação (7º PQ) e Inovação e Competitividade (CIP).

O objectivo desta rede é criar condições para uma maior participação dos parceiros de Investigação do SUDOE nestes programas, ao reunir uma massa crítica de competências científicas e administrativas. Para a sua implementação, serão seguidos 2 eixos: o desenvolvimento de redes científicas da área do SUDOE, e a partilha de experiências sobre políticas de suporte aos investigadores.

São focados quatro temas: Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação, Materiais, Ambiente e Saúde.

Este projecto congrega os outros 2 parceiros franceses do Conselho Regional de Limousin, mas também 6 parceiros espanhóis e 1 parceiro português, a maioria dos quais universidades.

Estes sócios são :

• Universidade do Limoges (FR)
• Universidade do Poitiers (FR)
• Universidade do Minho (PT)
• Universidade Politecnica do Madrid (ES)
• Universidade do Castilla la Mancha (ES)
• Universidade Miguel Hernandez do Elche (ES)
• Universidade Publica do Navarra (ES)
• Associação de investigaçăo para as indústrias de cerâmica (ES)
• Universidade Carlos III do Madrid (ES)

O orçamento total para o projecto é de cerca de 1 768 000€, com 75% de co-financiamento europeu.

Será implementado por um período de 3 anos (Março 2009 – Março 2012) no quadro do programa de cooperação transnacional do Sudoeste da Europa (SUDOE). É financiado com o apoio da Comissão Europeia (ERDF).

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Con un presupuesto total de 50.500 millones de euros para el periodo de 2007-2013, el 7º Programa Marco para la Investigación y el Desarrollo constituye actualmente una herramienta central para la política europea de investigación, en comparación con los 17.500 millones de euros atribuidos al 6º Programa Marco.

En la escena europea, el hecho de llevar a cabo trabajos de investigación y desarrollo, transmitir tecnologías y participar en el dinamismo científico y económico a nivel regional e internacional representa un factor importante y a menudo esencial.

Sin embargo, para acceder a los programas de investigación europeos, los actores deben contar con excelentes destrezas en materia de gestión de proyectos europeos.

Hoy en día, algunas estructuras como las universidades o los centros de investigación no siempre cuentan con los recursos o estrategias necesarias para respaldar adecuadamente a los actores de la investigación de cara a sus programas europeos. En cuanto a los investigadores, éstos se ven obligados a renunciar a la implantación de las redes científicas que establecen, esencialmente por motivos financieros y de experiencia. Por lo tanto, están penalizados por una débil visibilidad ante la Comisión Europea y por consiguiente, ante sus colaboradores europeos potenciales para el 7º Programa marco o los proyectos de programas de innovación y competitividad.

El proyecto SUDOE de la red ELIARE, dirigido por el Consejo Regional de Limousin, pretende implementar una red de actores de la investigación y la innovación a nivel del suroeste de Europa (6 regiones del suroeste de Francia, Portugal y España) con vistas a intercambiar y a capitalizar buenas prácticas en cuanto al respaldo de los creadores de proyectos de Investigación (7º PM) y de Innovación y Competitividad (PIC) europeos.

El objetivo de esta red radica en crear las condiciones que favorezcan una mayor participación de los actores de investigación de SUDOE en dichos programas, reuniendo un grupo crítico de destrezas científicas y administrativas. Para su implementación, se respetarán 2 ejes: el desarrollo de las redes científicas del área de SUDOE y compartir las experiencias sobre las políticas de respaldo de los investigadores.

Cuatro temas están implicados: tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, materiales, medioambiente y salud.

Este proyecto reúne junto al Consejo Regional de Limousin, a otros 2 colaboradores franceses, así como a 6 colaboradores españoles y a un colaborador portugués, siendo en su gran mayoría universidades.

Estos socios son :

• Universidad de Limoges (FR)
• Universidad de Poitiers (FR)
• Universidad de Minho (PO)
• Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (SP)
• Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (SP)
• Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (SP)
• Universidad Publica de Navarra (SP)
• Asociacion de Investigacion de las Industrias Ceramicas ITC-AICE (SP)

• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (SP)

El presupuesto total para el proyecto oscila en torno a los 1.768.000 euros, con una cofinanciación europea del 75%.

Se ha implementado para un periodo de 3 años (de marzo de 2009 a marzo de 2012) en el marco del programa de cooperación transnacional del suroeste de Europa (SUDOE). Ha sido fundado con ayuda de la Comisión Europea (ERDF).

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With a global budget of 50.5 billion euros for the 2007-2013 period, the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development is now a central tool of the European policy for Research in comparison with the 17.5 billion euros for the 6th Framework Programme.

On the European stage, it represents an important and very often essential stake to conduct research and development works, to transfer technologies and to contribute to the economic and scientific dynamism at an regional and international level.

However, to have an access to the European Research programmes, the stakeholders are required high skills in european project management.

