António M. Cunha
Executive Board of Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP)
Rector of University of Minho
European Parliament, Brussels, 4 March 2013
Research at CRUP Universities
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summary (approximate) data - 2012
Researchers:
10 000 PhD academic staff
800 full time researchers
20 000 PhD students
Research Centres: 334 (88% of total FCT registered R&D Centres)
17% excellent, 40% very good
Associate Laboratories: 27 (96% of total AL)
Research at CRUP Universities
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summary (approximate) data - 2012
ISI-WoK papers: > 120 000 / year (> 30% with international co-authors)
ERC grants (2012):
8 (2) Advanced Grants + 18 (6) Starting grants
FP7 projetcs (on-going): 232 (18 coordinations)
main international partnerships: Major European Universities,
EUA universities (MIT, Harvard, CMU,
UTA)
CERN …
New knowledge to challange the future
Reference values and principles:
- alignment with strategic options of the EU-Pt partnership
- coupling research and innovation
- coupling research with advanced education and training
- networked research
- open access
- multidisciplinary (inc. societal challenges)
- mobility (researchers and phd students)
- evaluation and accountability
New knowledge for innovation and competitiveness
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knowledge to climb the value chains
industrial partnerships (focus on SMEs)
IP management
promotion and anchoring of knowledge based spin-offs
joint strategies in the UTEN framework (e.g., IP, international
promotion)
New knowledge for smart regional development
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alignment with Regional Smart Specializsations (RIS3)
Staircase to Excellence initiative for capacitation of portuguese
university research centres
Knowledge and Innovation Communities
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Preparation for H2020: What we need / want
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better support to prepare (wining) applications
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simplified procedures (e.g. overheads…)
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joint strategy RIS3/H2020 to engage,
critical mass/sustainable R&D centres in competitive research
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… assuring world class research and innovation