Horizon Europe proposal writing training workshops in Armenia
During 20-21 September, the two training workshops were held by FIT-4-NMP coordinator Giles Brandon in Armenia, covering the coordination and support actions (CSA) funded under the Horizon Europe Widening programme and research and innovation actions (RIA) and innovation actions (IA) funded under Horizon Europe Pillar 2 (Clusters 4 and 5).
Horizon Europe Workshop in UA09 Region
On July, 1st, 2022 the FIT-4-NMP project together with the New Economy of Frankivsk (NEF) project held a regional workshop in FIT-4-NMP prioritized Ukrainian region UA09 (Ivano-Frankivska oblast).
The workshop was attended by near 20 persons and was focused on the overview of Horizon Europe opportunities and FIT-4-NMP support services.
2nd Tech transfer training
On 14th and 15th of June, 2022 the FIT-4-NMP project held the 2nd Tech Transfer Interactive Workshop in Riga, Latvia, which was delivered by ASTP.
34 experts in tech transfer from different underrepresented regions participated in this training to learn about collaborations between academia and industry an network within the project community.
Training on M-ERA.NET 2022 call
On the 10th of May 2022, the FIT-4-NMP team organised online training focused on the M-ERA.NET network opportunities and specifically on the open 2022 call.
The FIT-4-NMP experts presented the call details and shared their experience in preparing successful M-ERA.Net proposals.
The training gathered 96 participants from different European countries.
Regional Workshop in Ukraine
On the 5th of May 2022 the FIT-4-NMP held an online workshop focused on the overview of Horizon Europe possibilities open for Ukrainian researchers. The event was co-organized by the Project Office of Lviv Polytechnic National University.
During the online workshop, which was attended by 180 participants, the experts spoke about Horizon Europe programme opportunities and the schedule of the upcoming calls.
EIC Accelerator Training
On the 4th of April 2022 the FIT-4-NMP held online training dedicated to preparing a successful proposal for the EIC Accelerator calls.
The Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator supports individual Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in particular Startups and spinout companies to develop and scale up game-changing innovations. In some cases, small mid-caps (up to 500 employees) are supported.
During the online workshop, which was attended by 132 participants from 20 countries, the experts spoke about EIC Accelerator Features, application process. The evaluator's perspective and winner's take were also presented.
EU support to Ukrainian researchers
The European Commission supports the Ukrainian research community affected by the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
First, the Ukrainian entities are eligible for EU funding under Horizon Europe even without association in force. The agreement’s entry into force is on hold due to the war, however, the EC's commitment toward Ukraine to bring the research communities closer together grows bigger and stronger every day.
Second, on 22 March, the European Commission has launched a dedicated portal ERA4Ukraine (under the Euraxess network) as a one-stop-shop for information on support to researchers of Ukraine by the EU, its Member States and Associated Countries.
On the dedicated page, the FIT-4-NMP project collected different sources of help
to Ukrainian researchers offered in European countries.
FIT-4-NMP Policy Workshop
On 31 March 2021 the Innovation Policy Workshop "Increasing the participation of newcomers in NMP projects: challenges, best practices and policy measures" was held online.
The FIT-4-NMP partners demonstrated the findings of the project analytical activities on this topic. The representative of the DG RTD of the European Commission presented EU approaches facilitating the participation of newcomers in Horizon Europe. The experts from Slovakia and Catalonia shared their good practices for enhancing such involvement.
The workshop gathered near 100 participants from different European countries.
FIT-4-NMP publishes report
on how to increase the participation of talented
newcomers in Horizon Europe NMP projects
The report looks at good practices and experiences in the implementation of policy measures to support participation in the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme and summarises the main areas of action that should be addressed at European, national, regional and institutional level in removing existing barriers to participation in the Horizon Europe (HE) programme.
FIT-4-NMP offers free support for the Horizon Europe Hop-On Facility
FIT-4-NMP is offering free service to projects funded under the Pillar 2 or EIC pathfinder schemes to get engaged in the recently opened Hop-On Facility. This facility enables one additional participant from a Widening country to join the funded project, which does not already have a participant from a Widening country. FIT-4-NMP offers support to the consortium in finding such a participant and assistance with administrative procedures of the application.
FIT-4-NMP training on use of European Networking Portals
On 30 November 2021, a team of the FIT-4-NMP project experts held online training on the use of European Networking Portals. See the training presentations and video records to collaborate pro-actively regarding new Horizon Europe NMP calls.
FIT-4-NMP training on Horizon Europe TWINNING call
On 09 November 2021, Mrs Aurelija Povilaikė, Widening NCP for Lithuania and Mr Giles Brandon, FIT-4-NMP Coordinator held a special online training session focused on the HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 “TWINNING” call for the FIT-4-NMP talented newcomers.
FIT-4-NMP published a Report on challenges limiting the participation of talented newcomers in NMP projects
The report describes the results of the FIT-4-NMP survey, which was conducted among talented newcomers and national research and innovation policy experts, in order to understand the reasons for the low participation of newcomers in NMP projects in Horizon 2020.
The survey was completed by 128 respondents from 26 countries (EU-13: 84 respondents; EU-15: 13 respondents; Associated Countries: 31 respondents). 93 of the survey respondents were R&D actors and the remaining 35 were policy-makers.
The survey questionnaire enabled to investigate three main issues relating to low participation: relevance to newcomers, barriers to participation, and ways to increase participation in Horizon Europe. The key findings of the questionnaire results analysis are presented in the Report.
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FIT-4-NMP Networking Session @ SMMT-2021
With a focus on Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia, the FIT-4-NMP held an online networking session in the frame of the International Conference “Advanced Material Science. Materials and Technologies” (SMMT-2021), organised as a hybrid event by the G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine.
FIT-4-NMP Networking Session @ CAS2021
FIT-4-NMP held an online networking session during the 44th International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2021), one of the oldest conferences in Europe that cover professional interests from semiconductor devices physics and technology, including semiconductor materials and microelectronics, to micro- nanotechnologies.
FIT-4-NMP published a Report on Europe’s leading research and innovation organisations in NMP
The report presents the results of the work aimed to increase the participation of the talented newcomers in NMP research in Horizon Europe, by helping them to connect with Europe’s leading NMP research and innovation organizations, or so-called NMP top innovators. This work includes: categorizing NMP domains and NMP subdomains, locating Europe’s top innovators and creating an interactive map, which can be used by talented newcomers to learn about and contact more easily top innovators whom they would like to collaborate with in NMP research for Horizon Europe.
FIT-4-NMP published a Report on underrepresented regions and talented newcomers
The report presents the results of the analysis of regional participation in H2020 NMP research based on H2020 data,
describes the development and realisation of methodology to prepare a priority list of regions underrepresented in H2020 NMP research and the procedure of identification and engagement of talented newcomers from prioritised underrepresented regions.
FIT-4-NMP Networking Sessions at EuroNanoForum 2021
FIT-4-NMP held 2 online networking sessions during the EuroNanoForum 2021, Europe’s largest networking conference focused on nanotechnologies and advanced materials science, innovation and business.
Project Kick-off meeting
FIT-4-NMP kick-off meeting was held in ZOOM format on January, 19th.