Now, structures such as Universities or Research centers do not always have the resources or the strategies which enable them to support effectively the Research stakeholders for their European programmes. On their side, the researchers have to renounce implementing, essentially for financial and expertise reasons, the scientific networks they establish. So, they are penalized by a weak visibility regarding the European Commission and, as a consequence, regarding their potential European partners for the 7th Framework Programme or Innovation and Competitiveness Programme projects.

The ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE project, whose lead partner is Limousin Regional Council, aims at implementing a Research and Innovation stakeholders network at a South West Europe scale (6 South West Regions of France, Portugal and Spain), with the objective of exchanging and capitalizing good practices regarding the support to the initiators of European Research (7th FP) and Innovation and Competitiveness (CIP) projects.

The purpose of this network is to create the conditions of a wider participation of SUDOE Research stakeholders to these programmes by gathering a critic mass of scientific and administrative skills. For its implementation, 2 axis will be followed: the development of SUDOE area scientific networks and the share of experiences on policies of support to researchers.

Four themes are concerned: Information and Communication Technologies, Materials, Environment and Health.

This project gathers with the Regional Council of Limousin 2 other French partners, but also 6 Spanish partners and 1 Portuguese partner, most of them universities.

The other partners are :

• the University of Limoges (France)
• the University of Castilla - La Mancha (Spain)
• the Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
• the Public University of Navarra (Spain)
• the University Miguel Hernandez of Elche (Spain)
• the University of Poitiers (France)
• the University of Minho (Portugal)
• the Research Association of the Ceramics Industry ITC-AICE (Spain)
• the University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)

The total budget for the project is around 1 768 000€, with an 75% of European cofinancing.

It is implemented for a period of 3 years (March 2009 – March 2012) in the framework of the transnational cooperation programme of South-west Europe (SUDOE). It is funded with support from the European Commission (ERDF) .

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Avec une dotation de 50,5 milliards d euros pour la période 2007-2013 contre 17,5 milliards d’euros pour le 6ème PCRD, le 7ème Programme Cadre Recherche Développement (7ème PCRD) constitue un instrument central de la politique communautaire de recherche. Il représente aujourd’hui au niveau européen un enjeu important et souvent incontournable pour mener des travaux de recherche, de développement et de transfert de technologies et pour contribuer au renforcement du dynamisme économique et scientifique au niveau régional et international.

Cependant, l’accès aux programmes européens de recherche exige de la part des acteurs de la recherche des compétences pointues en matière de management de projets européens. Or, les structures porteuses comme les Universités ou les centres de recherche ne disposent pas toujours d’une stratégie et des moyens leur permettant d’accompagner efficacement les acteurs de la recherche vers les programmes européens. De leur côté, les chercheurs regrettent de ne pouvoir institutionnaliser, souvent pour des raisons financières, les réseaux scientifiques qu’ils mettent en place. Ils sont alors pénalisés par une visibilité insuffisante auprès de la Commission européenne et par corollaire auprès de partenaires européens potentiels pour monter des projets dans le cadre du 7ème PCRD voire du CIP.

Le projet ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE, dont la Région Limousin est le chef de file, a pour objectif de mettre en place un réseau d’acteurs de la recherche et de l’innovation du Sud-Ouest européen afin d’une part de développer les échanges scientifiques et d’autre part d’échanger et de capitaliser des bonnes pratiques liées à l’accompagnement des chercheurs vers l’Espace Européen de la Recherche.

La finalité de ce réseau est de créer les conditions d une plus grande participation des acteurs de la recherche du SUDOE au 7ème Programme Cadre Recherche et Développement en mettant en commun une masse critique de compétences scientifiques et administratives pour obtenir ensemble ce qui n’a pas été obtenu dans la programmation précédente.

Quatre thématiques sont concernées : Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, Matériaux, Environnement et Santé.

Le projet ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE réunit autour de la Région Limousin, deux autres partenaires français, six partenaires espagnols et un partenaire portugais. Ces partenaires sont :

• l’Université de Limoges (FR)
• l’Université de Poitiers (FR)
• l’Université Polytechnique de Madrid (ES)
• l’Université de Castilla la Mancha (ES)
• l’Université Miguel Hernandez de Elche (ES)
• l’Université Publique de Navarre (ES)
• l’Institut de recherche des Industries Céramiques de Castellon (ES)
• l’université Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
• l’Université de Minho (PT)

Le budget total du projet est d’environ 1 768 000€, avec un cofinancement européen de 75%.

Le projet Eliare Network Sudoe est mis en œuvre pour une durée de trois ans (mars 2009 – mars 2012) dans le cadre du programme de coopération territoriale sud-ouest européen (SUDOE). Il bénéficie à ce titre d’un cofinancement de l’Union européenne (FEDER).

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Presentation: The Limousin comprises three departments: Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne. As of 1st January 2006, it had a population of 730,910, with more than half aged between 20 and 59. The region grows by an average of about 4300 new residents per year. The Limousin Regional Council was created in 1972. In 1986, it became a territorial authority, with regional councillors elected by direct universal suffrage (43 regional councillors elected for a six-year term of office).

