Ausgabe 03/12 - Kooperation

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Strategisch
Ausgabe 03/12
International
23. März
Informativ
Berichterstattung zur Forschungs-,
Technologie- und Innovationspolitik weltweit
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Global ................................................................................................................... 6
Catapult-Programm zur Förderung von Offshore-Energietechnologien ........ 13
International Patent Filings Set New Record in 2011 ...................................... 6
Japan .................................................................................................................. 14
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction ......... 7
Semester Shift to Align Universities Globally Means Major Overhaul ........... 14
OECD-Studie „Green Growth Studies: Energy“ .............................................. 7
Kanada ............................................................................................................... 15
OECD: “Greening Development – Enhancing Capacity for Environmental
Management and Governance” ....................................................................... 8
Harper Government Investing in Research Excellence at Canadian
Universities .................................................................................................... 15
Frascati Manual: New Annex on Measuring Research and Development in
Developing Countries ...................................................................................... 9
Harper Government Invests in Clinical Research .......................................... 16
EU / Europa........................................................................................................ 10
Ontario Businesses to Gain Greater Access to Highly Skilled Graduates .... 17
USA..................................................................................................................... 18
Blue Card: Kommission warnt Mitgliedstaaten vor bürokratischer Behandlung
hochqualifizierter Migranten .......................................................................... 10
USAID Announces New University Engagement Partnership Program ........ 18
KMU-Beteiligung am 7. FRP: 15-Prozent-Ziel erreicht.................................. 10
President Obama Launches EV-Everywhere Challenge as Part of Energy
Department’s Clean Energy Grand Challenges ............................................ 19
Start frei für neue EU-finanzierte Forschungsinfrastruktur für Biologie ......... 11
CNRS eröffnet das erste internationale Labor der Europäischen Kommission
in Japan ......................................................................................................... 12
Großbritannien .................................................................................................. 12
Automatic Settlement for Skilled Workers to End .......................................... 12
China .................................................................................................................. 20
Another Bumper Year for Chinese Science ................................................... 20
China's Solar and Wind Power Industries Put on Hold?................................ 20
China 'Soaring Ahead' in Nanotechnology Research .................................... 21
World Bank Report on China Calls for University Autonomy......................... 22
Dänemark........................................................................................................... 23
Schweden .......................................................................................................... 33
Research Elite Honoured with Awards .......................................................... 23
Kerstin Hesselgren Professor and Olof Palme Professor Appointed for 2012
....................................................................................................................... 33
Denmark: Innovation Strategy Will Create Jobs and Growth ........................ 24
Finnland ............................................................................................................. 25
Tekes Has Had a Significant Impact on Finnish Innovations ........................ 25
Indien ................................................................................................................. 25
India to Boost Science Collaboration With Africa .......................................... 25
VINNOVA Director-General Proposes Life Science Partnership................... 34
Südafrika ............................................................................................................ 35
South Africa Signs Higher Education Agreement with Cuba ......................... 35
Impressum ......................................................................................................... 36
Niederlande ....................................................................................................... 26
NWO Presents Its Plans for the Top Sector Policy ....................................... 26
TNO to Advise European Parliament on Innovation Policy ........................... 27
Norwegen........................................................................................................... 28
Linking Services, Research and Education: New Programme for Health and
Welfare Services ............................................................................................ 28
New White Paper on Research in the Works:Clear Priorities and Adjusted
Thematic Priority Areas ................................................................................. 28
Research Council of Norway: Nearly 5,000 Grant Applications in 2011 ....... 30
Österreich .......................................................................................................... 30
Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria erhält Zusage über eine
Milliarde Euro ................................................................................................. 30
ESPI Workshop zur ESA-Erweiterung........................................................... 31
Joint Workshop on Smart Specialisation Strategies ...................................... 32
Rumänien........................................................................................................... 32
Nationalbehörde ANCS legt Zwischenevaluation der FEuI-Politik vor .......... 32
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Themen
Schlüsseltechnologien
in Japan ......................................................................................................... 12
Energie
Raumfahrt
ESPI Workshop zur ESA-Erweiterung ........................................................... 31
Bildung
Hochschulen
Catapult-Programm zur Förderung von Offshore-Energietechnologien........ 13
Harper Government Investing in Research Excellence at Canadian Universities.................................................................................................................. 15
USAID Announces New University Engagement Partnership Program ........ 18
China's Solar and Wind Power Industries Put on Hold? ............................... 20
Umwelt
South Africa Signs Higher Education Agreement with Cuba ......................... 35
Fachkräfte
hochqualifizierter Migranten ........................................................................... 10
Lebenswissenschaften
in Japan ......................................................................................................... 12
Harper Government Invests in Clinical Research ......................................... 16
VINNOVA Director-General Proposes Life Science Partnership .................. 34
Rahmenbedingungen
hochqualifizierter Migranten ........................................................................... 10
Innovation
World Bank Report on China Calls for University Autonomy ........................ 22
FuE-Budgets
Harper Government Investing in Research Excellence at Canadian Universities ................................................................................................................. 15
Joint Workshop on Smart Specialisation Strategies ...................................... 32
Kooperation Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft
Another Bumper Year for Chinese Science .................................................. 20
Milliarde Euro ................................................................................................. 30
Harper Government Invests in Clinical Research .......................................... 16
Förderung
VINNOVA Director-General Proposes Life Science Partnership................... 34
KMU
KMU-Beteiligung am 7. FRP: 15-Prozent-Ziel erreicht.................................. 10
KMU-Beteiligung am 7. FRP: 15-Prozent-Ziel erreicht .................................. 10
Research Elite Honoured with Awards .......................................................... 23
Wirtschaft und Märkte
Research Council of Norway: Nearly 5,000 Grant Applications in 2011 ....... 30
Kerstin Hesselgren Professor and Olof Palme Professor Appointed for 2012
....................................................................................................................... 33
FuE-Infrastruktur
Milliarde Euro ................................................................................................. 30
Indikatorik
Frascati Manual: New Annex on Measuring Research and Development in
Developing Countries ...................................................................................... 9
Evaluation
Nationalbehörde ANCS legt Zwischenevaluation der FEuI-Politik vor .......... 32
Foresight
Internationalisierung
in Japan ......................................................................................................... 12
ESPI Workshop zur ESA-Erweiterung........................................................... 31
South Africa Signs Higher Education Agreement with Cuba......................... 35
Top applicants
Global
International Patent Filings Set New Record in 2011
Despite difficult economic conditions, international patent filings under the
WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) set a new record in 2011
with 181,900 applications – a growth of 10.7 % on 2010 and the fastest growth
since 2005. China, Japan and the United States of America (US) accounted for
82 % of the total growth. Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corporation was the biggest filer of PCT applications in 2011.
The PCT system facilitates the process of
seeking
patent
protection
in
multiple
Among the top filing countries, PCT
countries. It simplifies this process by
applications from China (+33.4 %),
postponing the requirement to file a separate
Japan (+21 %), Canada (+8.3 %),
application in each jurisdiction until after a
centralized processing and initial patentability
the Republic of Korea (+8 %) and the
evaluation have taken place. Examination of
US (+8 %) saw the fastest growth in
the patentability of the invention in national
2011. European countries witnessed
offices and the related expenses are
a mixed performance, with Switzerpostponed, in the majority of cases, by up to
land (+7.3 %), France (+5.8 %),
18 months – or even longer in some offices –
Germany (+5.7 %) and Sweden
as compared to direct patent filings. The PCT
system now has 144 member states. Annex
(+4.6 %) experiencing growth, and
5 presents total PCT filings from all member
the Netherlands (-14 %), Finland
states from 2007 to 2011.
(-2.7 %), Spain (-2.7 %) and the
United Kingdom (-1 %) seeing declines. The large middle-income economies of the Russian Federation
(+20.8 %), Brazil (+17.2 %) and India (+11.2 %) recorded double-digit filing
growth.
The US with 48,596 filings remains the largest user of the PCT system, followed
by Japan (38,888), Germany (18,568) and China (16,406). However, the US
(-0.7 %) and Germany (-0.5 %) saw drop in their shares of total filings, while
China (+1.5 %) and Japan (+1.8 %) each increased their share by more than a
percentage point.
ZTE Corporation of China with 2,826 published applications overtook Panasonic
Corporation of Japan (2,463) as the top PCT applicant in 2011. Huawei Technologies, Co. of China (1,831) ranks third, followed by Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
(1,755) of Japan and Robert Bosch Corporation (1,518) of Germany. Each of the
top five applicants saw double-digit growth in published PCT applications. Five
Japanese companies – Panasonic, Sharp, Toyota, NEC, and Mitsubishi – feature in the top 15-list.
The University of California, with 277 applications published in 2011, is the largest filer among educational institutions, followed by the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (179), the University of Texas System (127), Johns Hopkins University (111) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(103). US universities account for 30 of the top-50 educational institutions, followed by Japan and the Republic of Korea with 7 institutions each.
PCT filings by fields of technology
Digital communications with 11,574 (or 7.1 % of total) published applications
remained the field of technology accounting for the largest share of total PCT
applications in 2011, followed by electronic machinery (6.9 %), medical technology (6.6 %) and computer technology (6.4 %).
Most technology fields experienced growth in patenting in 2011. Electronic machinery (23.2 %) saw the fastest growth, but 11 other fields also experienced
double-digits growth. Only four fields saw a decline in filings, including basic
communication processes (-5.9 %), organic fine chemistry (-4.1 %), and pharmaceuticals (-1.9 %).
Quelle
→
http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2012/article_0001.html
Weitere Informationen
International Patent Filings Set New Record in 2011: Annex 1-5
→ http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2012/article_0001.html#annex1
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
→ http://www.wipo.int
WIPO: Intellectual Property Statistics
→ http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/
Vor allem aber ist es laut Bericht unerlässlich, Maßnahmen sektor- und länderübergreifend zu vereinbaren. Regelmäßige Beobachtung und Bewertung soll
dabei Synergien fördern und Widersprüche zwischen einzelnen Initiativen verhindern. Strategische Partnerschaften zwischen staatlichen und privaten Akteuren, zum Beispiel Unternehmen, Forschungseinrichtungen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen, können nach Ansicht der Autoren die Effizienz der Projekte erhöhen.
Ausführliche Länder- und Themeninformationen bei Kooperation international
Fokus Global
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/global
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Innovation im VDI Technologiezentrum
Dr. Silke Stahl-Rolf, Tel. 0211/6214-632, [email protected]
Schlagworte
Quelle
Innovation, Indikatorik

