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Overview of presentation
• Introduction
• Why participating in the FP?
MIRRIS 2nd policy
dialogue – Lithuania
a case study
• Identification of KU Leuven success factors
• Belgium: past and present funding landscape
• In depth analysis of 5 success factors
• Conclusions
Stijn Delauré, PhD
www.kuleuven.be/eu
EU-info@kuleuven.be
Who am I ?
• Résumé:
Introduction
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1998-2003: PhD in Biotechnology (Ghent univ & Bayer BioScience)
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2003-2006: postdoc in Genetics & Microbiology (KU Leuven)
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2006-2011: EU liaison officer and EU project adviser (KU Leuven)
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>2010: chairman EU officers community (LERU)
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>2011: head of international research (KU Leuven)
• Other activities (policy & good practice exchange):
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EU: EARMA, Vision2020, Coimbra, BESTPRAC
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Flanders: Europaplatform, Interuniversity EU working group
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EC: MSCA Advisory Group member
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KU Leuven in the rankings
KU Leuven ?
HES ranking, number of FP7 contracts
THES ranking 2014-2015 (Europe)
Prelim.data, Nov. 2013, 80% budget allocated. Source: dep. EWI
Comprehensive university
2013-2014
number
% international
students
41,225
16
professors
1,022
9
research staff
5,657
37
PhD degrees
625
40
Research expenses 2013: 418 M€
KU Leuven Funds: 21% (bottom-up)
License income/year: >70 M€
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
ETH ZURICH
KU LEUVEN
EPF DE LAUSANNE
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
TU DELFT
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
KIT KARLSRUHE
KTH STOCKHOLM
LUNDS UNIVERSITET
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
(overall score)
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
ETH ZÜRICH
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
L-M-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
EPFL (LAUSANNE)
LONDON SCHOOL OF…
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
KU LEUVEN
ECOLE POLITECHNIQUE (FRANCE)
SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE…
LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
G-A-UNIVERSITÄT GÖTTINGEN
UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG
TU DELFT
ERASMUS ROTTERDAM
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0
20
40
60
80
100
www.kuleuven.be
Ambition: top 10 of European universities
KU Leuven in EU university ranking
SIR 2012 (publications, collaboration)
6
Leiden CWTS EU 2013 (P)
6
THES EU ranking 2014
13
ERC grants
8
European competitive funds (FP7)
6
Technology Transfer (ITPEC 2008)
(1)
KU Leuven’s Horizon 2020 ambition
Performing
excellent
science
Training the
best young
researchers
Collaborating
with end-users,
creating value
70 grantees
(43 Starting
Grantees)
136 actions
(56 Training
Networks)
562 projects
in total
(~261 M€)
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Horizon 2020: why participating?
Researcher’s view
• It’s good funding for my research (though complex)
Why
participating?
• International collaboration (no alternative)
• My scientific output increases (more publications, speaker
at international conferences)
• It increases the visibility of my research
• Bringing my research to companies or other end-users
• The EU project often leads to new collaborations
• Prestige
Horizon 2020: why participating?
Our collaborations in FP7 (entity)
Top 10 international partners
Institutional perspective
• National budgets for research decrease / remain constant
while European budget for research increases with 50%
• Prestige (high up in the ranking of a huge competition)
• It’s implementing our internationalization strategy
• It’s increasing our visibility in Europe
• It funds very large as well as strategically crucial projects
• Focus on H2020 (instead of also on other international
funding) decreases administrative overhead
0%
2%
4%
% participation in KU Leuven projects
