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H2020COFUND2017–2023

Athenea3I · Attracting and Encouraging Triple I Talent Mobility

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-10-01 → 2023-03-31
EU contribution
€2,124,000
Participants
1
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

Attracting and Encouraging Triple I Talent Mobility

The importance of Athenea3i for the UGR consists of an opportunity to become a leading Andalusian institution from the point of view of attracting talented researchers. These researchers are expected not only to contribute positively to the overall position of the UGR in different rankings by means of their high quality scientific publications, but also to become pioneering members of the university community, active “magnets” for all kinds of external funding, particularly that coming from the private industrial (i.e. not academic) sector. It is expected that Athenea3i has helped to create new jobs by means of new research contracts and collaboration with the business sector, increasing the knowledge-based economic critical mass in the city and the UGR at the same time. In this way and in line with the New Economic Geography, economies of scale can be created in which centripetal forces will be responsible for attracting a greater volume of knowledge-based economic activity to the city. At the same time, centrifugal forces will contribute to spreading the economic activity to the wider level of the province of Granada and even the region of Andalusia. In this way, the Athenea3i programme is expected to trigger a boost, not only of the innovation and research activity in the UGR, but also of the (knowledge-based) economic activity in the city, thus becoming the core of the consequent virtuous circle. The specific objectives (SO) of Athenea3i are the following: SO1. To enhance high-level career development. SO2. To provide a highly qualified ecosystem for developing excellent international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research (Triple ‘I’). SO3. To promote mobility as a key factor. SO4. To encourage the innovation of research. SO5. To establish a permanent partnership network. SO6. To improve UGR scientific excellence. SO7. To collaborate toward the Andalucia2020 through the alignment of the Athenea3i actions to the RIS3 innovation strategy.

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Project objective

Athenea3I is an innovative regional wake-up call focused on attracting highly talented researchers to Granada (Andalusia region, Spain) in order to benefit their research career with International, Interdisciplinary and Intersectorial opportunities. This innovative fellowship programme offers the experienced researchers an outstanding opportunity to develop new skills and competences, enriched with a personalized and pioneering career mentoring plan. It also includes research periods at some of the most distinguished outstanding institutions around the world, and optional secondments in regional, national and international companies.The high-talented human capital hired by the University of Granada, as beneficiary institution, will perform as active “magnets” in relation not only to academy, but to industry and business, establishing bridges for transfer of knowledge, exploitation of the results, and future research collaborations. Athenea3I commitment pivots on the applicability of the research outputs by making Science for Society: reinforcing not only the innovation aspect but also the open data access and the public engagement. It has on target the social challenges of Andalucia2020, shooting up their results to palliate some socio-economic problems of the region and, consequently, to get towards the Europe2020 targets.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA · GranadaCoordinatorSpain

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union