www.Euroscience.org
Euroscience was founded in 1997 in
order to:
1.
Provide an open forum for debate on science and
technology,
2.
Strengthen the links between science and
society,
3.
Contribute to the creation of an integrated
space for science and technology in
4.
Influence science and technology policies
Euroscience
is a pan-european association of individuals
interested in constructing scientific
It represents European scientists of all disciplines (including social sciences
and the humanities), in the public sector, universities, research institutes as
well as business and industry.
This grass-roots organisation is open to research professionals, science
administrators, policy-makers, teachers, PhD students, post-docs, engineers,
industrialists, and generally to any citizen interested in science and
technology and its links with society.
Euroscience has presently 2 100 members in 40 European countries.
It operates through its Workgroups and
Regional Sections, setting up
conferences, workshops and other appropriate actions (awards...) on subjects
such as Career Development, Integration
and Collaboration in European Science, Accountability of Scientists to Society,
Ethics in Science, Public Awareness of Science...
Also, it works to extend its influence on European authorities and
assemblies, national governments, and provides expertise on request. Its aim is
to reinforce scientific collaboration, from the inside and across ALL European
Borders.
Other areas are developed in response to members' suggestions.
www.earma.org
European Association of Research Managers
and Administrators
Our Members
represent public and private research organisations from over 30 countries
across Europe.
As a
not-for-profit organisation, EARMA exists to promote the best interests of our
Members, by providing services in professional development, networking, and
dissemination of best practice in the field of research management.
Our activities include training courses, working groups, annual conferences,
staff exchanges, an interactive discussion forum, and a regular newsletter. We
aim to provide a voice for research managers in European policy-making.
EARMA Annual Conference 2006
Training Courses in 2006
EARMA was founded in
The
founding of EARMA followed the First Conference on the Management of European
Collaborative Research Projects (held in
You can read
the EARMA Constitution in the registered Members section of the website, under
'EARMA Documents'.
There are two forms of EARMA membership available. Ordinary Membership (OM) is
open to individuals working at all levels of management and administration of
research in institutes, universities, and industry. Institutional Membership
(IM) is also available which enables all staff working in a particular research
organisation to access EARMA and its services.
Institutional
Members must indicate a contact person to liaise with EARMA, and are entitled
to send one representative to the annual General Assembly. Any person from an
Institutional Member, who participates in meetings or training courses
organised by EARMA, is entitled to pay the discounted fee reserved for
Individual Members.
Current
membership fees are:
ˆ150
for Ordinary Membership
ˆ750
for Institutional Membership
There
are currently over 200 Ordinary and 60 Institutional members of EARMA, linked
to a wider network of over 1,000 people engaged in research management and
administration throughout
EARMA
activities and partners:
ProTon
Information
on a new activity being provided by ProTon Europe in
2006 - Expert Workshops (ProTon Europe is a
pan-European network of Technology Transfer Offices and companies affiliated to
universities and other Public Research Organisations).
Please
find below information on a new activity from ProTon
Europe in 2006.
Expert Workshops
Throughout
2006 ProTon Europe will be organising a series of
expert workshops that will offer ProTon Europe
members the opportunity to discuss a range of important issues. Each workshop
will be delivered by members of ProTon Europe's
Working Groups.
What
is the purpose of the Expert Workshops?
Each
event will bring together a group of experts to discuss a particular topic,
issue, or problem relevant to Knowledge Transfer. Although initially much of
the discussion will be led by the panel of experts their role will be to
provoke and promote a strong exchange of views between all those attending the
workshop. Essentially, ProTon Europe is keen that the
workshops offer a platform for all of its members, allowing a broad range of
views and opinions to be expressed and considered.
What
will be the outcome of the Expert Workshops?
Each
workshop will deliver a report on the discussions and conclusions reached and
this will be made available to all members of the network. It is hoped that
reports will offer an insight into the issues and problems facing knowledge
transfer professionals and provide solutions and suggestions that can be
applied either at a political level and/or on a practical day to day basis.
What
topics will be considered?
Topic
1 IP Issues when working with Industry - comparing & evaluating different
approaches
Location:
Date:
Friday 7th April
Organised
by Gillian McFadzean & Bill Lindsay
Topic 2 Benefit expectations of research partners
Location:
Date:
Thursday 4th May
Organised
by Thomas Baaken
Topic
3 What is the most effective TTO structure?
Location:
Date:
Monday 3rd July
Organised
by Giuseppe Conti
Topic
4 Access to investors for early stage university spin-offs
Location:
Date:
Thursday 6th July
Organised
by Angus Ferguson
Topic
5 Inter academic-industrial mobility - a basis for successful collaboration
Location:
Date:
Thursday 12th & Friday 13th October
Organised
by Bettina Peitz
How
do I apply?