→
http://www.oecd.org/berlin
Download
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction
Ohne umfassende politische Maßnahmen drohen uns globale Umweltschäden,
die unumkehrbar sind und die jüngst erzielten Fortschritte bei der Anhebung
unseres Lebensstandards vernichten könnten. Nur ambitionierte und zügig auf
internationalem Level umgesetzte Maßnahmen können verhindern, dass Industrie-, Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer erheblichen ökonomischen und gesellschaftlichen Schaden nehmen.
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 (full text – free preview)
→ http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/oecdenvironmental-outlook-to-2050_9789264122246-en
Überblick OECD Berlin Centre (mit deutscher Zusammenfassung)
→ http://www.oecd.org/de/environmentaloutlook
Fokus OECD
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/oecd
Fachliche Ansprechpartner für OECD im Internationalen Büro
Die aktuelle Ausgabe des "OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050" enthält neueste Projektionen zu den sozio-ökonomischen Trends der kommenden vier
Jahrzehnte und zu deren Auswirkungen auf Klimawandel, Artenvielfalt, Wasser
sowie Gesundheit und Umwelt. Der Bericht plädiert unter anderem dafür, Umweltverschmutzung durch Steuern oder weltweiten Emissionshandel zu verteuern, natürliche Ressourcen mit einem Preis zu versehen und Märkte für sie zu
schaffen sowie wirtschaftliche Instrumente mit Vorschriften und Normen zu
kombinieren (z. B. für die Luftqualität oder bei der Raumplanung).
Weiterhin bedarf es einer gezielten Förderung CO 2 -armer Technologien, einer
Maximierung der Wasserproduktivität in Landwirtschaft und Industrie sowie anderer Neuerungen, die die Umwelt entlasten. Diese „grünen“ Technologien
müssten zudem auch in Entwicklungsländern bereitgestellt werden, in denen in
den kommenden Jahrzehnten das prozentual größte Wachstum erwartet wird.
Dr. Sonja Bugdahn (Forschung), Tel. 0228/3821-1474, [email protected]
Peter Klandt (Bildung), Tel. 0228/3821-1506, [email protected]
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Rahmenbedingungen im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Umwelt, Rahmenbedingungen, Foresight

OECD-Studie „Green Growth Studies: Energy“
Wirtschaftliches Wachstum schafft bescheidenen Wohlstand für mehr und mehr
Menschen, es lässt aber auch den Welt-Energiebedarf rapide ansteigen. Häufig
kann die Nachfrage nur mithilfe fossiler Brennstoffe befriedigt werden: TreibAusgabe 03/12 – 23. März | Seite 7
hausgasemissionen und Erderwärmung sind die Folge. Eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung erfordert radikales Umdenken sowie den Einsatz neuer Technologien.
Dass eine großangelegte Transformation des Energiesektors nicht nur nötig,
sondern auch möglich ist, zeigt die OECD-Studie „Green Growth Studies:
Energy“. Sie erläutert, welche politischen Rahmenbedingungen für einen erfolgreichen Wechsel geschaffen werden müssen. Die Studie erscheint zu einem
wichtigen Zeitpunkt: Viele Schwellenländer sind gerade dabei, ihre Energiesysteme aufzustocken. Es wird auch von ihren Entscheidungen abhängen, ob unser
wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Fortschritt nachhaltig ist.
Quelle
→
Download
OECD Green Growth Studies: Energy (full text – free preview)
→ http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-AssetManagement/oecd/environment/energy_9789264115118-en
OECD: “Greening Development – Enhancing Capacity for
Environmental Management and Governance”
Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer sind besonders stark auf ihre natürlichen
Ressourcen angewiesen. Allerdings ist es für finanzschwache Länder oft
schwer, der Umweltverschmutzung Einhalt zu gebieten und sich auf gewandelte
Umweltbedingungen einzustellen. Dabei könnte ein besseres Umweltmanagement die industrielle Produktion steigern, Arbeitsplätze schaffen sowie Einkommen, Exporte und die Steuereinnahmen erhöhen.
Der OECD-Bericht „Greening Development: Enhancing Capacity for Environmental Management and Governance“ gibt Auskunft darüber, welche Dinge
berücksichtigt werden sollten, um Umweltschutz wirksam in nationale Entwicklungsstrategien und -budgets zu integrieren. Er richtet sich gleichermaßen an
politische Akteure in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern wie an Geber und
möchte beide Seiten dabei unterstützen, einen „grüneren“ Weg zu mehr Wachstum einzuschlagen.
Quelle
OECD Green Growth Studies: Energy (Überblickseite mit weiterführenden Links)
→ http://www.oecd.org/de/energie/gruen
→
Greening Development – Enhancing Capacity for Environmental Management and Governance (full text – free preview)
→ http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/development/greeningdevelopment_9789264167896-en
Download
Fokus OECD
Greening Development – Enhancing Capacity for Environmental Management and Governance (Überblickseite mit weiterführenden Links)
→ http://www.oecd.org/de/entwicklung/gruen
Schlagworte
Energie, Rahmenbedingungen, Wirtschaft und Märkte

Fokus OECD
New annex on measuring R&D in developing countries
→ http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/22/49793555.pdf
Schlagworte
Umwelt, Rahmenbedingungen, Wirtschaft und Märkte
OECD Strategy for Development
→ http://www.oecd.org/document/47/0,3746,en_2649_18532957_48197295_1_1_1_1,
00.html
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
→ http://www.uis.unesco.org
Oslo Manual
→ http://www.oecd.org/sti/oslomanual

Frascati Manual: New Annex on Measuring Research and
Development in Developing Countries
Despite the Frascati Manual's widespread use, significant usage gaps remain,
especially in Africa, Central and South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
There is widespread interest in the nature and role of R&D in developing economies, raising questions on how it
should be measured within the guideThe Frascati Manual was originally written by
lines set out in the Frascati Manual. A
and for the experts in OECD member counnew annex provides an initial attempt
tries who collect and issue national data on
research and development (R&D). Over the
to address some of the most salient
years, it has become the standard of conduct
issues.
for R&D surveys and data collection not only
The preparation of this annex on how
in the OECD and the European Union, but
also in several non-member economies, for
to use OECD guidelines to measure
example, through the science and technology
R&D in developing economies was
surveys of the UNESCO Institute for Statiscoordinated by the UIS in partnership
tics (UIS).
with the OECD Secretariat under the
auspices of the OECD Working Party
of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI). Building on
the existing Oslo Manual annex on innovation surveys in developing countries,
this new work is a contribution to the OECD Strategy for Development.
Fokus OECD
Fokus UNESCO
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/unesco
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für UN im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Thomas Reineke, Tel. 0228/3821-1448, [email protected]
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Indikatorik im VDI Technologiezentrum
Miguel Krux, Tel. 0211/6214-460, [email protected]
Schlagworte
Indikatorik

Quellen
→
http://www.oecd.org/sti/frascatimanual
Download
Frascati Manual 2002 (full text – free preview)
→ http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264199040-en
aber ihre nationalen Rechtsvorschriften zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie in Kraft
getreten.
EU / Europa
Blue Card: Kommission warnt Mitgliedstaaten vor bürokratischer Behandlung hochqualifizierter Migranten
Europa braucht ausländische Arbeitskräfte, um den wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand
zu sichern, wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben und seine Wohlfahrtssysteme aufrechtzuerhalten. Die derzeitige Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise macht diesen Bedarf
noch dringender. Gleichzeitig wird deutlich, dass gemeinsame Regeln und eine
umfassende, ausgewogene Migrationspolitik der EU benötigt werden.
Noch immer machen es drei Mitgliedstaaten hochqualifizierten Personen zu schwer, in die EU zu kommen und hier zu arbeiten. Deshalb
muss die Kommission handeln. Obwohl sie im Juli 2011 gewarnt wurden, haben Österreich, Zypern und
Griechenland
die
Blue-CardRichtlinie, die bis zum 19. Juni 2011
umzusetzen war, immer noch nicht in
ihr innerstaatliches Recht aufgenommen. Deshalb forderte die Europäische Kommission am 27. Februar
2012 Österreich, Zypern und Griechenland in mit Gründen versehenen
Stellungnahmen (Artikel 258 AEUV)
auf, ihre Rechtsvorschriften mit dem
EU-Recht in Einklang zu bringen.
Die Blaue-Karte-Richtlinie der EU legt effiziente gemeinsame Vorschriften fest, auf deren Grundlage hochqualifizierte Drittstaatsangehörige in die EU einreisen und auf unseren Arbeitsmärkten arbeiten und somit Lücken füllen können, wo dies mit Unionsbürgern nicht möglich ist. Sie führt für diese Ausländer ein beschleunigtes Zulassungsverfahren ein und gewährleistet eine gemeinsame
Regelung für soziale und wirtschaftliche
Rechte wie die Gleichbehandlung mit Inländern bei Arbeitsbedingungen und Arbeitsentgelt sowie beim Zugang zu Gütern und
Dienstleistungen. Die Blaue-Karte-Richtlinie
(Directive 2009/50/EC) wurde am 25. Mai
2009 angenommen, und die Mitgliedstaaten
hatten ihre Bestimmungen bis zum 19. Juni
2011 in ihr einzelstaatliches Recht aufzunehmen. Mit Ausnahme von Dänemark, dem
Vereinigten Königreich und Irland sind alle
Mitgliedstaaten an die Richtlinie gebunden.
Außerdem beschloss die Kommission am 27. Februar 2012, die Verfahren gegen Malta (IP/11/1247), Rumänien und Luxemburg einzustellen. Weil
diese Länder mit der Umsetzung der Blaue-Karte-Richtlinie im Verzug waren,
hatte die Kommission rechtliche Schritte gegen sie eingeleitet; inzwischen sind
Quelle
→
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/167&format=HTML
&aged=0&language=DE
Download
Blaue-Karte-Richtlinie (Directive 2009/50/EC)
→ http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:155:0017:0029:
en:PDF
Fokus EU
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/eu
Fachliche Ansprechpartner für EU im Internationalen Büro
Claudia Bernarding, Tel. 0228/3821-1839, [email protected]
Dr. Olaf Heilmayer, Tel. 0228/3821-1443, [email protected]
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Fachkräfte im VDI Technologiezentrum
Dr. Andreas Ratajczak, Tel. 0211/6214-494, [email protected]
Schlagworte
Fachkräfte, Rahmenbedingungen

