Project description
Bringing together brilliant ideas and minds
Advances in science and technology can contribute to a competitive and sustainable European socio economic development. In this context, the EU-funded USAL4EXCELLENCE project will create opportunities for 40 experienced researchers at the Spain’s University of Salamanca. The project will be connected with the Regional Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart specialisation of Castilla y León (Spain’s largest region). Taking a ‘bottom-up’ approach, the overall aim of the fellowships will be to recognise the brightest ideas and bring brilliant minds together. USAL4EXCELLENCE will provide fellows with training and networking opportunities that will enhance their career development and leadership potential.
Objective
The “University of Salamanca Programme to Foster Research Excellence” (USAL4EXCELLENCE) is an initiative of the University of Salamanca (USAL), which aims to attract 40 Experienced Researchers (ERs) positions for 30 months in two calls of 20 positions per each. The main goal of the programme is to build a critical mass of scientific leaders that will advance regional competitiveness and also European sustainable socio-economic development. USAL4EXCELLENCE aims to achieve this purpose by fostering research collaboration internationally and enhancing knowledge and technology transfer between academia and industry. At regional level, the project will be clearly connected with the Regional Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart specialization (RIS3) of Castilla y León (Spain’s largest region). In terms of the selection and recruitment process of ERs, this will be in several steps, all of which following the Horizon 2020 guidelines of open, transparent, merit-based recruitment. In terms of science, establishing that the main criterion for selection is scientific excellence, USAL4EXCELLENCE will recognize only the best ideas, welcoming brilliant minds in and setting them free to collaborate. Being “bottom-up”, USAL4EXCELLENCE will support research across all thematic areas through USAL’s current portfolio of interdisciplinary Research Centres, which includes 22 Research Centres including the fields of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Medicine, Science and Engineering. Scheduling mandatory secondments in non-academic organizations, USAL4EXCELLENCE will contribute to open new opportunities in translational research and innovation in the non-academic sector. Therefore, USAL4EXCELLENCE will provide fellows with training and networking opportunities that will enhance their career development potential and will encourage them to go beyond the limits of their own discipline and thus to enhance their independent thinking and leadership capacities.
Keywords
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Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
MAIN PROGRAMME
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H2020-EU.1.3.4. - Increasing structural impact by co-funding activities
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Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
MSCA-COFUND - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)
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Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2020
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
37008 SALAMANCA
Spain
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