From
the beginning of February the registration will be opened on the ProTon Europe website for the first 2 workshops. Space will
be limited for the workshops and therefore places will be assigned on a first
come first serve basis. Priority will be given to the members of the Working
Group organising the event.
Claiming
back Expenses
All
full ProTon Europe members attending the expert
workshop can claim to have their travel and subsistence costs refunded by ProTon Europe either through an invoice or cost statement.
The
EARMA Special Interest Groups (SIG's) act as forums
for debate, discussion and dissemination of more specific issues related to
research management and administration. They also work to develop best practice
in these areas. We are actively looking to increase the number of SIG's and the
number of members actively taking part in them. Suggestions for new SIG's are
very welcome - please e-mail the Webmaster.
EARMA
is a partner in the ongoing ProTon Europe project - a pan-European network
of Technology Offices linked to public research organisations and universities.
It is supported by the European Commission as part of its Gate2Growth
Initiative. ProTon-Europe was created for
the purpose of promoting a more evenly balanced commercial uptake of publicly
funded R&D throughout Europe by further developing the skills of those
working in this field and by representing the interest of the technology office
profession at EU level (3 contractors: Sopartec, TII
and EARMA - Sopartec – a french society for contracting the intelectual
property of University of Louvain, See TII below).
http://www.gate2growth.com
Gate2Growth
is the pan-European Business Platform for :
·
Entrepreneurs seeking financing (Business
Matching),
·
Investors (InvestorNet),
·
Technology Incubator Managers (Incubator Forum),
·
Knowledge Transfer Offices (Proton
·
Academia in entrepreneurship, innovation and
finance
(Academic Network),
·
Innovative companies seeking expert service
providers
(
·
Community Research & Development Information Service
(CORDIS)
·
·
EARMA – European Association of Research Managers
·
European Commission, Enterprise Directorate General
·
Eureka
·
Innovation Relay Centre (Technology Transfer Network)
·
International Network for SMEs
(INSME)
·
Opera Consulting Group
·
TII-European Association for the Transfer of Technologies,
Innovation and Industrial Formats
·
Venturelab
Welcome to TII
http://tii.tub.at/index_11.php
European Association for
the Transfer of Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information
TII - the European Association for the Transfer of Technologies,
Innovation and Industrial Information - is one of the longest-standing,
voluntary, independent associations representing the innovation support and technology
transfer professions in
EARMA also maintains
close links and collaborations with several partner organisations, at national and global
level. EARMA is a founding member of INORMS - the International Network of
Research Management Societies.
Partner Organisations
Members of INORMS (International Network of Research
Management Societies)
INORMS seeks to assist in coordinating international activities in the broad
area of research management. Its goals are to internationalise the body of
knowledge on research management, exchange best practice, develop
international approaches to the creation of knowledge and support of the
research enterprise. As well as EARMA, the members of INORMS are:
ACU Association of Commonwealth Universities
http://www.acu.ac.uk/
ARMA
Association of Research
Managers & Administrators (UK)
http://www.arma.ac.uk/
ARMS
Australasian Research Managers Association
SRA Society of
Research Administrators International
SARIMA Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association
SARMA
Swiss Association of Research
Managers and Administrators
http://www.sarma.ch/
Other Related Organisations
ANRT
Association Nationale de la Recherche
(France)
http://www.researchadmin.org.au/ASPERT Aspert Association (France)
AURIL -
Association for University Research and Industry Links
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
ORGANISATIONS
http://www.earto.org/
EARTO membership is generally open to all organisations which as their predominant activity provide
research and development, technology and innovation services to firms or other
clients and which are managerially independent.
Organisations
located in countries outside the European Union and European Economic Area can
be admitted as corresponding members.
If you are interested in joining, please contact the
EARTO Secretariat:
Rue du Luxembourg/Luxemburgstraat 3
B-1000
Tel.: +32.2-502 86 98
Fax: +32.2-502 86 93
e-mail: info@earto.org
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EIRMA
- European Industrial Research Management Association
EFMD
European Foundation for Management Development
ESMU
A European non-profit making organisation operating in global contexts
FEDIT Federacion Espanola de Entidades
de Innovacion y Technologica
INSME -
International Network for SMEs
LES
Licensing Executives Society Europe
RARMA
Romanian Association of Research Managers and Administrators
RED OTRI Spanish Network of Universities Research Results Transfer Offices
TII
European Association of professionals working in technology transfer and
innovation support
UNITE
Universities International Team of Experts
WIPO -
World Intellectual Property Organization
ZWM Speyer Zentrum fur Wissenschaft Management
www.esf.org
The
European Science Foundation is committed to promoting high quality science at a
European level. It is the European association of national organisations
responsible for the support of scientific research.