KMU-Beteiligung am 7. FRP: 15-Prozent-Ziel erreicht
Mit dem 8. Fortschrittsbericht zur Beteiligung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen
(KMU) am 7. EU-Forschungsrahmenprogramm (7. FRP) vom 2. Februar 2012
meldet die Kommission das Ziel, dass 15 % der Mittel im Spezifischen Programm Zusammenarbeit an KMU fließen sollen, für die zehn thematischen Prioritäten als erreicht.
Auf KMU entfielen bis Ende 2011 15,3 % des bislang ausgeschriebenen Gesamtbudgets bzw. 2,4 Milliarden Euro. Ausschlaggebend für den Anstieg war die
Erweiterung der Arbeitsprogramme 2011 um KMU-spezifische Themen, spezielle KMU-Ausschreibungen und KMU-Budgetanteile, die insbesondere in den
Bereichen Gesundheit und Nahrungsmittel, Landwirtschaft, Fischerei und BioAusgabe 03/12 – 23. März | Seite 10
technologie Wirkung zeigten. Der 15-Prozent-Zielwert für KMU galt bereits im
6. FRP, er wurde beim 7. FRP für das spezifische Programm "Zusammenarbeit"
erneut aufgenommen.
Quelle
→
mit Unterstützung einer Finanzhilfe in Höhe von 4,5 Millionen Euro im Rahmen
des Themenbereichs "Forschungsinfrastrukturen" des 7. EU-Forschungsrahmenprogramms gelegt.
Zusätzlich zu den 15 Haupt-Partnereinrichtungen in Finnland, Frankreich,
Deutschland, Israel, Italien, Spanien und dem Vereinigten Königreich gibt es
auch zusätzliche nationale Zentren, die dem Instruct-Netzwerk in der Tschechischen Republik, den Niederlanden, Portugal und Schweden angegliedert sind.
Die Teilnahme von Partnerinstitutionen aus neueren Mitgliedstaaten wie der
Tschechischen Republik spiegelt die hohe Qualität der StrukturbiologieInfrastruktur wider. Das tschechische nationale angegliederte Zentrum wird vom
Europäischen Strukturfonds über das Central European Institute of Technology
(CEITEC) sowie das Zentrum für Biotechnologie und Biomedizin der Akademie
der Wissenschaften und Karlsuniversität in Vestec (BIOCEV) in der Tschechischen Republik unterstützt.
http://www.dihk.de/themenfelder/international/info/bab/2012/bab05032012.pdf
Download
Eighth Progress Report on SMEs’ participation in FP7 - 2007 – 2011
→ http://ec.europa.eu/research/smetechweb/pdf/sme_participaton_in_fp7_2007_2011_full_report.pdf
European Commission > Research and Innovation > SME Techweb
→ http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm
Fokus EU
Quelle
→
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=DE_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=
34345
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für KMU im VDI Technologiezentrum
Instruct
→ http://www.structuralbiology.eu
Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC)
→ http://www.ceitec.eu
Zentrum für Biotechnologie und Biomedizin der Akademie der Wissenschaften und
Karlsuniversität in Vestec (BIOCEV)
→ http://www.biocev.eu/en/
Schlagworte
Förderung, KMU

Start frei für neue EU-finanzierte Forschungsinfrastruktur
für Biologie
Eine neue Forschungsinfrastruktur für Strukturbiologie wurde ins Leben gerufen
und verspricht mehr Durchbrüche in der Biomedizin. Fünfzehn der führenden
europäischen Forschungsinstitute aus dem Bereich der Strukturbiologie haben
sich zusammengeschlossen, um Hochschul- und Industrieforschern aus ganz
Europa den Zugang zu einigen der fortschrittlichsten Technologien zu ermöglichen. Der Grundstein für den Aufbau dieses Netzes, "Instruct" genannt, wurde
Fokus EU
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Internationalisierung im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Lebenswissenschaften, FuE-Infrastruktur, Internationalisierung

CNRS eröffnet das erste internationale Labor der Europäischen Kommission in Japan
EUJO-LIMMS (Europe-Japan Opening of LIMMS), das erste internationale Labor der Europäischen Kommission in Japan, wurde am 2. Februar 2012 offiziell
in Paris eröffnet. Es ist eine Erweiterung des LIMMS (Laboratory for InDas CNRS arbeitet bereits seit 17 Jahren mit
tegrated Micro Mechatronic Sysder Universität Tokio (UT) im Rahmen des
tems), einem internationalen Labor
LIMMS, mit Sitz in Tokio, zusammen. Frandes CNRS (französisches Zentrum
zösische und japanische Forscher entwickeln
für wissenschaftliche Forschung) und
ihre Forschungsarbeiten gemeinsam und
der Universität Tokyo auf dem Gebiet
stützen sich dabei auf die innovativsten Mikro-und Nanotechnologien für Anwendungen
der Mikro-und Nano-Technologie für
in den Bereichen Technologien und Biologie.
die Bereiche Ingenieurwesen und
Seit seiner Gründung waren bereits über
Biologie. Das Projekt EUJO-LIMMS
hundert Wissenschaftler im LIMMS beschäföffnet sich nun drei neuen europäitigt. In den vergangenen vier Jahren hat das
schen Partnern: der EPFL (EidgeLabor mehr als 200 Publikationen veröffentnössische Technische Hochschule
licht sowie fünf internationale Patente eingereicht.
Lausanne, Schweiz), dem IMTEK
(Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik der
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Deutschland) und dem VTT (nationales Zentrum für technologische Forschung, Finnland). Ziel ist es, die Zusammenarbeit und die Forschung zwischen
Europa und Japan deutlich zu verstärken, um den neuen wissenschaftlichen
Herausforderungen in den Bereichen Technologie und Biotechnologien erfolgreich zu begegnen.
Quelle
→
http://www.wissenschaft-frankreich.de/de/forschungspolitik-und-innovation/cnrseroffnet-das-erste-internationale-labor-der-europaischen-kommission-in-japan/
CORDIS: Europe-Japan opening of LIMMS
→ http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=1245
4828
LIMMS
→ http://limmshp.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Fokus EU
Schlagworte
Schlüsseltechnologien, Lebenswissenschaften, Internationalisierung

Großbritannien
Automatic Settlement for Skilled Workers to End
As part of the government's commitment to reviewing the immigration system,
last summer a consultation was launched proposing reforms to employmentrelated settlement, Tier 5 and overseas domestic worker routes. Last month
Immigration Minister Damian Green has announced the government's response
to this consultation.
The proposed changes will mean that skilled migrant workers coming to the UK
under Tier 2 of the points-based system will no longer be able to settle in the UK
simply based on the amount of time they have spent in the UK. A new minimum
pay threshold will also mean that only the brightest and best workers, who
strengthen the UK economy, will be able to apply to stay in the UK permanently.
The new rules will break the link between coming to the UK to work and staying
forever. Exceptionally talented people, investors and entrepreneurs will continue
to have the option to stay. Skilled temporary workers wanting to apply for settlement will have to earn at least £ 35,000 or the going rate for their job, whichever
is higher. Migrants doing jobs which are in shortage, and scientists and researchers in PhD-level roles, will be exempt from the £ 35,000 threshold. Temporary permission to enter and remain in the UK will be capped at six years, to
reinforce the temporary nature of Tier 2.
Quelle
→
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2012/february/66settlement
UK Home Office: Changes affecting employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and overseas
domestic workers
→ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/immigration/employment-relatedsettlement/
The government intends to:
•
•
•
•
•
continue to provide a direct route to settlement for investors, entrepreneurs
and exceptionally talented migrants under Tier 1.
Fokus Großbritannien
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/grossbritannien
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Großbritannien im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Ursula Henze-Schulte, Tel. 0228/3821-1808, [email protected]
continue to provide a route to settlement for the best Tier 2 migrants, if they
meet a minimum salary threshold of £ 35,000.
allow those who enter as PhD-level scientists and researchers to qualify for
settlement without having to meet the £ 35,000 minimum salary threshold.
make all workers in shortage occupation jobs (currently including specialist
nurses, teachers and social workers) exempt from the minimum settlement
salary threshold of £ 35,000;
allow Tier 2 migrants to extend their temporary permission to stay in the UK
up to maximum of six years, and introduce a 12-month 'cooling off' period;
•
retain a route for overseas domestic workers in private households, but only
when accompanying a visitor and limited to six months' stay with no right to
change employer;
•
retain the current route of entry for private servants in diplomatic households under Tier 5 (Temporary worker - International agreement), with a
maximum stay of five years and no ability to change employer or to settle.
The government also plans to make changes to the visitor rules to allow a defined group of professionals to undertake specific fee-paid activities for short
stays of up to one month without formal sponsorship requirements.
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Fachkräfte im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Fachkräfte, Rahmenbedingungen

Catapult-Programm zur Förderung von OffshoreEnergietechnologien
Der britische Wirtschaftsminister Vince Cable gab am 9. Februar 2012 die Einrichtung eines neuen „Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult“ bekannt. Es wird
seinen Sitz an der Universität Strathclyde in Glasgow haben sowie eine Betriebszentrale, die beim National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) im Nordosten Englands angesiedelt ist. Es soll noch in diesem Sommer eröffnet werden.
Das Catapult-Programm untersteht dem Technology Strategy Board.
Das Catapult wird Technologien für Offshore-Windenergie, Wellen- und Gezeitenkraft fördern und eine Brücke zwischen universitärer Forschung und voller
Kommerzialisierung schlagen. Hierbei wird es mit der Wasserkraft-Teststation
Wave Hub vor der Küste Cornwalls sowie dem Meeresenergie-Park in SüdwestEngland zusammenarbeiten.
Das Catapult soll etabliertes ingenieurtechnisches Wissen nutzbar machen für
windkraftspezifische Anwendungen zum Beispiel beim Bau von Fundamenten,
bei Installation, Betrieb und Wartung. Darüber hinaus soll durch Zusammenarbeit zwischen Forschern und mittelständischen Unternehmen die Entwicklung
und Evaluierung innovativer Subsysteme und Komponenten erleichtert werden.
Die Meeresenergien (Wellen- und Gezeitenkraft) sind vom großmaßstäblichen
kommerziellen Einsatz noch weiter entfernt, werden aber ebenfalls einen
Schwerpunkt des Catapult bilden, zumal hier ähnliche Ingenieursleistungen zum
Einsatz kommen.
Das Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult wird von einem Konsortium betrieben,
bestehend aus dem Carbon Trust (einer gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mit dem
Auftrag, die Umstellung auf eine klimafreundliche Wirtschaft voranzutreiben),
Narec und Ocean Energy Innovation (einem industriegeführten Konsortium mit
starken Verbindungen zu Universitäten wie Strathclyde und Edinburgh).
Quelle
→
http://ukingermany.fco.gov.uk/de/news/?view=News&id=737811582
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Kooperation Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft im VDI
Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Energie, Innovation, Kooperation Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft