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
Fraunhofer (DE)
CNRS (FR)
CEA (FR)
UCLondon (UK)
INSERM (FR)
Nijmegen (NL)
CNR (IT)
EPFLausanne (CH)
Imperial (UK)
ETH Zürich (CH)
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Our collaborations in FP7 (country)
Our collaborations in FP7 (EU13)
Top 10 countries
number of participations in KU Leuven FP7 projects
(LT = 31st, LV = 36st)
Number of participations
EU13 - KU Leuven
DE
CZ
UK
12
840
PL
FR
9
HU
9 4
15
1260
SI
89
22
RO
IT
EE
22
NL
659
BG
24
179
ES
SK
183
205
77
BE
561
324
34
LV
CH
LT
43
532
404
SE
421
HR
68
CY
MT
Project collaborations with Lithuania
FP7
ENV
Fission
Project title
European coordination action on human biomonitoring
Safety and Efficacy of a New and Emerging Dental X-ray
Modality
Acronym
COPHES
LT entity
VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO
UNIVERSITETAS
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS
3%
SEDENTEXCT
ICT
A European Community of SMEs built on Environmental
Digital Content and Languages
SMESPIRE
Accelerate SSL Innovation for Europe
SSL-ERATE VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
SSH
Common Language Resources and Technology
Infrastructure
TEMPLATE-ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF FUNCTIONAL
MATERIALS AND DEVICES
Training and collaboration on material developments and
process improvements in oil and sugar production
Work and Life Quality in New and Growing Jobs
ITEC
SVIETIMO INFORMACINIU
TECHNOLOGIJU CENTRAS
VALSTYBES BIUDZETINE
ISTAIGA - ITC
Innovative Technologies for an Engaging Classroom
INFRA
Corresponding pillar
in Horizon 2020:
3%
8%
ICT
ICT
KU Leuven strengths in FP7:
ICT – Health – NMP – SSH
CLARIN
UAB AEROGEODEZIJOS
INSTITUTAS
29%
NMP
5%
Health
8%
KBBE
Energy
13%
Transport
Societal
Challenges
Environment
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS
ALEKSANDRO STULGINSKIO
OIL&SUGAR UNIVERSITETAS
VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO
WALQING UNIVERSITETAS
Industrial
Leadership
Space
VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO
UNIVERSITETAS
TEMADEP
ICT
3%
26%
2%
SSH
Security
Budget distribution of KU Leuven FP7 projects
Source: dep. EWI, Febr. 2014
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Success factors for higher education
institutions (HEI) in EU and society at large
KU Leuven’s aim: to be (at) the heart of the knowledge triangle
Research &
technology
Success factors
Higher
Education
• Recruit the best
researchers
• Perform the best
science
• Educate the best
scientists &
entrepreneurs
Industry, SMEs,
Society
• Create value &
transfer knowledge
• Collaborate with
society & industry
Success factors – more down to earth
1. National funding base (leverage)
2. Climate of competition (for excellence)
3. Knowledge transfer (favoring intersectoral collaboration)
4. Size does matter (international networks)
5. Support structures (advice & representation)
i.
Belgium:
R&I funding
People
ii.
Access to information
iii.
Communication
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Belgium: R&I policy = regional
Flanders: public R&I performing entities
•
5 Universities
•
•
•
•
•
•
6.5 M
3.5 M
1.1 M inhabitants
•
FP7 collaboration with Lithuania
•
55 LithuaniaFlanders project
collaborations
•
72 Lithuanian
participants
KU Leuven (>< Université Catholique de Louvain)
Ghent University
Antwerp University
Free University Brussels
Hasselt University
4 > 6 Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs)
•
•
•
•
Imec (nano-electronics)
VIB (biotechnology)
iMinds (ICT for society)
VITO (transport, energy,…)
•
•
Flanders Make (added value manufacturing)
SIM (materials)
Institute for Tropical Medicine
Public R&I spending (Lisbon: ≥1% GDP)
Lithuania-Flanders collaboration in FP7
Fission
KBBE
ICT
INFRA
NMP
Health
PEOPLE
Environment
SPACE
SSH
Energy
REGIONS
SEC
SME
SiS
TPT
Source: EWI speurgids 2014
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Flanders: public R&I spending per target
R&I spending in Flanders: 2.2 B€ (2014)
Curiosity driven
research
programmes
Companies
Hybrid
Universities
Source: EWI speurgids 2014
Industry/societydriven research
& innovation
programmes
Operational
funding for
universities &
RTO’s (salaries,
buildings,…)
Source: EWI speurgids 2014
R&I spending in Flanders: universities
Hercules (infrastruct.)