Our aim is to act as a catalyst for the
development of science by bringing together leading scientists and research
funding agencies to debate, plan and implement pan-European initiatives. Our objectives
·
to advance European cooperation in basic research
·
to examine and advise on research and science policy issues of
strategic importance
·
to promote the mobility of researchers and the free flow of
information and ideas
·
to facilitate cooperation in the use of existing facilities and in
the planning and provision of new facilities
·
to plan and, where appropriate, to manage
collaborative research activities.
The
European Science Foundation currently has 78 member organisations from 30
European countries.
Bulgarian
members:
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
National science fund
www.eirma.asso.fr
The
European Industrial Research Management Association is an independent,
not-for-profit body. We aim to enhance innovation through more effective market-oriented
research and development. Our unique features are the networking and personal
contact that the FT recommends. We've offered this for 40 years.
By being member-focused and by providing a platform for these members to
discuss ideas and exchange practical experience, we are always up-to-date with
the ways managers think about and address their jobs. So our activities support
companies in benchmarking and improving their innovation processes and in ensureing well-managed and well-organised research and
development. These activities also establish EIRMA as a natural first point of
contact for policy makers and others seeking the business community’s insight.
Founded in 1966, today EIRMA has some 150 member companies. They are based in over twenty
countries and they collectively fund the major proportion of business
enterprise investment in R&D in
Up-to-date
information on business innovation and R&D and a full archive of our recent
activities.
Effective
innovation and R&D involves many people and players: universities, business
enterprises, institutions and governments.
We work with many groups - academic, research institute and industry
associations such as the European University Association (EUA), the European Association of Research and Technology
Organisations (EARTO) and the European Round Table of Industrialists,
international organisations such as the OECD and the European Commission and the respective business
groups, UNICE and BIAC - to develop this understanding and
awareness. Our approach is consultative, bringing together people who have a
deep practical understanding of different aspects of a subject to foster
greater mutual understanding and awareness of industry's activities and needs.
We also keep in regular contact with sister organisations around the world,
particularly the Industrial Research Institute. This site
provides links to these organisations and an atlas of information on matters
affecting industrial R&D management.
EIRMA is supporting several initiatives related to the European Research Area.
We are giving particular attention to the quality of university-business
R&D collaborations and Knowledge Transfer.
Address: European Industrial Research
Management Association,
46 rue Lauriston,
F-75116
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 23 83 10.
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 20 05 30.
EURODOC is
the European Council of doctoral candidates and young researchers. It takes the
form of a federation of national associations of Ph.D. candidates and young
researchers.
EURODOC's objectives are:
·
To represent doctoral candidates and junior researchers at the
European level in matters of education, research, and professional development
of their careers.
·
To advance the quality of doctoral programmes and the standards of
research activity in
·
To promote the circulation of information on issues regarding
young researchers; organize events, take part in debates and assist in the
elaboration of policies about Higher Education and Research in
·
To establish and promote co-operation between national
associations representing doctoral candidates and junior researchers within
EURODOC
was founded in Girona (
Eurodoc Has now 21 members:
Some
of them:
Confédération des jeunes chercheurs (CJC) –
Hellenic
association of doctoral researchers ..
Asociácia doktorandov Slovenska
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Eurodoc regularly interacts with the following stakeholders at the
European level:
·
The European Commission, DG Research - Directorate D
(Human resources and Mobility)
·
The EUA
(
In addition, closer or more formal interactions are aimed at or in the making
with the following organisations:
·
ESIB,
the National Unions of Students in
·
WAYS,
the
http://www.geofys.uu.se/eprobe/
EUROPROBE is a Lithosphere Dynamics programme, concerned with the
origin and evolution of the continents. It was conceived and has grown within
the International
Lithosphere Program (ILP) and, since 1992, has been
supported by the European
Science Foundation (ESF). This major venture is focused on,
but not confined to
EUROPROBE is dedicated to carrying out a
new generation of major projects that will improve our understanding of the
tectonic evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle, and the dynamic processes
which controlled this evolution through time.