Japan
Semester Shift to Align Universities Globally Means Major
Overhaul
A call to shift enrolment from the current April to September, made by the prestigious University of Tokyo and supported by at least 30 other universities, has
turned the spotlight on higher education internationalisation in Japan and reviving universities’ depleting revenue. But a changeover would also have an impact
on broader recruitment practices.
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
→ http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/catapults/offshore-renewable-energycatapult.ashx
Carbon Trust
→ http://www.carbontrust.co.uk
National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec)
→ http://www.narec.co.uk
Catapult centres – overview
→ http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/catapults.ashx
Technology Strategy Board
→ http://www.innovateuk.org/
Fokus Großbritannien
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/grossbritannien
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Großbritannien im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Ursula Henze-Schulte, Tel. 0228/3821-1808, [email protected]
Although the university first raised the idea of changing its semester dates last
year, it was in an announcement in January that University of Tokyo President
Junichi Hamada outlined a timetable for change, saying he “would aim to conclude the transition five years from now”. Academic experts viewed the announcement as a bombshell in normally staid Japanese education policy, and an
important step in a country where ushering in change can be an uphill struggle.
Autumn enrolment, common in universities in the West, is catching on in Asia
and other regions. A report released by Tokyo University in mid-January revealed that some 70 % of 215 countries follow an academic year that starts in
September or October.
Assimilation with international universities has paved the way for major overseas
universities to attract top-notch researchers and students to keep their research
and development at high levels, Japan’s leading daily Yomiuri Shimbun noted in
an editorial recently.
The more than 30 public and private universities in Japan have lent their support
to the dramatic shift in expectation of an increase in foreign students and researchers. A number of major universities have said they will set up working
groups to examine how best to
implement the switch. However,
The number of foreign students studying in
others have pointed out that the
Japan is around 140,000 – 70 % of them
proposed changes will affect tradifrom China. Fees from foreign students are
tional employment procedures
vital to the finances of Japanese universities.
based on university graduates
But the number dwindled last year following
the huge March 2011 earthquake and tsustarting work soon after graduation
nami disaster. International students comin April, which marks the business
prise only a fraction of the student body. For
calendar year. But Keidanren, Jaexample, only 1.9 % of Tokyo University’s
pan’s leading business conglomestudents are from overseas compared to 10
rate, has announced its support for
% at Harvard University in the US.
autumn enrolment and has said it
plans to discuss how recruitment
schedules might be adjusted. Tokyo University said it would set up a consultative body in April that would include members of Keidanren.
The ongoing debate is also focusing on effective utilisation of the six-month ‘gap
term’ between spring graduation and university entrance examinations for Japanese high school students and the beginning of the new university term in September. At present students enrol in university within less than a month of finishing high school.
Quelle
→
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120301110453920
University of Tokyo
→ http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/
Fokus Japan
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/japan
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Japan im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Hochschulen, Internationalisierung

Kanada
Harper Government Investing in Research Excellence at
Canadian Universities
Researchers at universities across Canada will continue to make advances in
disease prevention and treatment, informational technology, sustainable development, and business and management practices, among many other areas,
thanks to a federal investment in the Canada Research Chairs Program. The
funding announcement was made on 13 March 2012 by the Honourable Gary
Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, while speaking at the
University of Ottawa.
In total, $ 124.5 million is being allocated among 132 newly awarded or renewed
Canada Research Chairs to undertake new, cutting-edge research at 36 Canadian postsecondary institutions. This federal investment allows Canadian institutions to strengthen their position as
global leaders in research and deIn 2000, the Government of Canada created
velopment, bringing greater ecoa permanent program to establish 2000 research professorships (Canada Research
nomic opportunities for Canadians.
Chairs) in eligible degree-granting institutions
“The Canada Research Chairs Proacross the country.
gram helps to position Canadian
postsecondary institutions as worldclass research centres,” said Dr. Chad Gaffield, president of the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council and chair of the Canada Research Chairs
Program Steering Committee, who attended the announcement. “With this funding support, researchers are gaining insight about, and developing innovative
Dr. Hans-Jörg Stähle, Tel. 0228/3821-1403, [email protected]
solutions to, today’s social, health and economic issues, and are training the
next generation of top scientists and scholars.”
The investment announced also included an additional $ 6.3 million from the
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for research infrastructure associated
with the new Chair awards.
Quelle
→
http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/releases-communiques/2012/marchmars-eng.aspx
Fokus Kanada
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/kanada
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Kanada im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Barbara Hellebrandt, Tel. 0228/3821-1433, [email protected]
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für FuE-Budgets im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Hochschulen, FuE-Budgets

Harper Government Invests in Clinical Research
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced a renewed
partnership between the Government of Canada and Canada's Research-Based
Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) to strengthen clinical research in Canada.
Through the renewed collaborative agreement, the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) is doubling its investments of up to $ 150 million, with a complementary objective from Rx&D members to match this contribution dollar for
dollar over the next five years. Via the CIHR/Rx&D Collaborative Research Program, both organizations will optimize their research efforts. The partnered program will lead to new clinical practices, innovative health policies and better
health care for all Canadians.
CIHR and Rx&D share the vision that Canada has a vibrant environment for
conducting internationally competitive research and accelerating the commercialization of new knowledge for the
benefits of Canadians and others
The Canadian Institutes of Health Rearound the world. Canada's comsearch (CIHR) is the Government of Canpetitiveness depends on the steady
ada's health research investment agency.
CIHR's mission is to create new scientific
entry of highly skilled graduates into
knowledge and to enable its translation into
the many areas of health research,
improved health, more effective health sersuch as clinical research. One of the
vices and products, and a strengthened Camain goals of this agreement will be
nadian health care system. Composed of 13
to develop and implement mechaInstitutes, CIHR provides leadership and
nisms to support, train, recruit and
support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
retain outstanding researchers such
Rx&D is the association of leading researchas clinical investigators, biostatistibased pharmaceutical companies dedicated
cians, methodologists, epidemioloto improving the health of Canadians through
gists, health economists, and techthe discovery and development of new medinicians.
cines and vaccines. The community represents 15,000 men and women working for 50
member companies and invests more than $
1 billion in research and development each
year to fuel Canada's knowledge-based
economy.
Additionally, this agreement will help
solidify Canada's clinical research
environment by facilitating increased
and sustained investments and by
bringing key partners together to
identify and pursue new research
opportunities. It will enhance coordination at the national, provincial and regional
levels and simultaneously reduce barriers and red tape for clinical researchers.
The goals of the agreement are to:
•
improve the coordination of key clinical research activities;
•
develop and implement mechanisms to effectively support, train, recruit and
retain outstanding researchers; and
•
catalyze clinical research and research training.
The partnership between the CIHR and Rx&D seeks to strengthen Canada's
position as a preferred location to conduct clinical research. The partnership will
play a key role in the implementation of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, a national initiative to ensure better translation of research findings into
clinical practice.
Through this partnership, CIHR and Rx&D member companies will fund clinical
research across Canada through a competitive, peer-reviewed process and to
improve the coordination of research activities. Rx&D member companies have
set an objective to match CIHR clinical research commitments dollar-for-dollar.
Over the last ten years, CIHR and Rx&D have partnered on a collaborative research funding program. This program has supported a wide range of health
research projects at universities and hospitals across Canada.
Quelle
→
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45053.html
Fokus Kanada
Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Lebenswissenschaften, Kooperation Wissenschaft- Wirtschaft

Ontario Businesses to Gain Greater Access to Highly
Skilled Graduates
Recognizing the need to invest in the development of highly qualified recent
graduates, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
(NSERC) and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are partnering to enable
Ontario small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their R&D capacity with the addition of highly skilled graduates. Industrial R&D Fellowships
(IRDFs) provide financial support to recent doctoral graduates in science and
engineering to pursue R&D careers in the private sector.
"By partnering with NSERC, OCE is
able to provide Ontario SMEs with
access to highly qualified researchers who bring cutting-edge
knowledge in their areas of expertise to these companies," explains
Dr. Tom Corr, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Ontario Centres
of Excellence on 14 February. "By
hiring recent doctoral graduates, the
SMEs will not only benefit from fresh
ideas and perspectives, they will
also contribute to the creation of
jobs, support the province's economic growth, and increase their
overall competitiveness in the global
marketplace. This partnership is a
great example of government leadership for the benefit of Ontario and
Canada's economy."
The Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is a
federal funding agency supporting some
30,000 post-secondary students and postdoctoral fellows in their advanced studies.
NSERC promotes discovery by funding more
than 12,000 professors every year and fosters innovation by encouraging about 2,000
Canadian companies to participate and invest in post-secondary research projects.
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc.
drives the commercialization of cutting-edge
research across key market sectors to build
the economy of tomorrow and secure Ontario's global competitiveness. In doing this,
OCE fosters the training and development of
the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs and is a key partner with Ontario's
industry, universities, colleges, research hospitals, investors and governments. A champion of leading-edge technologies, best practices and research, Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in sectors such as advanced
health, digital media and information communications, advanced manufacturing and materials, and cleantech including energy, environment and water.
Through these new jointly-funded
fellowships, candidates are eligible
for a maximum salary of $ 75,000
per year for a two-year period.
NSERC and OCE will each commit
up to $ 30,000 and $ 20,000 per year, respectively. The qualifying industrial
partner is responsible for committing $ 25,000 per year and any additional benefits they choose to offer.
To be eligible for the fellowships, the candidate must be a Canadian citizen or
permanent resident of Canada and have worked on an OCE-funded research
project during their academic program. The candidate must hold a doctoral degree within the last five years in a discipline of science or engineering supported
by NSERC, and have the technical or scientific expertise relevant to the position.
Qualifying companies must also be actively engaged in research and development activities.
Quelle
→
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsReleaseCommuniqueDePresse_eng.asp?ID=337
The RFA is a five-year program that will focus the next generation of problem
solvers on development's most vexing challenges, and harness the energy and
idealism that exists in universities
across America and the developing
The new initiative follows a decision by USAworld. These partnerships with univerID, formalised in September 2010 by US
sities will support multidisciplinary,
president Barack Obama, to shift the agency's focus away from supporting food and
evidence-based approaches to develmedical relief efforts towards technological
opment, encourage innovation and
developments that could result in significant
solutions analysis, and leverage US
long-term change in developing countries.
taxpayer dollars to improve the efficacy of our development interventions.
Awards are available at two levels: either as a Single Institution Center or as a
Consortium Center, which would consist of three to four academic centers and
can include developing country partners.
Fokus Kanada
Individual institutions can receive grants of up to US$ 2 million a year over five
years. Academic consortia can apply for grants of US$ 5 million a year over the
same period. In both cases, the aim is to encourage what the agency describes
as "multidisciplinary, evidence-based approaches to development" through innovative problem-solving.
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für KMU im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Fachkräfte, KMU

USA
Quellen
→
→
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2012/pr120209.html
http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/news/new-usaid-grants-toboost-development-science-1.html
USAID Announces New University Engagement Partnership Program
Last month (9 February) Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator for the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), announced the final Higher
Education Solutions Network Request for Applications (RFA) to build new opportunities through partnerships with universities and colleges. This final RFA was a
result of internal and external consultations, including two pre-solicitation workshops that were held in January.
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
→ http://www.usaid.gov
USAID University Engagement
→ http://universityengagement.usaid.gov/
Fokus USA
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/usa
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für USA im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Hochschulen, Förderung, Internationalisierung

