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H2020COFUND2015–2021

SMART LOIRE VALLEY · Curiosity, Imagination and Intuition

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2015-11-01 → 2021-10-31
EU contribution
€1,699,200
Participants
8
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

SMART LOIRE VALLEY: Curiosity, Imagination and Intuition

LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) has designed innovative programmes to build the human capital for research, development and innovation in the research laboratories of the Centre-Val de Loire region and to enhance the path carreer of international selected researchers. The Smart Loire Valley (SLV) Fellowships Programme is an adaptation of an already existing programme, redesigned and augmented to meet the objectives of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND actions. In a permanently evolutionary world, LE STUDIUM IAS brings its expertise and long experience of facilitating international collaborative projects between regional laboratories and foreign research teams. The IAS offers a unique research time to international experienced scientists across all disciplines. An operational support prior, during and after the residency offers smooth and efficient conditions to international LE STUDIUM Fellows to settle in and discover the Loire Valley rich scientific and cultural environment. The dynamic scientific programme with various events and training plan developped by the IAS enable them to enhance their research skills and networks. The Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND grant contract has enabled the IAS to launch four annual calls for application and to host 46 fellows coming from 23 different countries for a total of 566 months of research spread over six years.

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Project objective

The region Centre-Val de Loire, located 130 km south of Paris, has a population of 2,5 million in an area of 40000 km². LE STUDIUM® Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies has its headquarters in Orleans, the capital. LE STUDIUM®’s mission is to build the human capital for research, development and innovation in region Centre, by attracting senior foreign researchers. The SMART LOIRE VALLEY (SLV) fellowship programme is designed to enhance this regional mission and support the regional implementation of the EU smart specialization concept. Over time it has demonstrated the benefits of outward looking research communities who adhere to the research values of LE STUDIUM®: Curiosity, Imagination and Intuition.For the past 10 years LE STUDIUM programmes have financed an average of 8 one-year fellowships per year and call for applications. This ambitious SLV programme – with the COFUND contribution – will fund a minimum of 12 researchers per call (4 calls for applications) over 5 years. This total of 48 worked years of research ensures region Centre will build its human capital in inter-sectorial and interdisciplinary research domains in order to drive regional and EU socio-economic outcomes from research investment and will foster the formation of new RTD poles of European scale in region Centre, enabling increased attractiveness and competitiveness.The SLV programme seeks to create synergies between disciplines and links with the industrial world in order to increase diversity and stimulate socio-economic development. Finally, it aims to develop outward looking interdisciplinary teams with a reputation in developing the EU economic landscape.LE STUDIUM® expertise resides in its capacity to manage and grow a global research network, able to create a new scientific value chain, leading to the emergence of innovative collaborative research and enterprise activity. This expertise will ensure the SLV programme achieves its goal.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • LE STUDIUM, AGENCE REGIONALE DE RECHERCHE ET D'ACCEUIL INTERNATIONAL DE CHERCHEURS ASSOCIES · OrleansCoordinatorFrance
  • BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES · OrleansFrance
  • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · ParisFrance
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE · RabatMorocco
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE · ParisFrance
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES CENTRE VAL DE LOIRE · Bourges CedexFrance
  • University Francois-Rabelais Tours · Marne-la-Vall�Unknown Region
  • University of Orleans - Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans · OrleansFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union