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H2020COFUND2020–2026

BIENVENUE · Welcoming highly-talented international post-docs in Brittany

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2020-11-01 → 2026-03-31
EU contribution
€5,517,000
Participants
1
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

Welcoming highly-talented international post-docs in Brittany

Région Bretagne is supporting the internationalisation of the Breton scientific communities. It translates into several actions, such as project engineering for emerging European collaborations and projects, recruitment of postdoctoral researchers with international experience, and funding of costs to encourage the submission by Breton researchers of proposal to European calls. Its supports the growing implication of Breton actors in European-wide projects and EU-funded projects, leading to an increase by 62% of the amount of funding received by Breton academic actors under Horizon 2020 compared to the previous European framework programme. Since November 2020, Région Bretagne is implementing the H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2019 BIENVENÜE project with a wide consortium of partner institutions, including the major part of Breton laboratories. The COFUND action has been identified as a structuring opportunity for the Breton R&I ecosystem: a support of the work by research institutions engaged in the HRS4R process, for diffusion of MSCA good practices, and a new visibility and attractiveness of Breton scientific communities thank to the MSCA label. Moreover, by orientating towards a contribution of all funded projects to the regional R&I S3, the BIENVENÜE project should help to maximize the implementation of this regional strategy. The objectives of the BIENVENÜE programme are the following: - develop a knowledge-driven economy with international recognition and local identity - reinforce human capital of the region in R&I - maximise RIS3 implementation by heightening research excellence, cross-sectoral innovation, and collaboration between academic, non-academic and policy makers, thus stimulating regional development

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Project objective

Led by REGION BRETAGNE, the BIENVENÜE Programme is an innovative fellowship programme offering 75 two-year postdoc positions to highly-skilled researchers to work in the thriving and internationally esteemed environment that is France’s Brittany Region.The BIENVENÜE Programme is designed as a building block of the proactive regional initiative to develop a knowledge-driven economy with international recognition and a local identity. It will reinforce the human capital of the region in R&I and maximise impact on the RIS3 implementation by heightening research excellence, cross-sectoral innovation, and collaboration between academic, non-academic and policy makers, thus stimulating regional development.To achieve these objectives, the programme BIENVENÜE is proposing attractive conditions for self-built, bottom-up postdoctoral projects in all scientific fields, to be hosted in 8 highly active research institutions (universities and research centres). To ensure a large diversity of profile and an increase pool of future scientific leader for the region, the project selection will be made through merit-based, fair, international and transparent procedures. Then, BIENVENÜE focuses on enhancing researchers’ career development opportunities in line with MSCA principles. In addition, cooperation with key innovative industrial players and other non-academic partners (public bodies, NGOs, etc.), with international or interdisciplinary partners – through intersectoral secondments and training events – will provide opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to acquire transferable skills and to explore new career opportunities in private or public settings.

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Participants

  • REGION BRETAGNE · RENNES CEDEX 7CoordinatorFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union