President Obama Launches EV-Everywhere Challenge as
Part of Energy Department’s Clean Energy Grand Challenges
President Obama launched EV-Everywhere (7 March 2012), the second in a
series of Energy Department (DOE) “Clean Energy Grand Challenges” aimed at
addressing the most pressing energy challenges of our time. The EVEverywhere Challenge will bring together America’s best and brightest scientists, engineers, and businesses to work collaboratively to make electric vehicles
(EV) more affordable and convenient to own and drive than today’s gasolinepowered vehicles within the next 10 years.
The announcement is part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach energy strategy to protect American consumers from high gas prices over the longterm by offering consumers cost-effective alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles and helping to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.
Electric vehicles can offer consumers significant advantages over gasolinepowered vehicles, including savings on fuel costs, added convenience, and reduced maintenance costs. Electricity is cheaper than gasoline to power a vehicle
– generally equivalent to less than $ 1 per gallon – and consumers are able to
conveniently fuel up at home. Electric vehicles can also be more reliable, require
less maintenance, and offer the same or better driving performance compared to
today’s gasoline-powered vehicles. And winning the EV-Everywhere Challenge
will put the US in the lead to manufacture and export the next generation of advanced electric vehicles and electric vehicle components, creating good paying
manufacturing jobs and stimulating the American economy.
American automakers and automotive suppliers are currently pioneering the way
forward in getting the first wave of electric vehicles into the hands of a significant
number of US drivers. But today, the prices of these cars are still out of reach for
the majority of American families. This Department-wide initiative, which will
bring together DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Vehicle
Technologies Program, the Office of Science, and ARPA-E, will aim to make
electric vehicles affordable to the average American family by specifically targeting dramatic technological and cost improvements in batteries, electric motors,
power electronics, light-weight structures, and fast charging technology.
The aggressive goal of this initiative is, by the year 2022, to enable companies in
the United States to be the first in the world to produce a five-passenger affordable American electric vehicle with a
payback time of less than five years
The EV-Everywhere Challenge is the second
and sufficient range and fastof the Energy Department’s Grand Chalcharging ability to enable average
lenges, following the model of the $1/watt
Americans everywhere to meet their
SunShot Challenge, which seeks to make
solar power directly cost-competitive with
daily transportation needs more
electricity from fossil fuels by the end of the
conveniently and at lower cost.
decade. Over the next few months, the Department of Energy will announce a series of
additional Grand Challenges, each focused
on pursuing technical innovations and reductions in cost that will enable clean energy
technologies to compete directly, without
subsidies, with the energy technologies that
are currently in wide use today.
The challenge will involve working
with industry, universities, our national laboratories and government
partners to set technical goals for
cutting costs for the batteries and
electric drivetrain systems, including
motors and power electronics, reducing the vehicle weights while
maintaining safety, and increasing fast-charge rates. As part of this process and
to inspire and recruit the best and brightest American scientists, engineers, and
businesses to tackle this electric vehicle grand challenge Secretary Chu and the
Department of Energy will be organizing a series of EV-Everywhere Challenge
workshops across the country over the next few months.
Quelle
→
Fokus China
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/china
http://www.doe.gov/articles/president-obama-launches-ev-everywhere-challengepart-energy-department-s-clean-energy
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für China im Internationalen Büro
Fokus USA
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/usa
Dr. Frank Stiller (Forschung), Tel. 0228/3821-1408, [email protected]
Dr. Xiaomeng Shen (Bildung) Tel. 0228/3821-1419, [email protected]
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für USA im Internationalen Büro
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Wirtschaft und Märkte im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
FuE-Budgets

Schlagworte
Energie, Wirtschaft und Märkte

China
Another Bumper Year for Chinese Science
Mara Hvistendahl reports for ScienceInsider that “in a draft budget released […]
at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress, China has
earmarked 32.45 billion yuan ($ 5.14 billion) for basic research in 2012 – up
26 % from last year's appropriation. Overall, central government spending on
science and technology is slated to rise 12.4 %, to 228.54 billion yuan ($ 36.23
billion). Scientists will also benefit from a 24 % jump in funding for Project 985
and Project 211, which funnel money to elite universities.”
Quelle
→
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/03/another-bumper-year-forchinese-.html
Report on China's Economic and Social Development Plan (Englisch; Volltext)
→ http://www.china.org.cn/china/NPC_CPPCC_2012/201203/14/content_24893766.htm
NPC and CPPCC Sessions 2012 on China.org.cn (Englisch)
→ http://www.china.org.cn/china/NPC_CPPCC_2012/node_7148996.htm
China's Solar and Wind Power Industries Put on Hold?
Hao Xin reports for ScienceInsider that Premier Wen Jiabao announced at the
opening session of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress
(NPC), that China "will put an end to blind expansion in industries such as solar
energy and wind power". Although some analysts think that “the government is
planning to put the brakes on the country's rapidly growing renewable energy
sector […] that may not be what the government meant.” According to Hao Xin
“delegates to the NPC and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) […] broke into sessions to discuss [Wen’s Government Work]
report. At one such session, Qian Zhimin, deputy director of China's National
Energy Administration, told his fellow CPPCC delegates that solar energy and
wind power will continue to play a major role in China's economy and in the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report on CPPCC's Web
site.”
Quelle
→
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/03/chinas-booming-solar-and-windse.html
Report on China's Economic and Social Development Plan (Englisch; Volltext)
→ http://www.china.org.cn/china/NPC_CPPCC_2012/201203/14/content_24893766.htm
NPC and CPPCC Sessions 2012 on China.org.cn (Englisch)
→ http://www.china.org.cn/china/NPC_CPPCC_2012/node_7148996.htm
In terms of patent applications received, China was second to only the US, and
accounted for a fifth of international patenting activity. By contrast, India
represented just 4 % of such activity.
Fokus China
In April 2005, China issued national standards for nanotechnology and set up
material specification standards. It also created committees to oversee technical
standards and health, safety and environment institutions, the paper found.
Schlagworte
Energie, Umwelt, Rahmenbedingungen
Research in China has been more "sophisticated" than India, the study said,
focusing on nano-materials and their applications. Indian research, the paper
says, "shows a healthy trend towards addressing developmental problems" such
as nanotechnology-based water solutions, drug delivery and the environment,
although the authors noted that this is a preliminary assessment.

Quelle
China 'Soaring Ahead' in Nanotechnology Research
China has emerged as a major nanotechnology player, but India is still working
to catch up – and both countries have some ground to cover before they can
hope to dominate the world of journals and citations, according to a paper in the
February issue of Scientometrics. The study, led by Sujit Bhattacharya at the
National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies in New Delhi (NISTADS), measured progress made by China and India in nanotechnology
research using four indicators: publications, patents, standards, and the
processes and products that have emerged as a result of research.
China's share of published nanotechnology papers soared from less than 10 %
of the global total in 2000, to nearly a quarter by 2009, overtaking the United
States. By contrast, India was occupying seventh place. However, neither was
well-represented in the top three nanotechnology research journals, and although Chinese representation in high-quality journals was rising, its researchers were well behind the European Union and the United States in attracting
citations.
→
http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/nanotechnology/news/china-soaringahead-in-nanotechnology-research.html
China and India: The two new players in the nanotechnology race (Abstract)
→ http://www.akademiai.com/content/l60518387804681v/
Fokus China
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Indikatorik im VDI Technologiezentrum
Schlagworte
Schlüsseltechnologien, Indikatorik

World Bank Report on China Calls for University Autonomy
A major World Bank report on China has called for universities to be given more
autonomy by the state. This is key if they are to make a substantial contribution
to innovation that would drive economic growth and enable China to leap the
difficult hurdle from being a middle-income to a high-income country by 2030.
Innovation would be key to future growth as the rapid economic growth of the
past few decades begins to slow, said the report “China 2030: Building a modern, harmonious and creative high-income society”, published in February 2012.
To this end China must improve the quality of research in its universities, give
institutions more autonomy and link up researchers in national and international
R&D networks. It must also allow in more international branch campuses in collaboration with domestic universities, in order to develop international standards
of management of universities, the report said, suggesting that international
institutions could help impart such standards.
The report, seen as a groundbreaking overview of the Chinese economy and a
blueprint for its future direction, was drawn up by the World Bank in collaboration
with the Development Research Centre. The centre describes itself as a thinktank although it reports to China’s State Council, roughly equivalent to cabinet.
This suggests that the report’s findings have been endorsed at the highest levels
of government.
The China 2030 report includes a significant section on how China can maintain
growth through technology and innovation – an area in which the higher education system will have a key role to play. China is already turning to innovation as
a means of shoring up rapid growth – which has averaged an astonishing 10 %
a year over the past 30 years – but the report points out that the bulk of R&D is
conducted by the government and state enterprises and often seems “divorced
from the real needs of the economy”.
It said China’s innovation objectives would depend on the quality of its skilled
workers. It predicts that the number of college graduates could swell by
200 million over the next two decades, more than the entire labour force of the
United States at around 155 million. However, “the quality of tertiary education is
a matter of concern, and employers are experiencing a serious shortage of
skills,” it said. “To address this shortfall, China needs to further accelerate governance reform in universities, giving them greater autonomy while, at the
same time, tightening ethical standards in research.” It added: “The best universities must be allowed to mobilise funding and appoint faculty that ensure highquality, cross-disciplinary postgraduate and postdoctoral programmes. They also
need to develop innovative approaches to imparting knowledge and analytical
skills and set up well-staffed specialised research institutes […] In this regard,
China should encourage leading foreign universities to set up campuses in China jointly with domestic universities and impart modern governance standards,
teaching methods, and research management.”
The report argued China also needed to develop research networks both nationally and internationally and improve R&D quality, which is often low. “China
has seen a sharp rise in scientific patents and published papers, but few have
commercial relevance and even fewer have translated into new products or exports,” with the exception of telecommunications and consumer electronics, the
report said. It added that China needed to “shift away from targeted attempts at
developing specific new technologies” and instead develop the kind of institutions that produce innovation. “Research institutes may not be capturing opportunities to leverage their capabilities by networking within the country and connecting with global R&D networks,” the report said.
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Download
The World Bank: China 2030 – Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative HighIncome Society (full report)
→ http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/China-2030complete.pdf
Supporting Report 2: China’s Growth through Technological Convergence and Innovation
(pages 161-228 of the full report)
→ http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/SR2--161-228.pdf
we're facing. By strengthening elite Danish research, we are also strengthening
growth in Denmark in the long-term. We are showing our appreciation of the
recipients with these awards and encouraging them to continue their important
work”, says Morten Østergaard.
The World Bank: China
→ http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china
Fokus China
The five EliteForsk award recipients are:
•
Anja Boisen, 44, professor at DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark
•
Frederik C. Krebs, 42, professor at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable
Energy, Technical University of Denmark
•
Hans Bräuner-Osborne, 44, professor at Department of Molecular Drug
Research, University of Copenhagen
•
Matthias Kriesell, 43, professor at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), University of Southern Denmark
•
Peter Norman Sørensen, 43, professor at Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Schlagworte
Innovation, Hochschulen, Rahmenbedingungen

Dänemark
Research Elite Honoured with Awards
Five of the most talented young researchers in the country received an EliteForsk research award of DKK 1.2 million, of which DKK 200,000 is a personal
award and DKK 1 million is to go towards research activities.
Danish research received some well-served encouragement when HRH Prince
Joachim and Higher Education Minister Morten Østergaard presented the five
EliteForsk awards.
Quelle
→
http://en.fivu.dk/press/2012/research-elite-honoured-with-awards
Fokus Dänemark
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/daenemark
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Dänemark im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Hans-Peter Niller, Tel. 0228/3821-1468, [email protected]
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Förderung im VDI Technologiezentrum
The awards were presented shortly after the EU's research and innovation ministers had gathered in Copenhagen to host informal discussions on what will be
the world's largest research programme Horizon 2020.
“Europe's future is dependant on research and innovation. The EliteForsk
awards honour some of our finest young researchers and research itself. We are
in the middle of an economic crisis and it is crucial that we create future jobs in
Denmark and Europe. Research cooperation with Europe and the rest of the
world plays a significant role in solving many of the great societal challenges
Schlagworte
Förderung

