Final Report Summary - TTF (Technology Transfer Fellowships)
The fellowships TTF scheme (aka BEWARE Academia) offered a total of 62 18-to-36 months fellowships to highly skilled researchers to perform a research stay in a Belgian French-speaking university, in close co-operation with a Walloon industrial/commercial private partner. The project was running on a 5 years period.
Eligible researchers covered all nationalities that have at least 4 years of research experience or a PhD. They had to comply with a clear mobility rule: having spent less than 12 out of the last 36 months in Belgium before the submission (international mobility rules according to the European Commission).
All research fields were eligible (“bottom-up approach”), as long as a potential industrial/commercial added value can be demonstrated.
The researcher was able to choose to perform his / her stay in one of our 5 eligible universities:
• Université libre de Bruxelles / “Free University of Brussels” (ULB)
• Université de Liège / “University of Liège” (ULiège)
• Université catholique de Louvain / “Catholic University of Leuven” (UCLouvain)
• Université de Mons / “University of Mons” (UMons)
• Université de Namur / “University of Namur” (UNamur)
A quarter of his / her stay had to be spent on the premises of a private partner.
Researchers had two supervisors: one from the university, another from the private partner. Mentorship, training and supervision were important facets of this mobility scheme.
Objectives of the present programme were triple:
• offer to international researchers a high level research stay in a university unit and develop economic/innovation skills in an enterprise;
• enhance trans-sectoral collaboration and mobility;
• identify and valorise research results that have a potential economic impact.
The project was running on a 5 years period, allowing around 7 calls for proposals depending on available budget.
Finally, in December 2018, E&Y audited the programme and concluded that "the Financial management of the project was carried out in an acceptable manner in compliance with the requirements of the grant management".
Eligible researchers covered all nationalities that have at least 4 years of research experience or a PhD. They had to comply with a clear mobility rule: having spent less than 12 out of the last 36 months in Belgium before the submission (international mobility rules according to the European Commission).
All research fields were eligible (“bottom-up approach”), as long as a potential industrial/commercial added value can be demonstrated.
The researcher was able to choose to perform his / her stay in one of our 5 eligible universities:
• Université libre de Bruxelles / “Free University of Brussels” (ULB)
• Université de Liège / “University of Liège” (ULiège)
• Université catholique de Louvain / “Catholic University of Leuven” (UCLouvain)
• Université de Mons / “University of Mons” (UMons)
• Université de Namur / “University of Namur” (UNamur)
A quarter of his / her stay had to be spent on the premises of a private partner.
Researchers had two supervisors: one from the university, another from the private partner. Mentorship, training and supervision were important facets of this mobility scheme.
Objectives of the present programme were triple:
• offer to international researchers a high level research stay in a university unit and develop economic/innovation skills in an enterprise;
• enhance trans-sectoral collaboration and mobility;
• identify and valorise research results that have a potential economic impact.
The project was running on a 5 years period, allowing around 7 calls for proposals depending on available budget.
Finally, in December 2018, E&Y audited the programme and concluded that "the Financial management of the project was carried out in an acceptable manner in compliance with the requirements of the grant management".
