logotipo

AERAP workshop on “Human Capital Development – Researcher Mobility and Training Programmes" - 06-09-2012

General Info

Start date:2012-09-06

End date:

The next AERAP workshop will take place on 6 September 2012 at the South African Mission to the EU, in Brussels. The workshop will concentrate on Human Capital Development and specifically target Research and Mobility Training Programmes in that context. The workshop will offer the possibility to gain a greater understanding of FP 7 Research and Mobility Trainings and their opportunities. The workshop will be split in two sessions, concentrating first on specific examples of funded projects and second focusing on existing grants for research projects in the field of radio astronomy.

The next AERAP workshop will take place on 6 September 2012 at the South African Mission to the EU, in Brussels.

The workshop will concentrate on Human Capital Development and specifically target Research and Mobility Training Programmes in that context.

The workshop will offer the possibility to gain a greater understanding of FP 7 Research and Mobility Trainings and their opportunities. The workshop will be split in two sessions, concentrating first on specific examples of funded projects and second focusing on existing grants for research projects in the field of radio astronomy.
 

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact

Declan Kirrane
Managing Director
ISC Intelligence in Science
Rue du Trône 4
1000 Brussels
Belgium
declan.kirrance@iscintelligence.com

Or

Svea Miesch
Policy Analyst
ISC Intelligence in Science
Rue du Trône 4
1000 Brussels
Belgium
noelle.besslich@iscintelligence.com 
Tel: +32 (0) 2 8888 111

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome Speech

                                                 Marie Curie Training Network 
09:45 - 10:15  Initial Training Networks (ITN)
  • Offer early-stage researchers the opportunity to improve their research skills, join established research teams and enhance their career prospects
10:15 - 10:45 Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
  • Help commercial and non-commercial research organisations work together
  • Partners include universities and companies of all shapes and sizes
  • Focusing on joint research projects, IAPPs aim to boost skills exchange between the commercial and non-commercial sectors
 10:45 - 11:00  Coffee Break
 11:00 - 11:30

International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

  • Helps research organisations to set up or strengthen long-term cooperation with others, through a coordinated exchange programme for their staff.
 11:30 - 12:00  Questions and Answers
 12:00 - 13:15  Lunch
                                                  Funding mechanisms of the European Research Council
 13:15 - 13:45

Starting Grant

  • Aims to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe
  • Targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders
  • Will support the creation of excellent new research teams
 13:45 - 14:15

Advance Grant

  • Allows exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains
  • Targets researchers who have already established themselves as independent research leaders in their own right
 14:15 - 14:45  Questions and Answers
 14:45 - 15:00  Coffee Break
                                                 The role of AERAP
 15:00 - 16:00 Practical assistance offered by AERAP
  • Support in finding partners
  • Guidance in preparing proposals
  • Help with legal and financial matters
  • Questions and Answers
 16:00 - 16:30  Conclusion