Index• Programme description
• First Call 2016
• Previous results
TECNIOspring PLUS
Mobility programme that provides financial support to catalan
companies / TECNIO centres to offer 2-year employment
contracts to experienced researchers in order to develop an
applied research project
European Framework
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (COFUND) - H2020, EU
International dimension
Interdisciplinarydimension
Intersectorialdimension
Triple “i” Dimension
Goals
To attract highly
talented researchers
To reinforce
companies and technological
centres capacities
To provide
international experience to
researchers
To foster
collaborationswith international
entities
Features
72contracts
10.04 M€
(50% EU)
4calls in 5
years
Outgoing + Return
Incoming
€
Who can participate?
A catalan private company located in
Catalonia
(>4 employees)
A TECNIO centre
An experienced researcher of any
nationality
Fellowships
INCOMING OUTGOING + RETURN
PERIOD 2 years company/ TECNIO centre 1st year abroad + 2nd year company/TECNIO
centre
PROFILE PhD + 4 or 8 years experience
1 year in applied research
Team management
PhD or 4 years experience
Experience in applied research
GRANT Salary (total cost enterprise): 58,500 €/year
Research: 8,640 €/year
Mobility: 960 €/year
Salary (total cost enterprise): 46,200 €/year
x coefficient
Research: 8,640 €/year
Mobility: 960 €/year
Further benefits
Top- notch Training
(technology transfer + entrepreneurship)
Public engagement
activities
(living labs + innovation festivals)
Networking activities
(working group + community meetings)
Index• Programme description
• First Call 2016
• Previous results
1st call schedule
October 2016
Call open
December 2016
Call deadline
March 2017
Results publication
Up to June 2017
Start of fellowship
Plannedbudget
• 2,232,200 €
• 50% per type of fellowship
Fellowships
• 9 Incoming• 9 Outgoing + Return
EXPERIENCE
• According to type of
fellowship
MOBILITY RULE
•<12 months in the 3 years
immediately prior to the deadline for
the submission of applications
Researchers
CHARTER & CODE
• Endorsement
OTHER
• Temporarycontracts
•Different scientificsupervisor
• Ethical criteria
Host entity
Eligibility criteria
Sectors and
TechnologiesSECTORS TECHNOLOGIES
Food industriesChemical, Energyand natural resources
Industrial systemsDesign-basedIndustries
Sustainablemobility
Health industries
Experience-basedindustries
ICT
Nanotechnologies
Advanced materials
Photonics
Biotechnology
Advanced manufacturing
EXCELLENCE OF THE EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER
•Research and Technology Transfer activities
•Management of research groups
•Geographical/sectorial mobility
CAPACITY OF HOST
ORGANISATION
•Scientific and technological trajectory
•CV of the fellow’s scientific supervisor
• Conditions offered by the host organization: capacity, implementation, secondments, trainings
QUALITY AND FEASIBILTY OF THE PROJECT
•Work plan and expected results
•Originality and innovative nature of the project
•Suitability of research costs
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND
IMPACT
•Business plan
•Impact on researcher career
•Potential for creating long term collaborations
•Alignment with RIS3CAT strategy
Evaluation criteria
Criteria
Excellence of theexperienced researcher
Capacity of host organisations
Quality and feasibilityof the project
Technology Transferand impact
Incoming
40%
20%
20%
20%
Outgoing + return
30%
30%
20%
20%
Threshold: 375/500
Weight
Index• Programme description
• First Call 2016
• Previous results
Previous results
International
41%
National
59%
Men Women
Previous results
Health industries; 43%
Chemical, Energy and natural
resources; 29%
Industrial systems; 14%
Food industries; 8%
Experience-based industries; 5% Sustainable
mobillity; 2%
Biotechnology ; 30%
ICT; 25%
Advanced Materials;
22%
Advanced Manufacturing;
11%
Nanotechnologies; 10%
Photonics; 2%
SECTORS
TECHNOLOGIES
Previous results
Countries of origin
Researchers’ nationality
54
2 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
14
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16Countries of
origin
12Nationalities
INCOMING
Previous results
Destination countries
Destination centre
OUTGOING
+ RETURN8
65 5
2 2 2 21 1 1 1 1 1
University
60%
Researchcenter
27%
Company
13%
14Destinationcountries
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Fellows’ map
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