Website: www.region-limousin.fr

President of the Regional Council : Mr Jean-Paul Denanot

Actions of the Limousin Regional Council:

• Initial training: The Region is strongly committed to providing the youth of the Limousin with the best possible training conditions. The Region devotes significant resources to this purpose, and conducts a variety of actions to help young people succeed and integrate into working life.

• Higher education and research: The Region is deeply involved in the funding of research, new technologies, and the building of facilities. Its actions aim to support the anchoring and

• Agriculture and forestry: The Limousin has natural agricultural and forestry potential. By developing this, the cultural and landscape heritage of the territory can be enhanced. That is why the Region supports sustainable development initiatives in the wood industry and the agricultural sector.

• Accessibility of the territory: The Region invests in the development of communication channels and offers users and passengers the best possible conditions, both on land (train…) and in the digital world (broadband Internet for all)

• Territories: The Region supports local policies that are important to residents throughout its territory, producing spectacular facilities in the Limousin (child care, auditoria, industrial estates, etc.).

• Welcoming: The Limousin attracts new inhabitants every year. To assist with this movement, the Region conducts an active policy to help them settle here.

• Environment: The Region has integrated energy and climate challenges in all of its policies. The aim of the programme it is conducting is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a factor of 4 by the year 2050. It is working on the control of energy and the development of renewable energy sources. development of the University present throughout the Limousin.

• Vocational training: The Region is the main funder of courses for jobseekers and employees

• Innovation: The Region encourages the creation of high-tech, high value-added businesses through the Limousin Innovation Fund. It gives companies or creators of innovative businesses easy access to assistance via a full range of financing tools. Structures for the development of innovation have been created. For example: Creation of competitive clusters to gather skills in one place and increase the efficiency of research.

• Economic life: The Limousin Region has made company creation one of its action priorities to favour the fast renewal of the regional economic fabric.

• Employment: The Region works to conduct an active employment policy by co-ordinating and facilitating economic actions in favour of employment.

• Exchanges: The Region is conducting an increasing number of exchanges to make the Limousin more open and attractive. It participates in the development of a more caring world. It develops international partnerships, implements European programmes, by delegation of the Regional Prefect, and supports charitable actions. That is how it gives a European dimension to research and development projects with Eliare.

• Culture and sport: Extending the broadcasting of culture to the entire territory, creating high-quality facilities, favouring practices, etc. The Region has become deeply involved in this sector.

• New proximity with residents: The Region has taken the initiative of giving inhabitants of the Limousin direct support for the improvement of their daily lives: bolstering the purchasing power and the social and charitable economy, financing of social housing, maintaining local activities.

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

The Public University of Navarre was set up in 1987 on the initiative of the Parliament of Navarre. The new University was born out of a number of already existing courses, some of which had been taught in Navarre since the 19th century The Public University of Navarre has two campuses: Pamplona (the capital of the region, Navarre) and Tudela (the second town in Navarre in terms of population). In Pamplona, most of the University’s activities take place on the Arrosadia campus. It covers just over 250,000 square metres and has facilities that provide the right environment for work, study and the social life of its students. The campus is located in a large area where around a hundred different species of trees and plants grow.

Website: www.unavarra.es

KEY FIGURES

• 9.000 Students
• 2 Campus (Pamplona and Tudela)

6 Schools / Faculties:

• Industrial and Telecomunications Engineering
• Agronomic Engineering
• Health (nursering)
• Human and Social Sciences
• Economic and Business Sciences
• Laws

22 Departments

2 R&D institutes (in Agrobiotechonology and in ICT & Electronics)

104 research teams

1.150 researchers (including doctoral students and other post graduated, aprox 200)

430 administrative staff

RESEARCH

In 2009, 958 researchers inscribed in 104 research teams as follows:

• 365 researchers in 23 teams, classified as “Technology and Engineering”
• 264 researchers in 31 teams, classified as “Basic and Health Sciences”
• 160 researchers in 20 teams, classified as “Economic Sciences and Laws”
• 169 researchers in 30 teams, classified as “Human and Social Sciences”

RESEARCH DATA CORRESPONDING TO 2008:

• 2,8 M€ as UPNA own budget for promoting research activities (financing research teams activities, postgraduated / doctoral grants, etc)
• 104 public financed research projects in course, for a total budget of 13,42 M€. Annual average, 35 nuew projects granted, for 4,5 M€
• 129 new research contracts with third entities, por 2,91 M€, in 2008
• 4 new patent applications, 3 PCT extensions, 7 national extensions abroad. 3 pantent licences active, giving n 2008 a benefit of 41 k€
• 8 projects of EU FP in course (6th and 7th FP), for a total budget of 0,8 M€

Universidad Pública de Navarra – Campus de Arrosadia, edif Rectorado, 31006 Pamplona

Contact: Mr Iñaki Casado - +34 48 16 9782 - servicio.investigacion unavarra.es

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

ITC is a Mixed University Institute currently integrated in Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (Spain), established by agreement between the University and the Ceramic Industry Research Association (AICE). ITC, which is recognised as a Centre for Innovation and Technology by the Spanish Interministerial Committee for Science and Technology (CICYT), has been present at the right time, throughout the last 40 years, participating actively in solving the arising problems and needs stemming from the rapid evolution of the ceramic tile and frit, glaze and ceramic pigment industries, as will be set out below. ITC’s mission is to foster the competitiveness of the ceramic sector. This involves R&D+i [Research and Development and Innovation] activities, which materialise in specific projects, as well as technological consulting. In addition, ITC provides companies with support and assistance by performing analyses and tests, and studies and trials of finished products.