Denmark: Innovation Strategy Will Create Jobs and
Growth
The government has initiated an intensive process that will lead to the country's
first, collective and ambitious innovation strategy later this year, which will significantly reduce the turnaround from public investments in research, development, innovation and education to growth and job creation in the labour market.
There are global challenges such as climate change, energy resources and
changing demographics and Denmark is not immune. It has its own problems
with productivity and slow growth.
The government believes that translating new ideas to innovative solutions can
provide many answers – including for job creation and dealing with large societal
challenges.
“Our investments in research, innovation and education must result in growth
and employment for the benefit of society. Denmark will be a country of solutions
and the innovation strategy will be an expression of liberation from existing
frameworks and conventional thinking”, says Higher Education Minister Morten
Østergaard.
The government has appointed a cross-ministerial coordination group and in the
coming months, the government will initiate a larger analysis with help from the
EU and invite companies, organisations, experts, public institutions and other
stakeholders to participate in the debate about what Denmark can and must do
to locate unique Danish innovation potential and needs.
Minister for Business and Growth Ole Sohn says: “A great innovation capacity is
about companies getting the best framework for utilising future sources of innovation. It requires the engagement of universities, knowledge institutions and the
public and private sectors in the future global innovation network. And it requires
us daring to focus on areas where Denmark has unique strengths or an edge
compared to others, just as we should also focus on some of the societal challenges where we are most likely to find solutions. We must be more goaloriented and dare to prioritise.”
Furthermore, the innovation strategy will strengthen innovation capacity and put
entrepreneurship on the agenda in the education sector, while schemes and
instruments will also be reviewed.
The public research budget for 2012 is approximately DKK 19.3 billion, which is
the equivalent of about 1 % of Denmark's GDP.
The government is defining some guidelines in advance that aim to prioritise
greater ventures in areas where Denmark has particular strengths and the necessary prerequisites for finding solutions to societal challenges. The strategy will
also outline a plan for more thorough innovation partnerships between the public
sector, knowledge institutions and private businesses.
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“We must utilise our strong public sector as a driver of innovation. The education
system, research, welfare area, climate effort, public procurement, laws and
regulations can make a crucial difference when challenges must be turned into
solutions, and when potential must be turned into new jobs and growth in the
private sector. We must create incentives, freedom and opportunities so that
researchers, companies and public institutions can utilise the public sector as an
innovation lab”, says Morten Østergaard.
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Dänemark im Internationalen Büro
→
http://en.fivu.dk/press/2012/innovation-strategy-will-create-jobs-and-growth
Fokus Dänemark
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/daenemark
Schlagworte
Innovation, Wirtschaft und Märkte

Finnland
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Finnland im Internationalen Büro
Tekes Has Had a Significant Impact on Finnish Innovations
Tekes has participated in the funding of more than 60 % of Finnish innovations.
In 80 % of these cases, Tekes’ role has been significant.
An innovation is a new product, service or method that produces economic or
social benefit. A report compiled by the Technical Research Centre of Finland
(VTT) shows that Tekes has had a particularly significant role in the birth of new
innovations with major novelty value aimed at the international market. The development work related to the birth of these challenging innovations often takes
a long time.
”Creating new innovations is especially important in today’s world since innovations will secure Finland's competitiveness and success in the future,” says Director General Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara from Tekes.
The SfinPact report is based on the Sfinno database that contains approximately
5,000 Finnish innovations. The database that has been collected by VTT is a
globally unique innovation database that enables researchers to examine Finnish innovation activities and policies over decades. The results are based on a
representative sample, since almost 1,000 people responsible for the development of innovations have answered the survey.
”Social impact and examining it in a transparent manner are an important part of
Tekes’ responsibility. It is important that Finns know what Tekes does and what
kinds of impacts its activities have on society,” says Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara.
Quelle
→
http://www.tekes.fi/en/community/News/482/News/1344?name=Tekes+has+had+a+
significant+impact+on+Finnish+innovations
Fokus Finnland
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/finnland
Schlagworte
Innovation, Evaluation

Indien
India to Boost Science Collaboration With Africa
India and Africa have agreed to boost scientific collaboration at a high-level
meeting of science ministers from both countries. At talks in Delhi this month
(2 March), the ministers identified four areas for closer ties: capacity building;
science, technology and innovation for development; knowledge transfer and
adoption; and identifying common
research priorities for the future.
India's growing interest in strengthening
They agreed to set up a range of
science ties has been reflected in the launch
of an Africa-India S&T Cooperation Initiative
collaborative strategies including
in New Delhi in 2008, a separate S&T procreating fellowships for African regramme between India and the African Union
searchers in India and exchange
launched in 2010, and the annual C. V. Ravisits, the holding of joint workshops,
man fellowships, also launched in 2010, to
and measures to foster new acaenable African scientists to undertake redemic and industrial links. They also
search at research institutes and universities
in India.
agreed to jointly strengthen selected
African institutions, to begin over the
next three years with the Institute
Pasteur in Tunisia, Benin's Institute for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and
the School of Science and Technology of Masuku in Gabon.
On the sidelines of the conference, ministers from Mozambique signed a memorandum of understanding with India's National Innovation Foundation (NIF) to
help Mozambique establish a similar foundation that would identify and assist
grassroots innovations. NIF chair Anil Gupta told SciDev.Net the foundation was
also in talks with Botswana, Eritrea, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, which
had expressed interest in replicating the NIF model.
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renewal and innovation. The collaboration between science and industry takes
centre stage in this and participating businesses will be asked to make extra
investments.
NWO’s proposals fit within its national role in the Dutch research and innovation
system: the funding of excellent scientific research on the basis of open and
national competition and ensuring that the results of this benefit society.
http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/south-southcooperation/news/india-to-boost-science-collaboration-with-africa.html
Together with hundreds of scientists, representatives from NWO have contributed their expertise to all top teams. Besides the plans per top sector, the NWO
plans also contain proposals for cross-sectoral themes such as social innovation
and ICT. All of the top teams agree that fundamental scientific research, including curiosity driven, response-mode research, is an important pillar for sustainable economic growth.
Joint India-Africa declaration (02.03.2012)
→ http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=080683
India-Africa Science and Technology Initiative
→ http://www.indiafrica-sti.in
National Innovation Foundation India (NIF)
→ http://www.nif.org.in/
Fokus Indien
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/indien
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Indien im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Martin Goller, Tel. 0228/3821-1407, [email protected]
The total package of the proposed investment plans for 2012-2013 contains over
225 million euros of NWO funding. Most of this will be invested in public-private
partnerships. With this NWO is making a substantial contribution to the funding
needed to make the top sector policy a success. NWO’s contribution also creates the conditions needed for an effective cofunding by the private sector and
NWO is now calling upon businesses to do just that.
Schlagworte
Bildung, Fachkräfte, Innovation, Foresight, Internationalisierung

Niederlande
NWO Presents Its Plans for the Top Sector Policy
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has presented its
plans for a substantial contribution to the top sectors policy of the Dutch cabinet.
The plans contain a broad package of activities for the next few years with which
NWO will link science to the strategic research and innovation agendas that
have been compiled for the nine top sectors. In the current financial economic
situation, science definitely has a crucial role to play as a source and motor for
NWO states that it is and remains an organisation for the entire spectrum of
science and, therefore, it must be able to continue to make use of the full range
of funding instruments. Nevertheless the release of funds for the top sectors will
have consequences for the size of existing funding programmes. For 2012-2013
this means a clear shift in the funding from response-mode research to investments in themes.
The investments in the top sectors that are being required from NWO place a
considerable demand on its financial possibilities. According to NWO chair Jos
Engelen, NWO has pulled out all the stops in this area for the time being. However, extra investments in the future will also most certainly be needed if damage to the Dutch knowledge and innovation system is to be prevented.
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http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8RHEUV_Eng
direct impact on policy and are therefore politically sensitive. For this type of
study in particular, it is very useful that TNO can make use of the knowledge
base built during research programmes.
Fokus Niederlande
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/niederlande
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für die Niederlande im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Förderung, Innovation

TNO to Advise European Parliament on Innovation Policy
A consortium led by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has been selected to advise the European Parliament for the next
four years. The framework contract involves studies on innovation policy, industry policy, SME policy and the Information Society.
Govert Gijsbers of TNO: "The first study for the European Parliament under the
new framework contract will assess the impact of the financial crisis on small
and medium-sized enterprises, and in particular the possibilities for job creation
within the SME sector. We are looking at how the crisis is affecting SMEs,
evaluating measures taken by the public sector and social partners, and making
policy recommendations". This research is also relevant for the Netherlands: the
SME sector is responsible for more than three-quarters of the growth in jobs
since 2002. It is also important to strengthen the position of SMEs in (top) sectors such as the creative industry, but also in retail, where the crisis is coinciding
with an increase in sales via the internet.
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http://www.tno.nl/content.cfm?context=overtno&content=nieuwsbericht&laag1=37&la
ag2=2&item_id=2012-02-29%2012:14:42.0
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The European Parliament commissions independent studies as preparation for
debates with the European Commission. The studies focus on the economic,
social and environmental effects of policy proposals (impact assessment). Items
on the policy agenda include the deployment of ICT to deal with societal challenges such as energy and drinking water, new financial measures to stimulate
innovation, and instruments that contribute to the specialisation of European
regions: excellence rather than duplication. Because the effects of European
policy vary from region to regions, TNO is working with Joanneum Research
(Austria), the Danish Technological Institute, WIK (Germany), and scientists
from Belgium and Spain.
TNO has conducted various studies for the European Parliament in recent
years, for example on the regulation of the internet (net neutrality) and the economic power of Asia. Two weeks ago, a study of privacy and internet innovation
was published, entitled “Does it help or hinder? Promotion of innovation on the
Internet and citizens’ right to privacy”. The studies have a
Studie “Does it help or hinder? Promotion of innovation on the Internet and citizens’ right
to privacy”
→ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/fr/studiesdownload.html?languageDocum
ent=EN&file=65871
Fokus Niederlande
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/niederlande
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für die Niederlande im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Rahmenbedingungen, KMU, Internationalisierung

