Call for proposals for transnational collaboration among EURAXESS members on topics related to the Innovation Union
The European Commission has published a call for proposals for transnational collaboration among EURAXESS members on topics related to the Innovation Union. EURAXESS is a network in 35 European countries which supports researchers in matters related to information about research in Europe, European research policy, opportunities for research funding, for international collaboration and for trans-national mobility. The call will contribute to the objectives of the Innovation Union by delivering concrete and specific results that will help to make research careers in Europe more attractive, both for researchers who are already in Europe and are facing career decisions at one stage or another, and for those who are currently outside of Europe and might consider relocating to Europe to develop their research careers. This specific call will look at strategic issues in three areas: - training of a sufficient number of researchers to meet national research and development targets and promotion of attractive employment conditions in public research institutions; - removing obstacles to mobility and cross-border co-operation through a common approach including on the following topics19: quality of doctoral training, attractive employment conditions and gender balance in research careers, mobility across countries and sectors, open recruitment in public research institutions, comparable research career structures and the creation of European supplementary pension funds; - ensuring that leading academics, researchers and innovators reside and work in Europe and attracting a sufficient number of highly skilled third country nationals to stay in Europe.To see the official call announcement, please consult: OJ No C 15 of 18 January 2012(opens in new window) and the following link(opens in new window)