Website: www.itc.uji.es

KEY FIGURES

146 staff:

• 28 persons tied to the University
• 113 research staff
• 33 support staff

Organization structure

Management area:

• Innovation management
• Marketing
• Infrastructures
• Human Resources
• Economic-financial management
• Management Information System

University area:

• Postgraduate Doctorate
• Postgraduate Master
• Degree
• Chair “Agustin Escardino”

Company area:

• Market Technology Observatories
• Habitat Trends
• Training
• Company related R&D
• Technological Consultancy
• Analyses and Tests
• Design and Architecture “ALICER”
• Own R&D
• Specialised techniques
• Mechanics of materials and simulation
• Environment and Energy
• Machines and prototypes

RESEARCH

• More than 1.000 R&D projects
• 31 patents
• 8 M€ of turnover in the last year
• More than 6 M€ of technical and scientific equipment
• 600 research article publications, almost 700 national conference papers and 51 PhD thesis
• Area devoted to research and design: 8.000 m2
• 357 associated companies

R&D strategic lines

Materials:

• Mechanics of materials and simulation
• High-performance ceramic materials
• Porous ceramics (membranes, foams, insulators …)
• Coatings and surface treatments
• Application of nanotechnology
• Ceramic materials for construction

Environment and Energy:

• Measurement and reduction of pollutants
• Best Available Techniques
• Product and process life-cycles
• Instruments of a voluntary character: Eco-management systems, Eco-label, Corporate Social Responsibility
• Optimisation of forms and uses of clean and efficient energy
• Alternative energies
• Sustainable building

Machines and prototypes:

• Smart systems
• Process control and automation
• Development of prototypes
• Application of robotics in processes

Specialised techniques:

• Tribological characterisation techniques
• Plasma spraying
• Microstructural characterisation techniques
• Laser technology

ITC-AICE –Campus Universitario Riu Sec, Avda. Vicente Sos Baynat s/n-12006 Castellón

Contact: Ms Mar Rodríguez - +34 964 34 24 24 - mar.rodriguez itc.uji.es

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest Spanish technical university. UPM’s Schools cover most of engineering disciplines, including Aeronautical, Agronomical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Forestry, Industrial, Mechanical, Mining, Nuclear, and Naval Engineering, as well as Architecture, Computer Science and Geodesy & Cartography.

UPM, as a top quality academic establishment, has a strong commitment to R&D and Innovation. It boasts over 200 Research Units and several Research Institutes and Technological Centres and contributes significantly to the international scientific community with a high number of journal papers, conference communications, and PhD theses. UPM receives a substantial financial support for research activities from external sources. It amounts to over 130 M€ per year and comprises a large part of an annual budget of the university, which is around 400 M€.

UPM ranks first among Spanish Universities in FP7 participation. Until now UPM participates in 97 FP7 projects with 25,4 M € funding.

UPM actively participates in Spanish and European Technology Platforms being a member of more than 10 European Technology Platforms belonging to the Steering Boards of several of them. The long-term research partnerships between companies and academics and promotion of the creation of spin-off companies are fostered by the UPM in order to demonstrate its commitment to maintain the highest standards of academic and professional excellence.

Website: www.upm.es

KEY FIGURES

4.000 Faculty members

38.000 undergraduate students

6.000 postgraduates in 21 schools of study

4 Campus

• Ciudad Universitaria
• Madrid Capital
• Campus de Montegancedo
• Campus Sur

1 Scientific and Technological Park

RESEARCH

Approximately 5.000 researchers including, faculty members, and contracted staff.

R+D Structures:

220 Research Groups

R+D Institutes:

• Institute for Solar Energy
• Institute for Nuclear Fusion
• Institute for Automobile Research
• Institute for Microgravity
• Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology

R+D+I Centers:

• Centre of Electronics for the Industry (CEI)
• Transport Research Centre (TransyT)
• Research Center for Biotechnology and Plant Genomics (CBGP)
• Biomedical Technology Centre (CTB)
• Laser Centre
• Integral Domotics Centre (CEDINT)
• Research Center for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM)
• Structural Material Research Centre (CIME)
• Automatic and Robotics
• Acoustics

Business Structures:

• AXON Capital
• CENTESIL
• AIE AENA-UPM
• AIDIT

Official Test Laboratory :

• LCOE (ETSII)
• LOM (ETSIM)
• LOEMCO ( ETSIM)

European Project Office:

The European Project Office at the UPM represents a one-stop-shop to facilitate potential partners to collaborate with UPM research groups in European R&D projects.

