Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
Research and business have to work hand in hand. Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways help commercial and non-commercial research organisations work together. Partners include universities and companies of all shapes and sizes. Focussing on joint research projects, IAPPs aim to boost skills exchange between the commercial and non-commercial sectors.
Who can apply?
To qualify for an IAPP, your proposal must include one or more universities/ research centres and one or more enterprises. The industrial partners must be operating on a commercial basis. An IAPP project proposal must come from partners in at least two different EU Member States or Associate Countries. Partners from Third Countries can also join in, but only if enough EU members or associates are represented in the partnership too.
What does the funding cover?
- Exchange of know-how and experience through two-way or one-way secondments of research staff between the commercial and non-commercial partners
- Recruitment of experienced researchers from outside the partnership, for involvement in the transfer of knowledge and⁄or the training of researchers
- Networking, workshops and conferences involving external researchers as well as the partners' own research staff.
How does the partnership operate?
Your project should promote a strategic research partnership, which can be co-ordinated by either a commercial or a non-commercial participant. It should also highlight longer-term cooperation. And it should make full use of all the skills and synergies available in the partnership.
Which topics can be funded?
Proposals from all scientific and technological research fields of interest to the EU are welcomed by the IAPP team with the exception of research areas covered by the EURATOM Treaty.
Who decides?
IAPP proposals are selected in an open competition. Selection is through transparent, independent peer review, based on excellence using a series of predetermined criteria.