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I am pleased to inform you that EARMA has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with INSME (the International Network for SMEs).  This signifies the importance EARMA members assign to improving links between universities and SMEs.  Initially the agreement is primarily to share information, but could lead to more exciting developments as we head to Horizon 2020.  

For details of INSME Annual Conference, please see:  …

Dear EARMA Board Members / Mr. Jan Andersen

I am writing to you on behalf of a group of research administrators from the University of Copenhagen to bring issues with the practical workshop on “Optimising Income Generation in Higher Education and Research Institutions” on January 31^st to February 1^st, 2013 to your attention. Six research administrators from the University of Copenhagen attended the workshop, which was organised by the European Academy…

GENOVATE is a FP7-funded action research project which operates across seven European partner universities with different institutional and national contexts for gender equality. The GENOVATE project seeks to implement strategies for the transformation of organizational structures towards more gender-competent management.

We are glad to have EARMA as a collaborator in this four-year project. The consortium include:

-University of Bradford, UK…

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Bridging the gap between research and the market:how to improve collaboration between academia and industry in Horizon 2020

DATE: February 5, 2013

Venue: West Midlands European Centre 22-28 Av. d'Auderghem Brussels, 1040 Belgium

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Event Presentations:…

The European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators (EAEC), in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, will organize the 9th annual ERASMUS Congress and Exhibition, from 15-19 May 2013, in Poznan, Poland.

In parallel, the 4th annual CAREER-EU Conference 2013 and the 2nd annual INENTER Conference will be held.…

International Forum on The Humanities Research at the Dawn of ERA and Horizons 2020

December 6^th, 2012: British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London

In the developing of the European Research Area, particularly in a time of severe budget restrictions and at the dawn of the Horizons 2020 programme, it is vital that the Social Sciences and Humanities are not forgotten. Questions…

First of all, SARIMA 10^th anniversary Conference was a big success. It was held at the  seashore town of Port Elisabeth within the beautiful compound of Pine Lodge resort just receiving the pleasant refreshing breeze from the ocean behind the corner. And the conference itself was fantastic. Both referring to its topics and its deeply interested and involved audience.

SARIMA serves both the group of research managers and technology transfer officers. The program of the…

The presentations from Dublin are now available here

On behalf of EARMA Annual Conference Committee

With the proposal for Horizon 2020 "on the table", it is time for us to consider what implications it will have for European research support professionals - to identify new challenges and tasks for the EARMA community, and ways to properly address them. To bring your views to the discussion on future directions for EARMA in the ERA, please read the discussion paper by the ERA-Working Group…

Dear colleagues,

The documents for the General Assembly 10 July 2012 15.00-17.00 Trinity College Dublin is now available here.

Looking forward seeing you all in Dublin!

The EUA Funding Forum 2012 in Salzburg Austria discussed the current trends in university funding. Items of interests was new funding generation through study fees, pitfalls and opportunities, expectations and reality of EU-funding and the need of funding diversification - and as result the capacity building needed in order to facilitate and manage complex funding schemes. EARMA contributed with a presentation on the future EU-funding possibilities in Horizon 2020, and the measures needed to…

According to Research Europe (24/05/2012) a large number of national and international research funders met in Washington to set up, what they are calling, the Global Research Council. The aim is to improve international cooperation by addressing issues of shared interest. 

I may be wrong, but I am guessing that this does not include the rules and regulations by which researchers take part in international collaborations. Is there a role for EARMA in highlighting this invisible…

Colleagues,

The organisation is nearly complete, the venue is ready, the programme is varied and exciting. The only thing left to be done is for you to come and help us make this a great conference. So far, more than 250 of your colleagues from around the world are meeting in Dublin. You should join them, visit EARMA 2012 and tell us you are coming.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Dublin (July…

Dear colleagues,¨

Today we have crossed 500 members of the EARMA website, and this means that since we have launched the new revised web of our association, we have dobbled the membership each year! Thanks to everybody for contributing to make EARMA an interesting and giving network.

EARMA is well represented at the INORMS 2012 in Copenhagen and contributes to the program and international environment.The growing role of internationalisation of research gives an important role…

I will attend a European Commission organised stakeholder's meeting, May 8-9, to discuss the two Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions in Horizon 2020 that will support network-based projects:

1) ITN (Innovative Training Networks) and 2) RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange).

This is an ideal opportunity for members to feedback suggestions of where the programmes can be improved from the viewpoint of research managers.

Please reply here if you would like to…

The overall objective of the symposium is to analyse barriers related to framework conditions and legal governance for ST&I cooperation with U.S. partners and to put forward recommendations on how to develop solutions.
23-24 April 2012 - MID TOWN Meeting and Businesscenter Ungargasse 64-66, 1040 Vienna, Austria. See Here

The recent flagship program for an Innovation Union emphasizes the need for European research to improve the innovation process. In the EARMA event on Feb 29, held at the OECD headquarter in Paris, we debated topics including means and instruments to improve the innovation process, and potential implications for European research support professionals. The 45 participants included EARMA members, European Commission and OECD staff, and business representatives. A report on the event will be…

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MORE TRUST or MORE CONTROL?

On Monday 19^th of March the European Commission kicked off the Communication campaign aimed at avoiding financial errors in FP7 projects. Now we are approaching the years when a lot of projects financed under FP7 will be…