The European Project Office provides to UPM researchers assessment and help to participate in FP7 projects. Its experienced staff cover all technical areas and are high qualified to make easier the preparation of proposals.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Oficina de Proyectos Europeos Avda. Ramiro de Maeztu, nº7. 28040 Madrid. SPAIN

Contact: Mr Javier LÓPEZ - + 34 91 336 36 39 - internacional.investigacion upm.es

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GENERAL PRESENTATION The University Miguel Hernández de Elche is a public University, situated in the south-east of Spain in a very sunny place, but beyond this the real mission of UMH is to serve the society by providing teaching, research and quality services. Develop students into professional facilitating their integration into employment.

The UMH has elaborated a strategic plan in order to assure the fulfilment of highly demanding of quality standard (EFQM) related to teaching, research and innovation. This mission is carried out in the four campuses that UMH has and offer a total of 33 degrees from a pluralistic and tolerant position suited to the needs an idiosyncrasy of the environment.

The UMH is also linked to the professional world through cooperation agreements with companies that enable the students to combine theoretical knowledge with training. It is as well open to the world through international agreements that allow students to complete their studies in other European and American Universities.

In conclusion the UMH is considered an entrepreneurship University.

Website: www.umh.es

KEY FIGURES

13.544 students

7 Training and Research Units:

• Facultad de Bellas Artes,
• Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales,
• Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas de Elche,
• Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas de Orihuela,
• Facultad de Ciencias Sociosanitarias,
• Facultad de Farmacia,
• Facultad de Medicina.

2 Advance Engineering Schools: Escuela Politécnica Superior de Elche, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela.

RESEARCH

• 1.003 researchers and instructors,
• 1.012 doctoral and post grade students,
• 381 administrative staff,
• 15 M€ of resources of with 10 M€ from I+D.

25 Doctoral Schools

5 Research Institutes:

• Centro de Investigación Operativa,
• Instituto de Neurociencias,
• Instituto de Bioingeniería,
• Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular,
• Instituto de Investigación de Drogodependencias.

20 Shared Research Departments

1 Research Management Vice Rectorate

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche- Avda. de la Universidad, s/n 03202 Elche SPAIN

Contact : Mrs Paqui Leyva +34 96 665 2130 pleyva umh.es

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

The Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) is a public university founded in 1989. Its main goal is to provide specialised training in Law and Social Sciences and Engineering, as well as to become a prime European research centre. In addition, the Carlos III University of Madrid pursues the creation of an innovative university and seek to offer a University model based on a quality-oriented philosophy. In this sense, modern, flexible and multidisciplinary curricula have been designed trying to suit the scientific and technological demand of the Society. The university is located in the southern metropolitan area of Madrid and consists of three centres: the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Library Science and the School of Engineering. Concerning the training area, the Carlos III University of Madrid was the first in Spain to be fully adapted to the requirements of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) (The Bologna Process) and offers studies in most of the scientific disciplines.

Website: www.uc3m.es

KEY FIGURES

• 18.649 students
• 1.707 Teaching Staff (548 Full Professors and Associates)
• 649 Administrative Staff

2 Faculties and 1 Technical School in 3 Campuses (Leganés, Getafe y Colmenarejo):

• Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Library Science
• School of Engineering

31 Bachelor´s Degrees fully adapted to the EHEA (13 of them with 50% courses taught in English),

1 Science & Technology Park – Leganés Tecnológico

4 Research Centers:

• UC3M Center for Disability and Dependence
• Spanish Center for Subtitling and Audio Description (CESyA)
• Joint Center for Global Change
• EADS-UC3M Center for Integration of Aerospace Systems

RESEARCH

UC3M has strived, since its foundation, to make research one of the fundamental pillars of its activity, both for the enhancement of its teaching and for the new knowledge and new areas of research.

UC3M is organized into 26 Departments and 24 University Research Institutes. In addition, since 2005 it has an Official Catalogue of Research Groups, composed of scholars who share common lines of work, carry out collaborative research project and publish jointly. The Catalogue is comprised of 118 groups, which cover almost all of bodies of knowledge and studies at UC3M.

UC3M, as university, has a national reputation for its research efficiency. It holds second place in participation in the EU Framework Programme (standardized data by number of permanent researchers) and second in average number of publications per permanent researcher in the period 2002-2006 (Web of Science). Recently (Report 2009 of CNEAI-National Commission for Evaluation of Research Activity), UC3M has reached the top of the Spanish universities in research activity.

Main figures (numbers below are from 2008):

• Researchers: 1.848
• Doctoral students: 475
• Chairs of Research: 23
• Research & Innovation Centers (national or regional): 4
• Technology Laboratories: 7
• Research funding: 35 Million€
• Competitive (regional, national or international programmes) 20 M€
• R&D contracts with Industry: 13 M€
• Others: 2 M€

The Research Service (with a staff of 27 persons) is responsible for the overall management of the UC3M research. It functions range from raising public and private funds and managing them to centralizing all the research information, including assessment and prospective.

