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FP7 Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Workshop, Belfast

27 January 2012

Workshop

FP7 IAPP Workshop with National Contact Point Conor O'Carroll
Time: 09:30 - 14:00
Venue: Invest Northern Ireland, Bedford St., Belfast, BT2 7ES

 
What is IAPP?
Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways (IAPP) is a sub-programme of the FP7 Marie Curie People programme which provides support for researcher mobility and career development. IAPP constitutes a unique opportunity for a company and a public research organisation to work together on a common R&D project and create partnerships to increase skills exchange between the two sectors.

The next IAPP call will have a budget of €80 million and will close on the 19 April 2012. Join us on the 27th January to find out how you can access this funding!

  • Find out more about the benefits of IAPP and how to write a successful proposal
  • Learn about Invest NI financial support for FP7 proposal development
  • Network with potential partners and experienced FP7 participants


What does the IAPP funding cover?

  • 100% of the salary costs of seconded staff. Seconded staff can be researchers, technicians and managers of all levels of experience
  • Organisation of workshops and conferences to facilitate sharing of knowledge
  • Recruitment of experienced researchers from outside the partnership
  • For SMEs: research equipment (up to 10% of the EC contribution for each SME participant) on a duly justified basis
     

Who should attend? 
The event will be of interest to companies and research organisations interested in working in collaborative research projects. IAPP follows a bottom-up approach, i.e. there are no pre-defined priority areas. Research fields from any domain of research and technological development.are chosen freely by the applicants.

Registration for this event has now closed.

Updated Agenda
09:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:15  Welcome and Overview of Invest NI Collaborative R&D support

10:15 - 11:00 IAPP 
 Dr. Conor O'Carroll /Dr. Jennifer Brennan, Marie Curie NCP

11:00 - 11:30 Tea\Coffee

11:30 - 11:50 Case Study: Successful NI Industry Participant in IAPP
Dr. Karen Keating, Almac Diagnostics Ltd.

11:50 - 12:00 North/South Collaboration in FP7
 Dr. Simon Grattan, InterTradeIreland

12:00 - 12:20 Case Study: Successful NI Academic Participant in IAPP
Dr. Chen Situ, Queen’s University Belfast

12:20 - 12:45 Q and A

12:45 - 13:45 Networking Lunch

14:00    Close

Venue: Invest Northern Ireland, Bedford St., Belfast, BT2 7ES

Cost: FREE!

Further Information: Lisa O'Reilly: lisa.oreilly@investni.com, 028 9069 8594; Robert Bunn: robert.bunn@investni.com, 028 9069 8602

 

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