Project description
EDI principles for increased scientific capacity in Portugal
The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is an applied sciences university in Portugal with an internationally recognised internationalisation programme and performance in applied research and regional engagement. The EU-funded STEP project will increase the scientific capacity and innovation of the IPB and the four leading partners. The project will raise IPB’s research profile in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) by introducing the equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles in the STEM domain. STEP will perform activities targeting researchers, administrative, and managerial staff to reinforce scientific excellence, innovation capacity, and skills for research communication and societal acceptance (social sciences and humanities and SSH involvement in the STEM area).
Objective
The STEP project aims to enhance the scientific capacity and innovation of the consortium partners, with a principal focus on the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB, Portugal), and to raise its research profile in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) throughout the cross-fertilisation with the Social Sciences and Humanities, in particular by introducing in the STEM domain the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles, that have considerable potential in terms of solving the global challenges for wellbeing and the quality of life. The 4 internationally research-intensive leading partners in the project will accompany and guide IPB. Resources and competencies will be shared and advanced across strategic plans for improving and empowering the IPBs capacity-building focus areas.
The activities targeting the researchers and administrative and managerial staff will strengthen the scientific excellence, innovation capacity (non-academia/academia collaboration), and skills for research communication and societal acceptance (social sciences and humanities, SSH involvement, in the STEM area).
Activities for researchers will include mobility rounds, master classes, training, industry and SSH mentoring, attendance at conferences and workshops. This project will lead to an increased number of high-impact articles, research grants, EU projects, service contracts to the international and non-academic sectors (respectful of the EDI principles), new research topics and wide-scale impact.
The Twinning Programme will gradually shift focus from research to innovation-driven implementation of the promising research outcomes.
Altogether, the EU-funded STEP project will help the IPB become a regional actor for EDI/STEM innovation studies.
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
5301 253 Braganca
Portugal