EUROPROBE is an interdisciplinary program, combining surface
observations with deep geophysical and geochemical probing; applying, adapting
and developing the latest technology to obtain an integrated image of the whole
lithosphere. EUROPROBE has designed a range of multidisciplinary projects,
located in different parts of
EUROPROBE
IN BRIEF:
·
Studies lithosphere across a United Europe; Connected with the
framework of the ILP.
·
Today: 10 projects; more than 30 countries, c. 5 MEcu research budget annual.
·
Organized in 1984; Reorganized in 1988/89.
·
Sponsored by ESF Jan. 1992. Sponsorship extended by ESF for the
years 1999-2001.
·
Europrobe obtained inspiration from: the ESF
program European Geotraverse, the Canadian Lithoprobe Program.
·
Conceived as a program of focused integrated geological,
geophysical, and geochemical research.
http://www.mariecurie.org/
The
Marie Curie Fellowship Association is the association of scientists (Marie Curie
Fellows) who were awarded a mobility research training grant by the European
Community. 15 new Marie Curie Fellows
joined the association since
What is the Marie Curie Fellowship Association?
The
Marie Curie Fellowship Association is the Association of scientists who have
once been awarded a Marie Curie fellowship or other European Community research
training grant selected through a selection procedure. A Marie Curie fellowship
is a grant within a harmonized scheme under one of the European RTD framework
programmes to stimulate the training and mobility of researchers in the
European Community.
Please find here a one page summary of the activities of
the MCFA during the year 2002.
The Association
is organised along hierarchical lines with both regional/local groups, national
groups and on an international level. There are also horizontal structures such
as committees and working groups.
History of the
MCFA
The
Association was launched at an inaugural
seminar in
The
international administration of the MCFA
All
activities of the MCFA are co-ordinated on the international level. The running
of the Association lies in the hands of the Administrative Board that is elected by the
members of the Association at the Annual General Meeting. The structure of the
MCFA is laid down in the Statutes.
National groups
The National Groups are one of the pillars of the MCFA.
All
national groups have their own co-ordinators for the various national
activities. These activities include meetings, advice on contract problems,
meetings with national government officials, marketing articles and the like.
For a list of national co-ordinators and links to the national WWW pages,
please have a look at our National Co-ordinators Page. The national
co-ordinators form the local groups committee.
Regional group meetings are usually informal gatherings of fellows working in
large institutions, or living in large cities or within one region. They are
useful as social get-togethers, and for help with individual contract problems.
The
MCFA aims at developing steady contacts with other European scientific and
science policy organisations. In collaboration with other organisations we try
to transmit the opinions and ideas of mobile high level researchers and the
obstacles to mobility they experienced during their stay in different European
countries.
Partners:
European Association of Research Managers and
Administrators (EARMA)
ESF
Euroscience
Eurodoc
Fondation nationale Alfred Kastler – France
The Fondation nationale Alfred Kastler de l'Académie des
Sciences has two primary goals. First, the Foundation strives to help foreign
scientists have productive and pleasant stays in France by guiding them through
the process of planning their trips; helping them with the initial difficulties
of their stay, such as the red tape in obtaining visas and other documents, as
well as with the practical problems of everyday live in a foreign country.
Also, the Foundation endeavours to maintain contact with these scientists
following their return home. The Kastler Foundation
most often works with post-doctoral scientists and more senior visitors, but in
certain cases it will be able to help doctoral candidates. The Kastler Foundation works with scientists of all
nationalities and from the full range of scientific disciplines, from
experimental to social sciences. For more information please consult the webpages at http://www.cnrs.fr/fnak/. An interview with Mr. Antony Mauvais, Secretary General
of the Kastler Foundation that was published in the
MCFA Newsletter of Summer 2001 can be found here
Pi-Net - The Postgraduates International Network
The
MCFA has also started a collaboration with Pi-Net, which is as Eurodoc
represented in the "Young scientists" working group, founded at the
Euroscience/EARMA conference in
National groups:
Marie Curie Fellowship
Association
We
are aiming to provide information and facilitate communications between Fellows
in
Please
contact our national coordinator Christina N. Vidinova
for any queries.
http://www.stifterverband.de/flash/intro.html
is
a joint action of industry involving around 3.000 companies, industrial
associations and individuals who wish to promote science and the humanities,
research, education and public understanding of science. Thanks to its private
funding, the Stifterverband is able to operate in an unbureaucratic manner and without state provisions, which
is an important prerequisite for the innovative impulses the organisation has
repeatedly managed to give.
helps science writers throughout
EUSJA
does not have individual members. To become a part of the EUSJA 'family' join
your local science writers' association. You may find a contact to your
country's association on the page where we list the national representatives to EUSJA.
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