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Day 2, Track 1, Session 1

INNOVATION WITHOUT BORDERS:

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

TO SOLVE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, ESF (Chair)

Claire McNulty, British Council, UK

Johanna Adami, VINNOVA, SE

Ralf Altmeyer, Institut Pasteur Shanghai, FR

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Improving competitiveness through

international collaborations:

a European perspective

Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD

Science Officer to the Chief Executive, European Science Foundation (ESF)

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Do you want

to exploit your assets

in a more efficient way?

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Do you want

to find opportunities

to renew your strengths?

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Do you want to find people

who can help you solve your challenges

with complementary resources and

approaches?

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Do you want your work to have

a greater global impact

& help more people?

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International Collaborations

can help you

achieve these goals

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One possible approach:

How ESF promotes

international collaborations

from the individual to the group

European Science Foundation

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Association of

67 national research organisations• Research funding organisations• Research performing organisations• Academies and learned societies

in 29 countries

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Scientific Domains

Scientific Review Groups:• Biomedical Sciences • Humanities • Social Sciences • Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences • Physical and Engineering Sciences

Expert Boards and Committees:• Marine Board• European Polar Board• Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee• European Space Sciences Committee• Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies• Material Science and Engineering Expert Committee

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ESF serves researchers & organisations through

• collaborative instruments • strategy & policy actions

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from the individual researcher to the group

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European Young Investigator AwardsEURYI (2003-2007)

• Outstanding young scientists of any discipline

• € for creating their own team at European centres of their choice

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Exploratory Workshops

• 1-3 day international meetings, to brainstorm around a specific topic

• Outcomes: new networks sharing ideas & resources, common guidelines, joint funding applications, joint doctoral programmes….

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Programmes for Collaborative Research, Networking and Dissemination Activities:RNPs and EUROCORES

• Topics from scientists, € from ESF member organisations

• Exchange visits, workshops, seminars, publications, training programmes, internet activities…

• Virtual & physical interactions; leveraging complementary strengths

Exploratory

Workshops

Conferences

RNPs

EUROCORES

FUN

DIN

G

RESEARCHERS10 30 100

15 k€

100 k€

1 m€

ECOSYSTEM OF INSTRUMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

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For researchers + administrators + KOLs:POLICY

domain-specific & transdisciplinar

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Domain-specific Scientific Policy

• Position papers on emerging issues

• Foresight reports

• Domain-specific strategies

• Conferences

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European Medical Research Councils 74 Publications 2006-2013

Strategic activity

Forward Looks 8

Science Policy Briefings 13

Position Papers 6

White Papers 2

Networking activity

Research Networking Programmes

10

EUROCORES 6

Miscellaneous publications

Journal articles 6

EMRC newsletters 20

Other 3

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Overarching, Transdisciplinary Policy

• Publications: European Guidelines & Codes Research Integrity, Peer Review

• Advocacy Actions: Gender Balance, Open Access, ….Internationalisation of research, Evaluation, ….Research Infrastructures

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High-level contributions to the Innovation Union, the European Research Area, and international collaborations:

• European Union: EC, EP, advisory bodies

• International R&I stakeholders: LERU, EUA, ALLEA, ScienceEurope, Euroscience, NSF, NIH, AAAS

• Intergovernmental organisations: Council of Europe, United Nations´ WHO & UNESCO…

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Take-home messages

IC are often decentralised processes

led by champions.

More successful outcomes when

researchers can chose what to study &

with whom.

Invest in building trust among people.

Informal networks and pilot projects are efficient

to share ideas, shape more robust projects, and

lower risks of failure.

Groups are often asymmetric.

Design win-win scenarios for all partners.

Start with bottom-up rules and agreements

(codes of good practices, MOUs) that reassure

participants, minimise risk of drop-outs and

misunderstandings, and incorporate contingency

plans.

Partnerships become vulnerable in the

implementation phase (specification of

deliverables, timelines, transfer of funds, etc).

Experienced research leaders and

administrators are paramount to success.

Neutral coordinators can

serve as the honest broker,

help minimise conflicts,

help drive forward the agenda, and

ensure multiannual funding.

WE CAN BUILD OUR JOINT WAY FORWARD

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Thank you for your attention

Vanessa Campo-Ruiz

vcamporuiz@esf.org

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Day 2, Track 1, Session 1

INNOVATION WITHOUT BORDERS:

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

TO SOLVE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, ESF (Chair)

Claire McNulty, British Council, UK

Johanna Adami, VINNOVA, SE

Ralf Altmeyer, Institut Pasteur Shanghai, FR