Norwegen
Fokus Norwegen
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/norwegen
Linking Services, Research and Education: New Programme for Health and Welfare Services
The Norwegian Government is proposing to launch a new programme under the
auspices of the Research Council of Norway to enhance research on health and
welfare services. The programme is also intended to provide the institutions
offering educational programmes in health and social services with a broader
foundation in research-based knowledge. The proposal is presented in the new
white paper on education for welfare.
The Government emphasises that the programme must seek to maintain close
ties between health and welfare services, researchers and relevant educational
programmes. Preparations for the programme will include an assessment of how
the programme can draw on existing experience with four-party cooperation, in
which the users comprise a fourth, and crucial, party.
“The Research Council takes a very positive view of the proposal for a new programme. It complements our own new main priority area “Healthy and active for
many years”. This is the largest of the five areas we are prioritising in the Research Council’s budget proposals for 2013,” says Jesper Simonsen, Executive
Director of the Division for Society and Health at the Research Council.
Mr Simonsen emphasises that the Research Council has widespread experience with practice-oriented R&D activities through its Programme for Practicebased Education Research (PRAKUT).
“Practice-based knowledge development ensures a stronger connection between professional education and professional practice. The knowledge triangle
of research, education and practice is essential for the further development of
various types of social services,” says Mr Simonsen.
Quelle
→
http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/New_programme_for_health_and_welf
are_services/1253973522761?WT.mc_id=nyhetsbrev-ForskningsradetEngelsk
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Norwegen im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Lebenswissenschaften, Rahmenbedingungen

New White Paper on Research in the Works:Clear Priorities and Adjusted Thematic Priority Areas
The Norwegian Government has begun work on a new white paper on research,
to be presented to the Storting (Norwegian national assembly) in spring 2013.
The Research Council of Norway has provided a number of recommendations in
its input to the report. The Research Council’s submission identifies the most
important challenges and proposes more targeted thematic priority areas.
The Research Council’s submission affirms that the Norwegian research and
innovation system functions well overall. Budget allocations have grown relatively steadily over the years, the number of publications and international coauthorships has risen, and the number of completed doctoral degrees continues
to climb. In addition, Norway is taking an increasingly active role in international
cooperation, and more and more women are pursuing research as a career.
This positive picture is confirmed by international subject-specific evaluations,
which show that Norwegian research is in the forefront in many areas.
“Access to resources for research is a crucial issue. More resources are needed
to achieve our high aspirations. But it is equally important to assess whether the
resources are being used effectively enough and whether we are able to attract
and retain the most talented researchers,” says Mr Hallén.
The Research Council is concerned that the new white paper on research conveys that knowledge and research policy is essential to many areas of society
and that the Government must therefore regard research as a key policy area. A
country with a high level of welfare and cost of living needs to increase its capacity to innovate. The special features of the Norwegian industrial structure
make Norway especially dependent on rapid-paced innovation. In turn, this
means that Norway must draw on the global knowledge front. On the other
hand, as a wealthy nation, Norway has a responsibility to do its part in developing the knowledge needed to cope with common, global challenges.
A total of five areas stand out. According to Mr Hallén, all of these have their
basis in the overall societal challenges (global challenges, value creation, and
challenges to the welfare society).
“We need to promote more research and more research-based innovation in
Norwegian industry. This requires a broad, high-quality knowledge base and
open channels of communication between the research institutions and the rest
of the innovation system. One of the measures we propose for increasing research-based innovation in industry is expansion of the SkatteFUNN tax deduction scheme,” explains Mr Hallén.
The Research Council sees a need for new measures to retain the best researchers in the university and university college sector. This means it is important to offer career paths that are better suited to individual needs and provide
more attractive workplaces.
“In particular, it is crucial to implement measures that can improve people’s
prospects for permanent employment. These may range from using temporary
external financing to fund permanent positions to increasing mobility in and out
of the higher education sector and working to change the culture surrounding
appointments to positions. The Research Council also thinks it would be interesting to test out measures such as career grants and career counselling, based
on the experience of countries it is natural to compare ourselves with,” says Mr
Hallén.
By identifying research-based innovation in the public sector as a separate target area in research policy, more attention will be focused on the need for innovation in this sector. According to the Research Council, more attention must be
directed towards the public sector’s needs and challenges, and how these
should serve a guideline for research policy, so as to better incorporate this line
of thinking into research policy priorities.
The white paper on research should contain specific, quantifiable growth targets
for research in general. It is important to build confidence that the authorities are
committed to investing in research. The Research Council proposes that the
state increases allocations to research by at least NOK 1 billion annually during
the time-frame of the white paper until the target of national investments of one
percent of GDP is reached. It is also recommended that the target of a total investment in research of three percent of GDP should be retained as a long-term
goal.
“Public expenditures for research in Norway are already high in relation to the
population, but only moderate in relation to the country’s value creation. It is the
Research Council’s view that Norway’s challenges and financial strength indicate that an increase in investment is in order. There are many good reasons for
investing in research and knowledge. Such investments cannot go wrong,” Mr
Hallén concludes.
Quelle
→
http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/Clear_priorities_and_adjusted_themati
c_priority_areas/1253973484622?WT.mc_id=nyhetsbrev-ForskningsradetEngelsk
Fokus Norwegen
Schlagworte
In many cases, there are not sufficient incentives to invest in research and innovation that will have an impact on the Norwegian public sector.
Rahmenbedingungen, Evaluation

Research Council of Norway: Nearly 5,000 Grant Applications in 2011
The Research Council of Norway administered six deadline-based funding
rounds in 2011. Altogether, 113 separate calls for proposals were issued and a
total of 4,816 grant applications were received. This does not include the active
calls with open-ended deadlines to which grant applications are submitted all
year round. The largest number of grant applications (1,675) was submitted for
the main deadline in June. Funding opportunities for independent projects, mobility grants and projects on new forms of energy were the most popularly
sought.
A whopping 435 applications for funding for independent projects in Medicine,
Health Sciences and Biology were received in June 2011. Twenty-five of these
projects were awarded grants totalling NOK 178 million. Two hundred and fortyfour applications for funding for independent projects in Mathematics, Physical
Science and Technology were submitted for the same deadline. Seventeen of
these shared a funding pot of NOK 115 million.
The number of applicants for international scholarships was very high as well.
As many as 377 grant applications were submitted by the February deadline of
the YGGDRASIL mobility programme (IS-MOBIL) for research stays in Norway
for PhD students and researchers from abroad, while 112 were submitted to the
Leiv Eiriksson mobility programme for bilateral researcher exchange (IS-BILAT).
The large-scale programme Clean Energy for the Future (RENERGI) received a
total of 280 grant applications in response to calls issued for three separate
deadlines in 2011.
Quelle
→
http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/Nearly_5_000_grant_applications_in_
2011/1253973915715?WT.mc_id=nyhetsbrev-ForskningsradetEngelsk
Fokus Norwegen
Schlagworte
Förderung

Österreich
Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria erhält
Zusage über eine Milliarde Euro
Im Rahmen eines Pressegesprächs gaben im vergangnen Monat (22. Februar)
die Bundesministerin für Finanzen, Dr. Maria Fekter, der Bundesminister für
Wissenschaft und Forschung, Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle, und der Landeshauptmann des Landes Niederösterreich, Dr. Erwin Pröll, die Einigung über den weiteren Ausbau der Spitzenforschungseinrichtung Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria bekannt. Der Ausbau im Zeitraum 2017 bis 2026 erfolgt durch
eine Vereinbarung gemäß Art. 15a Bundesverfassungsgesetz zwischen Bund
und Land Niederösterreich, die demnächst in den Ministerrat eingebracht wird,
anschließend liegt sie Nationalrat und Landtag zur Genehmigung vor.
Der Bund investiert gemäß dem Verhandlungsergebnis mit dem Land Niederösterreich von 2017 bis 2026 im Schnitt 65,8 Millionen Euro pro Jahr; hinzu kommen maximal 16,6 Millionen Euro jährlich bei erfolgreicher Drittmitteleinwerbung
sowie maximal 16,6 Millionen Euro jährlich, die an forschungsimmanente Qualitätskriterien gebunden sind.
Laut dem Präsidenten des IST Austria, Prof. Thomas A. Henzinger, werde es
mit der bekannt gegebenen Einigung zwischen Bund und Land über den weiteren Ausbau nach 2015 möglich, neben Evolutionsbiologie, Zellbiologie und Biophysik, Neurowissenschaft und Computerwissenschaft weitere Forschungscluster etwa aus den Bereichen Physik, Mathematik oder Chemie zu etablieren. Den
Spitzenforscherinnen und -forschern könnten jetzt langfristige Perspektiven geboten werden. Bis 2027 sollen somit 90 bis 100 Forschungsgruppen mit rund
1000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Klosterneuburg tätig werden
und damit IST Austria im weltweiten Spitzenfeld der Wissenschaft etablieren.
Quelle
→
http://ist.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Press_release/2012_press_releases/1202
22_FuturePKFinalDoc_de.pdf
einem Nichtmitgliedsstaat zu einem Mitgliedsstaat der ESA behandeln und
Maßnahmen diskutieren, die aufstrebende Staaten ergreifen können, um der
Industrie und wissenschaftlichen Organisationen zu helfen, im Wettbewerbsumfeld der ESA zu überleben. Angesichts der bereits existierenden Maßnahmen,
die eine Annäherung an die ESA unterstützen, gibt es Fragen zu beantworten,
wie etwa die bestehenden Werkzeuge von den nationalen Akteuren bestmöglich
eingesetzt werden können.
Das European Space Policy Institute ESPI ist eine europäische Denkfabrik für
Weltraumpolitik und zentrales europäisches Forum für strategische Weltraumfragen. Es entwickelt Langzeitstrategien zur Positionierung Europas in der
Raumfahrt. Die FFG ist Gründungsmitglied von ESPI.
IST Austria
→ http://www.ist.ac.at
Fokus Österreich
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/oesterreich
Quelle
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Österreich im Internationalen Büro
→
Dr. Ulrike Kunze, Tel. 0228/3821-1483, [email protected]
Download
Programm
→ http://www.ffg.at/sites/default/files/esa_enlargement_draft_programme_1.pdf
Schlagworte
FuE-Budgets, FuE-Infrastruktur
ESPI
→ http://www.espi.or.at/

http://www.ffg.at/espi-workshop-esa-enlargement
ESPI Workshop zur ESA-Erweiterung
Fokus Österreich
Unter dem Titel “What interested countries can do to prepare themselves for
ultimate accession” veranstaltet das Europäische Institut für Weltraumpolitik
(ESPI) gemeinsam mit der Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
(FFG) am 23. März 2012 im European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Wien
einen Workshop.
Ziel des Workshops ist es, eine Diskussionsplattform für die Frage zu schaffen,
wie der Beitrittsprozess neuer Mitgliedsstaaten der ESA erleichtert werden kann.
Die Veranstaltung wird sich mit den strategischen Elementen der ESA Erweiterung und der Entwicklung nachhaltiger satellitenbasierter Anwendungen auseinandersetzen. Der Workshop wird außerdem den schwierigen Übergang von
Raumfahrt, Internationalisierung
Schlagworte