As a result of an agreement with three other Spanish universities, UC3M has opened in 2009 an Office in Brussels, to promote the incorporation of scientific and scholarly research activity at universities into European Union research programs.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Calle Madrid 126, 28903 GETAFE (MADRID) Contact: Mrs Chelo Moran - info-SI uc3m.es

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

The UCLM is a young university. From its foundation, twenty five years ago, the UCLM has grown at high rate attracting qualified human resources and providing the people in the region with high educational skills. The UCLM is the only University in Castilla-La Mancha region (Convergence Objetive One), it has nowadays six Campuses where the stable group of professors and the visiting professors work together in both, teaching and research, increasingly achieving greater success in European, national, and regional programmes of scientific research and technological development. The UCLM has two peculiar features: a) it is multi-disciplinary, undertaking work in practically all branches of knowledge; and b) its activities are very wide-ranging, embracing the spectrum from basic research to technological development. To promote collaborations between industry and academia and to favour the dissemination of technological advances are part of our University missions, demonstrating the strong compromise and commitment the UCLM has with the productive sectors of the region. KTO is the structure within the University that strongly collaborates in this task.

Website: www.uclm.es

KEY FIGURES

26.900 undergraduate students 900 doctoral students

9 Schools:

• School of Agricultural Engineering
• School of Civil Engineering
• School of Computer Engineering,
• School of Education
• School of Industrial Engineering
• School of Labour Relations
• School of Nursing and Physiotherapy
• School of Social Work
• Polytechnic School

11 Faculties:

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Chemical Sciences
• Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
• Faculty of Education Sciences and Humanities
• Faculty of Environmental Sciences

RESEARCH

2.361 researchers (1.150 PhD), 900 doctoral students (221 foreign students), 1269 administrative staff, 32.862.277 M€ of resources, including 11,4 M€ for research contracts and services provided.

164 Research Groups (organized by Productive Sectors):

• Agricultural / Agrofood / Biotechnology / Chemical
• Construction / Energy / Environmental
• Game farms and species
• Geographic information
• Health Sciences / Public health and hygiene / Sport
• ICT / Nanotechnology / Metallurgy /Mining
• Humanities / Socioeconomic / Law
• Transports / Urban planning

29 Research Institutes + 1 Asociated with SCIC:

• ALMAGRO Centre of classical theatre
• Experimental Creation Centre
• Centre of Studies of Castilla-La Mancha
• Centre of Consume Studies
• Centre of European Studies
• Centre of Ibero-American Territorial Studies
• Centre of Studies and Documentation of the int’l brigades
• Centre of Studies of Reading Promotion and Child Reading
• European And Latin-American Centre For The Social Dialog
• Regional Institute of Scientific Applied Research IRICA
• Criminology Research Centre
• Centre of International Fiscal Studies
• Regional Center of Water Research CREA
• Regional Center for Biomedical Research CRIB
• Translator`s School of Toledo
• Ambiental Science Institute
• Institute of European and Institutional Criminal law
• Institute for Regional Development IDR
• Institute of advanced studies of the audio-visual

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - C/ Altagracia, 50 - 13071 Ciudad Real Spain

Contact: Mrs Gabriela R. Gallicchio - +34902204100 (6268) - Gabrielar.gallicchio uclm.es

14 April 2010 Read more

GENERAL PRESENTATION

The University of Limoges is a European university. Its teaching and research have placed it at the centre of a wide network of international relationships which permit exchange, cooperation and innovation with many universities worldwide. Our university offers all major fields of study as well as recognized teaching specialities, which rely upon its principal research activities: Optics and Microwaves, Cryptography / Information Security, Surface Treatments, Ceramic Materials, Chemistry and Environment, Environmental Law, Genomics, Immunology, Pharmacology, Semiology,.. The University of Limoges is as well a crucial player in the development, the vitality and the economic and cultural influence of both Limoges and the region around.

Website: www.unilim.fr

KEY FIGURES

14 000 students

5 Training and Research Units:

• Faculty of Law and Economics
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Faculty of Sciences and Technology

4 Institutes:

• IUT (University Institute of Technology)
• IPAG (Preparatory Institute of General Administration)
• IAE (Institute of Business Administration)
• IUFM (University Institute of Teacher Training)

1 state-owned advanced Engineering School: ENSIL (École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Limoges – Limoges Engineering School)

1 associated Engineering School: ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle - School of Industrial Ceramics)

RESEARCH

• 706 researchers and instructor-researchers
• 658 doctoral students
• 131 technical and administrative staff (IATOSS)
• 15 M€ of resources, including 6.84 M€ for research contracts and services provided

8 Doctoral Schools:

• Sciences and Engineering in Information
• Sciences and Engineering in Materials, Mechanics, Energy and Aeronautics
• Gay Lussac “Environmental Sciences”
• Biology, Health and “Biohealth”
• Pierre Couvrat “Law and Political Sciences”
• Literature, Thought, Arts and History “Civilization and Literature from Antiquity to today”
• Societies and Organizations
• Cognition, Behavior and Language(s)

