Objective The project aims at unlocking and boosting Latvian R&D potential for photonics at the University of Latvia (LU) with activitiescontributing to the realization of the full research potential on national scale for the enlarged Union and vision of InnovativeUnion 2020. Direct beneficiary of the project - the Association FOTONIKA-LV at LU having about 100 researchers: including4 Professors, 28 with PhD degrees, 7 skilled technicians, 34 PhD candidates and MSc level students. Enhancement ofresearch and outreach activities will covers basic and applied sciences of photonics domain: optics, optoelectronics; inatmosphere and space; Earth geodesy; laser ranging and remote sensing; atomic and molecular physics; laser spectroscopyand plasma light sources; bio-photonics and medical physics.Objectives tasks include: Development of 10 existing strategic partnerships with leading centres in Finland, Sweden,Lithuania, Germany, Spain; Exchanges of know-how through 50 secondments; Helping to reverse the “brain drain” in to a“brain-gain” by repatriating one Dr.Hab four Dr.Phys and technician back in labs of FOTONIKA-LV; Boosting research with3 year recruitment Priv.-Doc.Dr. from Germany, Dr. from Russia, Dr. from Bulgaria. Dr from the Ukraine is coming for oneyear and 4 positions are left open for competitive recruitment; Participation in 24 conferences; Organisation of 3 large scaleconferences in photonics, and summer schools in Riga; Organization of 3 strategy technology foresight workshops on RTDpolicy in the photonics domain; Organization of 1 large scale conference on sustainable development, knowledge societyand future manufacturing; Upgrade of research infrastructure - targeted actions allowing to restore experimental capacity forvalue of 2-3 m€ - purchase of up to date equipment to keep leadership; Establishing a public-access Riga Photonics Centre,to support transfer of knowledge. Various instruments are foreseen to raise research driven activities of photonic's SMEs. Programme(s) FP7-REGPOT - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research potential of Convergence Regions Topic(s) REGPOT-2011-1 - Any research topic covered by the EU FP7 Call for proposal FP7-REGPOT-2011-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE Address Rainis boulevard 19 1586 Riga Latvia See on map Region Latvija Latvija Rīga Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 3 752 997,00