Joint Workshop on Smart Specialisation Strategies
Smart Specialisation Strategies are important for designing regional economic
and innovation strategies as well as for a sustainable competitiveness of European regions. The European Commission (DG Regio) supports such developments with instruments like the S3-Platform. In cooperation with the BMWF
(Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research), the OECD (Working Party
on Innovation and Technology Policy, TIP) and the European Commission (JRCIPTS, S3 Platform), Upper Austria hosts a joint workshop on Smart Specialisation Strategies on 28 March 2012 in Linz.
This joint workshop brings together policy makers, academia and experts from
different countries and regions in the context of smart specialization strategies
(S3) for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Key goals of the workshop are:
•
The “Self-Assessment tool” proposed by AT Delegation with the support of
Joaneum Institute to assist regions in the development of their “smart” innovation strategies: how to use and how to link it to governance and case
study modules.
•
The “IPTS-S3 Guide: the novelties of the RIS3 approach”.
•
Thus the workshop offers the opportunity to get in touch with the S3 concept
and its instruments (S3 Guide, Self Assessment Tool, …).
Quelle
→
http://www.danube-region.eu/item/268407
Download
Programm
→ http://files.groupspaces.com/EUStrategyfortheDanubeRegion/files/339355/h3xoNWl
Q3ZLt9aAeERh5/S3+JWS+Linz+28+March+Agenda+draft.pdf
ESPI
→ http://www.espi.or.at/
Fokus Österreich
Schlagworte
Innovation

Rumänien
Nationalbehörde ANCS legt Zwischenevaluation der FEuIPolitik vor
Die rumänische Nationalbehörde für Wissenschaftliche Forschung (ANCS) hat
die nationale Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Innovations-(FEuI-)Strategie für
die Phase 2007 bis 2013 einer planmäßigen externen Zwischenevaluation unterzogen. Umgesetzt wurde die Evaluation von einer Evaluatorengruppe unter
Führung der Technopolis Group Austria, Wien, mit Beteiligung von FM Management Consultancy, Bukarest, GEA Strategy & Consulting, Bukarest, und der
Technischen Universität Wien. Der Bericht der beauftragten Organisationen ist
im Januar abgeschlossen worden und nunmehr auf der ANCS-Homepage veröffentlicht.
Der Bericht „Mid-Term Evaluation of the National Strategy and of the National
RD&I Plan 2007-13“ unterzieht die Entwicklung des rumänischen FEuI-Systems
und die FEuI-Strategie für 2007 bis 2013 einer kritischen Würdigung. So sei in
Rumänien wie in anderen EU-Beitrittsländern ein Westeuropa nachempfundenes FEuI-System installiert worden, mit entsprechenden Programmen, Agenturen und Begleitgremien. Dabei griffen moderne Foresight-, Monitor- und Evaluationsprozesse ineinander. Das so entstandene System erweise sich aber zunehmend als zu komplex, die erwarteten Effekte werden nicht in gewünschtem
Maße und gewünschter Zeit erreicht.
Auf Basis von Daten- und Dokumentenanalysen sowie von Fokusgruppendiskussionen und Einzelinterviews mit Forschungsakteuren analysierten die
Evaluatoren die Zwischenresultate der nationalen FEuI-Strategie 2007-2013
sowie des damit verbundenen 2. Nationalplans für FEuI. Sie gelangen dabei
u. a. zu folgenden Schlussfolgerungen und Empfehlungen:
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Evaluation im VDI Technologiezentrum
•
Die Kohärenz aus strategischen Vorgaben, Projektauswahl- und Evaluationskriterien ist zu stärken.
Evaluation
•
Überlappungen der Umsetzungszuständigkeiten zwischen Gremienorganisationen und Umsetzungsagenturen sind zu vermeiden.
Schweden
•
Eine institutionelle Stärkung der Forschungseinrichtungen und Ermöglichung umfänglicherer Projekte ist anzuzielen.
Kerstin Hesselgren Professor and Olof Palme Professor
Appointed for 2012
•
Die Fokussierung thematischer Prioritäten auf etwa Landwirtschaft, Gesundheit und Energie ist anzustreben.
•
Nutzungsmöglichkeiten von EU-Fördermitteln
Zielsetzungen sind einzubeziehen.
Nelly Stromquist, professor of sociology, will be the holder of the Kerstin Hesselgren professorship for 2012. The 2012 Olof Palme professorship will be held by
Paul K Huth, who is a professor of political science. Both Nelly Stromquist and
Paul K Huth work at the University of Maryland, USA.
und
langfristige
EU-
Auf Basis des Evaluationsberichts startet ab Ende Juni 2012 eine Phase der
Strategierevision mit einer ersten Konferenz in Bukarest, zu der Vertreter von
Technopolis eingeladen sind.
Quellen
→
→
http://www.ancs.ro/uploads/organizare/mid_termevaluation/mte_national_strategy_plan_final_report_2012_01_23.pdf
http://www.technopolis-group.com/cms.cgi/site/news/index.htm
Englischsprachige Homepage der Nationalbehörde für Wissenschaftliche Forschung
(ANCS)
→ http://www.ancs.ro/en
FEuI-Strategie und Nationalplan II
→ http://www.mct.ro/img/files_up/1188316504strategia%20eng.pdf
→ http://www.mct.ro/img/files_up/1188313586PN2%20eng.pdf
Fokus Rumänien
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/rumaenien
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Rumänien im Internationalen Büro
Dr. Ralf Hagedorn, Tel. 0228/3821-1492, [email protected]
Schlagworte

Nelly Stromquist, who will be stationed at the Department of Sociology, Lund
University, specializes in social change and gender. Her research focus has
been on the dynamics of educational policy, gender relations, and justice, especially in Latin America. She has garnered many awards for her teaching and her
research. Currently Nelly Stromquist is working on a book about the educational
strategy proposed by the World Bank for 2020. She has previously worked for
e.g. SIDA and UNESCO.
Paul K Huth, who will be stationed at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, has made major contributions as a peace researcher, focusing on e.g. escalation processes and problems of deterrence. He
has played a leading role in research on inter-state territorial disputes and conflict resolution. At present Paul K Huth is pursuing research on violence in civil
armed conflicts. This research builds on the pioneering work he did in the early
2000s on the humanitarian consequences of wars, including their long-term impact on public health.
Quelle
→
http://www.vr.se/inenglish/fromus/news/news2012/news2012/kerstinhesselgrenprofe
ssorandolofpalmeprofessorappointedfor2012.5.13384c8f135aad61b55a51.html
and private actors, aimed at finding solutions to continue vital Life Science operations in Sweden.
Fokus Schweden
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/schweden
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Schweden im Internationalen Büro
Schlagworte
Förderung

VINNOVA Director-General Proposes Life Science Partnership
Following AstraZeneca's closure in Södertälje the business, academic and
healthcare communities gave their outlook on future research and development
in innovation. Given the right initiatives, the Swedish pharmaceutical research
and industry can go on developing. These were the conclusions of an SVTtelevised hearing at the Sheraton, convened by VINNOVA.
Swedish government coordinator Lars Leijonborg now has about three months
to tie up the initiatives following AstraZeneca’s closure and keep its research
expertise in Sweden. The move comes following an announcement by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca that research in Södertälje was to be discontinued; a
move involving the disappearance of 1,200 Swedish jobs.
There is a global trend for major corporations to cut back on expensive in-house
research, investing instead in partnerships to develop promising projects in
smaller biotech firms and with research and innovation milieus. What are the
consequences for Sweden as an innovation and knowledge-based nation and
what needs to be done to salvage the current situation and move forward?
Former research minister Leijonborg opened the way for foreign investment and
partnerships and perhaps also public funds. He also outlined his talks with public
"This isn’t a ‘magic bullet’ for the pharmaceutical industry. The reason for appointing a special coordinator in this case is because of Astra’s special role in
Swedish Life Science research. With AstraZeneca now cutting back heavily in
Sweden, a large and important part of the drug development ecosystem is being
yanked away. It’s vital that sections of this research should be able to continue
in some form and with renewed structures. We must find ways to compensate
for this loss,” he said.
Although Sweden has long topped
international rankings as an innovation nation, a vital share of overall
industrial research is now disappearing. Anders Ekblom, head of AstraZeneca Sweden said that Sweden
will have to decide how to profile
itself.
VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental
Agency for Innovation Systems, invests in
research and strengthens Sweden’s innovative capacity for competitiveness, sustainable
development and growth. Its efforts range
from programmes for R&D projects in small
companies and at universities, to long-term
development of strong research and innovation environments that attract R&D investment and expertise from around the world. Its
efforts are based on cooperation and cofinancing with industry, academia and the
public sector.
"We can't be best in the world in
every research field and we can’t
directly compare ourselves with Life
Science in, say, the UK. The milieu
and lab in Södertälje will be used by others, just as in Lund. We believe partnerships are the way forward, not corporate mergers, he said.
Jan Andersson, vice president of Karolinska Institutet is keen to be involved with
the others in taking over Södertälje. Maybe the Life Science sector in Sweden
needs its own research Institute?
“Sweden's strengths lie in good biobanks, records, joined-up healthcare and
skilled researchers. There’s far more clinical research than clinical trials, so we
should prioritise and focus on trials and treatment research in those areas where
we can be internationally competitive." Birgir Jacobsson, a hospital director,
agreed that the university hospitals have been compelled to prioritise care pro-
duction over research. "By bringing together experts from research, healthcare
and companies, we can strengthen Sweden's position," he said.
Südafrika
"Sweden must dare to invest in elite researchers; Swedish as well as foreign
ones. VINNOVA represents a good, efficient version of state aid, said Eugen
Steiner from Partner HealthCap.
South Africa Signs Higher Education Agreement with Cuba
Charlotte Brogren, Director General of VINNOVA, issued a challenge to the
government.
"We at VINNOVA would challenge the government, in its autumn research and
innovation bill, to lay out a strategy of strategic innovation programmes involving
industry, academia and the public sector. We believe that we should focus our
efforts on a number of areas based on a situation analysis, and ask the question: what should we be best at? Sweden is a small country and we must find
our niche!" said Brogren.
Quelle
→
http://www.vinnova.se/en/misc/menues-functions/News/2012/120216-VINNOVADirector-General-proposes-Life-Science-partnership/
The South African Department of Higher Education and Training has signed an
agreement with Cuba that will see both countries undertake exchange programmes among tertiary institutions. The agreement, signed in Havana by Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande and his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, is aimed at strengthening relations in the
area of education and at the same time encouraging mutual understanding between the people of the two countries. Some South African medical doctors and
other professionals have trained and continue to be trained in Cuba. The cooperation will include visits by academics, students and experts, as well as collaborations and mutual learning in the areas of teacher education, models of university delivery and agricultural studies.
Quelle
→
VINNOVA
→ http://www.vinnova.se/en/
All Africa: Country Signs Higher Education Agreement With Cuba
→ http://allafrica.com/stories/201202211253.html
Department of Higher Education and Training
→ http://www.dhet.gov.za
Fokus Schweden
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/schweden
Ausführliche Länder- und Themeninformationen Kooperation international
Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Schweden im Internationalen Büro
Fokus Südafrika
→ http://www.kooperation-international.de/suedafrika
Technologiezentrum
Fachliche Ansprechpartnerin für Südafrika im Internationalen Büro
Petra Ruth Mann, Tel. 0228/3821-1461, [email protected]
Schlagworte
Lebenswissenschaften, Kooperation Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft

Schlagworte
Hochschulen, Internationalisierung
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