4 Research Institutes:

• XLIM
• Institut des Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux (IPAM - Institute for Processes Applied to Materials)
• GEIST Institute (“Genomics, Environment, Immunity, Health and Therapeuthics”)
• Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société (SHS - Human and Social Sciences)

which together, have 26 research teams including:

• 4 teams (Mixed Research Unit- UMR) associated with the CNRS (National Centre for Research & Science)
• 3 teams (1 UMR, 2 USCs) associated with the INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research)
• 2 teams associated with the INSERM (public organization dedicated to biological, medical and public health research)
• 1 team associated with the CEA (Nuclear Energy Agency) & with 1 laboratory for cooperative research (LRC)
• 3 laboratories shared with Thales Research and Technology (TRT), Air Liquide & Alcatel

7 Shared Research Departments:

• Shared Department for IT
• Centre for Electron Microscopy
• Centre for Cytometry
• Shared Department for Nuclear magnetic resonance
• Limoges University Press
• Shared Department for Documentation
• Animal house

2 Research Management Departments:

• Financial Department
• Research and Exploitation Department

1 Department for Industrial and Commercial Activities:

• SAIC (Service d’Activités Industrielles et Commerciales)

Other services:

• Cellule d’aide au montage de projets (Projects support office)
• AVRUL (Office for university knowledge transfer)

Université de Limoges - 33 rue François Mitterrand - BP23204 - 87032 Limoges

Contact: Mrs Laurie FRANCOIS +33 (0)5 55 14 92 78 - sudoe unilim.fr

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

The University of Minho (UMinho), founded in 1973, began its academic activity in 1975/76. UMinho is renowned for the quality of its teaching, the quality of its students, the public recognition given to its Alumni, and for its intervention and strong links with the local community and the surrounding region. Throughout the years the University has achieved a high reputation as an institution of learning and leadership, combining strategic vision with a capacity to innovate, and rigorous scientific, academic, administrative and financial management. The University is located in the Minho region of Northern Portugal, a region with an extremely strong tradition of vibrant enterprise, essentially of small and medium-sized businesses. UMinho has two campi located 20 km apart: one in Braga and the other in Guimarães. The University of Minho has 11 Institutes and Schools, organized in organic sub-units, the Departments and Research Units. The Departments are permanent organisations for the creation and transmission of knowledge in the context of a discipline or group of disciplines. The research units (RU), named Research Centres, enjoy scientific autonomy and are structured according to specific areas of knowledge and activity.

Website: www.uminho.pt

KEY FIGURES

14.781 undergraduation and pos-graduation students:

• 12.038 undergraduation students
• 2.743 pos-graduation students

593 non-teaching staff

11 teaching and research organic units:

• School of Sciences
• School of Engineering
• Institute of Education
• Institute of Arts and Human Sciences
• Institute of Social Sciences
• School of Economics and Management
• School of Law
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Architecture
• School of Psychology
• Polytechnic of Nursing

52 Undergraduate degree courses and Integrated Masters 60 Master and Specialisation Degree Programmes

RESEARCH

1.075 teaching staff (FTE):

• 805 teachers with PhD
• around 60% dedication to research
• 79 Full Time Researchers (100%)
• 1.153 PhD students
• 236 Research Fellows – grants attributed under R&D project and Research Units
• 125 Integration into Research Grants – attributed to students within UMinho’s Research Units
• 13 M€ - total R&D turnover

Around 550 R&D Projects, of which:

• 22 projects, under the EC 7 FP
• 7 projects, under EC initiatives and grants
• 500 projects, under national programmes

30 Research Units:

• Distributed by several scientific domains
• Recognized and financed by the National Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
• Periodically evaluated by international panels in different scientific areas

In the last evaluation exercise, UMinho achieved successful results:

• 57% Excellent and Very Good
• 30% Good
• 6,7% Fair

2 Associated Laboratories:

• IBB - Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
• I3N - Institute of Nanostructures, Nano Models and Nanoproducts

Research Management Structure:

1 Central Service: GAP – Projects Liaison Office (under direct supervision of the Rectorate), Decentralized management structures under the Research Units.

Scientific production repositorium:

RepositórUM – ranked as 1st at national level and as 16th at international level, by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

Universidade do Minho, Largo do Paço, 4704-553 Braga, Portugal

Contact: Mrs. Carla Santos; Mrs. Cristina Ferreira - +351 253 604502/03 - gap gap.uminho.pt

15 April 2010 Read more

GENERAL PRESENTATION The University of Poitiers with its prestigious 500 year history is multidisciplinary and its potential and ability to adapt are built on this rich diversity. It offers over 200 national diplomas. The whole range of curricula undertaken at the University of Poitiers is based on excellence of research. This link between education and research offers the students high standards of teaching at the forefront of scientific knowledge. The University of Poitiers actively participates in the transfer, diffusion and improvement of its research findings and generates partnerships within the economic world. Moreover, the University of Poitiers has signed academic and research agreements with over 270 universities in 52 countries. The University of Poitiers coordinates two Erasmus-Mundus Masters (3 in 2010), and takes part in many other European and International exchange partnerships all over the world.