R&I spending in Flanders: “industry”
RTO research & innovation budget
Curiosity driven
research
programmes
University-led industrial research budget
BOF
FWO
Flemish basic
science foundation
(competition)
University research budget
Source: EWI speurgids 2014
Flemish applied science &
innovation agency (competition)
Industry/societydriven research
& innovation
programmes
Source: EWI speurgids 2014
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Budget breakdown Flemish univs
Operational Subsidies
Special Research Fund (BOF)
UHasselt
4%
VUBrussel
12%
VUBrussel
10%
KULeuven
37%
UAntwerpen
14%
UAntwerpen
12%
KULeuven
43%
Policy area: Education
and Training
KU Leuven:
Competition &
Leveraging
UGent
32%
UGent
33%
Parameters:
55% Education
45% Science (capacity)
Industrial Research Fund (IOF)
UHasselt
3%
Parameters:
‘Excellence’ in Science
(output-driven)
- PhD degrees
Parameters:
‘Excellence’ in Innovation
(output-driven)
- Patents, spin-offs
- Publications / Citations
- Internationalisation and diversity
- Industrial contracts
- European R&I projects
Policy area: Economy,
Science and Innovation
Policy area: Economy,
Science and Innovation
KU Leuven research policy
Strategy: internal funds as leverage
1. Aiming for excellence at all levels
o
Bottom-up, no thematic ‘institutional’ policy
o
Balance comprehensive quality / excellence
o
Research policy assessment at the level of the Science Groups
KU Leuven research expenses in 2013: 418 M€
21% internal
leverage
79% external
2. Improved support for young talents
3. Simplified funding programs
o
Leverage towards external funding and collaboration
4. Further internationalisation of research
5. Scientific integrity
Bottom-up, no thematic allocation
Competition, international peer-review
40% national
9% international (EU)
Categories of funding:
• C1: basic research
• C2: socio-econ impact on long-term
• C3: short-term socio-econ impact
23% private sector
7% other
6. Improved visibility of research output
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Research expenses 2013 across
the KU Leuven Science Groups
However, 25 years ago…
•
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Research policy at Belgian level:
•
Top-down, thematic allocation of funds
•
Virtually no competition for funding (“old boys club”)
Biomedical Sciences
•
38
15
Science, Engineering &
Technology
•
Humanities & Socioeconomic Sciences
except basic science foundation
University funding:
•
Research budget: breakdown by rector’s decision
•
Virtually no competition for professor positions
Other
36
%
•
No international bench marking at all
•
Then, 25-10 years ago…
•
•
KU Leuven: “we are happy to be the best in Belgium”
Smart Specialisation (from bottom up),
Clusters for Excellence / Innovation
All programmes (FWO, IWT, Hercules) changed design:
•
Bottom-up (no thematic allocation)
•
Competition in open calls for proposals
Establisment of RTOs (Interuniversity institutes)
•
Practically no other thematic funding allocated anymore
•
‘90: Set-up BOF (special research fund for universities)
•
‘05: Set-up of IOF (industrial research fund for universities)
•
Serious international benchmarking for excellence
•
KU Leuven: “we want to be amongst the best in Europe”
Life Sciences & Medical
Technologies
Materials Research
Human Diseases & Health Engineering, Technologies &
Research
Processes
Natural Resources (agro-
Exploring Fundamentals of
food-biodiversity)
Nature
Leuven Institute for Neuroscience & Disease
(PF, ERC, Methusalem, VIB, hospital,…)
Advanced ICT
Approaches
Economy & Society
Arts & Culture
Circuit design for electronic
systems, micro- &
nanoelectronics (PF, ERC,…)
www.kuleuven.be/research/keydomains
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Clusters for Excellence / Innovation
Molecular small animal imaging, eHealth (PF,…)
Tissue engineering (ERC,…)
Life Sciences & Medical
Technologies
Materials Research Centre
(incl. recycling of rare earths)
Materials Research
Human Diseases & Health Engineering, Technologies &
Research
Processes
Natural Resources (agro-
Exploring Fundamentals of
food-biodiversity)
Nature
Advanced ICT
Approaches
Economy & Society
Capacity building
Example: Health Sciences Campus Gasthuisberg
• Biomedical Education
• Biomedical Research
• University Hospital
Currently 2000 beds, 9000 employees
Arts & Culture
EIB investment of € 325 million
Sustainable Energy (EIT-KIC)
Food for the future & brain-gut
axis in health (Methusalem,…)
Cultural Heritage
www.kuleuven.be/research/keydomains
Leuven: one of the European ICT Hubs
Impact on FP participation 1994-2013
KU Leuven in FP
300
0,60%
250
0,55%
200
0,50%
150
0,45%
100
0,40%
50
0
0,35%
FP4
FP5
Budget KU Leuven (M€)
FP6
FP7*
Share of total FP budget
Source: European Commission, via Flemish dep. EWI
FP4, 1994-1998; FP5, 1998-2002; FP6, 2003-2006; FP7, 2007-2013
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-435_en.htm
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Collaboration with private sector
FP7: 44% of partners in multipartner contracts
Horizon 2020: 40% of partners in first grants
Innovation &
Tech transfer
Transferring technology & knowledge
KU Leuven Research & Development (LRD) founded in 1972
• 101 spin-offs (86 still exist)
• 150 invention disclosures / year
• 1300 new agreements for contract & collaborative research / year
• 2012 license income: 80 M$
KU Leuven Research & Development
• Research collaboration with private sector
• Protection and exploitation of intellectual property
• Spin-off creation & regional development
• Networks for innovation and entrepreneurship
Targetting ¾ professors
lrd@kuleuven.be – http://lrd.kuleuven.be
lrd@kuleuven.be – http://lrd.kuleuven.be
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Industrial Research Managers
Industrial Research Managers ~ FP7
• 29 permanent positions, funded by IOF
• Scientists, “business developers”, working decentrally
⇒ More applications, better success rate
FP7 success rate
• Focus on technology transfer
• exploitation of research results
• collaboration with private sector
• attract new project funding
average # FP7 applications / professor
8
60%
met
IOF manager
Applications
with IOF manager
50%
alle
ZAP-aanvragers
Average
KU Leuven rate
7
6
40%
5
30%
4
3
20%
2
10%
• Strong private sector network, technology platforms
• Leverage towards collaborative research (incl. EU)
1
0%
0
Biomedische
Wetenschappen
Biomedical
Sciences
Wetenschap
& Technologie
Science, Engineering
&
Technology
Biomedische
Wetenschappen
Biomedical
Sciences
Wetenschap
& Technologie
Science, Engineering
&
Technology
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KU Leuven level: multi-campus university
Networks
Regional cooperation of KU Leuven campus and university colleges
Driver of regional innovation, local collaboration with companies
Flanders: strategic collaborations & RTOs
ICT for societal challenges
nano-electronics
neuro-electronics
biotechnology
smart grids for smart cities
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League of European Research Universities
Innovation networks (I)
21 leading Research-Intensive Universities
• Good practices
•
•
exchange amongst
the members
Develop research
policies (e.g.
