TECNIOspring PLUS · ACCIÓ programme to foster mobility of researchers with a focus in applied research and technology transfer

ACCIÓ programme to foster mobility of researchers with a focus in applied research and technology transfer

The Catalan economy aims to gain competitiveness by promoting innovation and the incorporation of technology in production processes and organisations. In this regard, attracting and training competitive human resources is fundamental. TECNIOspring PLUS has helped to achieve this goal by supporting researchers in the process of achieving professional maturity, attaining and/or strengthening a leading independent position, and developing more industry- and entrepreneurship-oriented research careers. The aim of the TECNIOspring PLUS programme has been to engage highly talented and motivated experienced researchers and to give them the opportunity to develop their research career, initiating or further developing an international career and creating and reinforcing links with other European or international institutions, thus, contributing to develop the transnational dimension of the fellow’s research career. To achieve this, the programme has included two different schemes: an incoming mobility and an outgoing mobility with a return phase. Incoming mobility scheme will attract to Catalonia experienced researchers from the entire world and incorporate them into a Catalan host organisation. Outgoing mobility scheme has offered experienced researchers the possibility of implementing their research projects in any country worldwide during the first year of their contracts. The return phase has encouraged fellows to come back to the European Research Area, being reintegrated in the Catalan host organisation. TECNIOspring PLUS has offered experienced researchers the opportunity of working in one of the areas of expertise of research and technological centres and companies. Among them, there are several top research entities that host promising young researchers and recognized senior scientists working in a variety of disciplines, participating in European R&D projects and collaborating internationally with other entities. The diversity of domains that TECNIOspring PLUS covered has assured candidates’ freedom of choice regarding research topic and institution. Moreover, the outgoing mobility scheme offered fellows the possibility of collaborating with a renowned internationally host organisation based on any country in the world. Thus, researchers have been able to benefit from international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary collaborations.

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