Website: www.univ-poitiers.fr

KEY FIGURES
24.500 students

7 Educational and Research Units:

• Law and Social sciences,
• Literature and Languages,
• Medicine and Pharmacy,
• Economics,
• Pure and Applied sciences,
• Humanities and arts,
• Sports.

6 Institutes:

• IUT ( Institute of Technology) of Poitiers,
• IUT ( Institute of Technology) of Angoulème,
• IPAG (Institute of General Administration),
• IAE (Institute of Business Administration),
• IRIAF (Institute of Industrial, Insurance and Financial risks),
• IUFM (Institute of Teacher Training).

1 Engineering school

• ESIP (Engineering school of Poitiers).

RESEARCH
974 Researchers and Professors 120 Invited Researchers 1.100 PH-D Students 280 administrative and technical staff

45 Research laboratories including:

• 20 Research units accredited by the National Research Foundation (C.N.R.S.),
• 1 C.N.R.S. run laboratory,
• 1 Research unit accredited by the I.N.S.E.R.M.

4 federated Research Structures:

• 2 combined Research Units (CNRS/University) : « Maison des sciences de l’homme et de la société » (M.S.H.S.) and « Juriscope »,
• 2 Federations accredited by the C.N.R.S.

4 Inter-disciplinary programmes

2 Technological Research groups

1 Research Centre :

• « Centre d’études aérodynamiques et thermiques » (C.E.A.T.)

Annual Research Results :

• 183 Ph.D Theses completed,
• 20 post-doctoral theses,
• Over 1.000 publications into international journals,
• Over 1.000 papers given at various conferences,
• More than 200 contracts with companies, European institutions and Local communities sponsoring research,
• 40 contracts for innovative programmes with public research ministry and firms,
• More than 20 conferences, of which 15 are international.

8 doctoral schools

Some examples of recent key facts :

• Toumai : the discovery of the fossilized skull of the oldest hominid in Chad desert,
• Miglustat : a molecule for the treatment against cystic fibrosis.

Université de Poitiers – 15, rue de l’Hôtel Dieu – 86034 Poitiers Cedex

Contact

Mr Otis PIOCHE-DUTHEIL +33 (0)5 49 45 22 95 otis.pioche univ-poitiers.fr

26 March 2010 Read more

The ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE launching seminar was organised on October 15th and 16th in Limoges. About 90 participants from France, Portugal and Spain took part in meetings which were the stepping stones of this transnational project.

The seminar was opened by the speeches of a local representative and a delegate from the French ministry for Higher Education and Research.

During the afternoon, scientific workshops were organised about the themes that ELIARE NETWORK SUDOE deals with: environment, health, ICT and materials. One of the aims was to try to make cooperation projects emerge.

Visits have also been organised in Limoges and in some of its University’s laboratories.

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The second seminar of the Eliare Network SUDOE project took place in Madrid from April 27th to April 29th. The 10 partner institutions from France Spain and Portugal have been warmly welcomed by the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

On April 28th, almost 70 researchers could visit the research laboratiries of University Carlos III and University Polytechnic of Madrid.

On April 29th, these researchers worked together to develop collaborative projects in preparation for the next FP7 call that will take place in june 2010. Ideas of projects were developped in the 4 scientific thematics.

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15 – 16 June, 2011

Research Association of the Ceramic Industry ITC

Castellón, Spain

The annual Scientific Seminary was an extraordinary opportunity to dynamize scientific networks within Eliare Network Sudoe as proven in the first two ENS scientific seminars (Limoges 2009 and Madrid 2010)

The methodology of 3rd Eliare Network Sudoe Scientific Seminar “Forging wining proposals for FP7/CIP” was based on target workshops (WS). In fact, around 2 workshops were organised for each ENS thematic.

To improve seminar’s efficiency, the Scientific Networks coordinators proposed a new methodology based on a previous topic detection work to be done by each partner. This methodology was agreed by all partners. The detection requires a joint work with the research community in every university so as to map the interest of researchers on topics published in the WP 2012 drafts concerning the 4 ENS thematic areas (ICT, NMP, Environment and Health)

Scientific Networks coordinators -in collaboration with the partners involved- compiled and selected the most potential topics for each thematic area in order to prepare efficient and successful workshops in Castellón. To increase the dynamism of these scientific meetings, each workshop in Castellón was led by a scientific animator (coordinator if possible), a scientific expert (NCP or experienced researcher) and a project manager

Intermediate meetings between researchers were also planned to be organized before and after the 3rd Scientific Seminar so as to deepen the scientific debates and strengthen the management of the consortiums in order to build winning proposals for FP7 and CIP calls

1 July 2011 Read more