doctoral education,
open access, …)
Advocacy on
research and
education issues
(simplification,
SSH, H2020
budget,…)
• Stimulating knowledge exchange and partnering with
other high-tech businesses (both SMEs and large
companies) and innovation actors
• Horizontal networks:
o
o
Leuven.Inc
Flanders Smart Hub
www.leru.org
Innovation networks (II)
Innovation networks (III)
• Vertical networks:
o
o
DSP Valley
LSEC
EIT Energy (InnoEnergy)
EIT Health (InnoLife)
• Thematic centres:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
CD3
L-MRC
L-MTC
LICT
PharmAbs
NERF
LFoRCe
EIT Materials (RawmatTERs)
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Other networks
Why networks? Relevant for H2020?
The EU institutions do not listen to individual researchers
or single universities/companies/RTOs
You need a network to engage in a H2020 project
⇒ get organized !
⇒ improve yourself ! (exchange best practices)
• Nationally? Internationally?
• Per sector? Intersectoral?
• Per scientific discipline? Interdisciplinary?
Structure of Research Office (DOC)
Vice-rector for
Research
Policy unit (2)
Support
structure
Director
IT architect (2)
Communication (1)
Internal
Support &
Contracts
(6)
Data
&
Analysis
(4)
Internal
Funds &
Operations
(7)
National
Funds
Support
(3)
Internat’al
Funds
Support
(4)
Industrial
Research
Support
(1)
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Mission DOC
• Inform & Stimulate
• Lectures and workshops, Newsletter
• Funding opportunities
• Internal Funds (Special Research Fund(BOF)/ Industrial Research Fund (IOF))
• EU funding programmes, Government programmes (FWO, IWT, Hercules …)
Support
structure
• Support for researchers
• Policy on PhD studies & young researchers careers
• Postdoctoral researchers & young researchers careers
• Research proposal preparation (external funds), contract negotiation
EU support team
• Research policy
• Regional/national incl. KU Leuven Association
• International via LERU
• Internal research assessment (future policy, level of Groups)
KU Leuven EU-team
Support service: KU Leuven EU-team
idea→proposal
DOC (Research Coordination Office)
• Stijn Delauré*, Iesel Van der Plancken*, An Jansen*,
Marieke Verlinden, Ann-Sofie Stuyck
• +32-16-320-944 or +32-16-324-053
• EU-info@kuleuven.be
* PhD
°master
proposal→project
LRD (Tech Transfer Office)
• Elke Lammertyn*, Sofie Heroes°, Tine Heylen°, Sarah
Malevé°, Myriam Witvrouw*, Monique Vanhaeren°, Ilse
Brondeel, Karolien Mariën°, Caroline De Meester
• +32-16-320-621 or +32-16-326-520
• EU@lrd.kuleuven.be
+ back offices (finances, legal, IP, HR)
lobby
idea→proposal
networking stimulate-inform-support
Experts,
networks,
industrial
research
managers
proposal→project
advice-support
Research
Coordination
Office (DOC)
project→post-project
support-monitor-report
Tech.
Transfer
Office (LRD)
Financial incentives
Finance
dep.
EU project
management
team
Dedicated support team for international research projects
www.kuleuven.be/eu/contact
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“Lobby” (advocacy) phase (DOC)
Pre-award phase (DOC)
• Policy level:
• Information meetings
o
o
o
Flemish Europaplatform > European Council, EC
Flemish Interuniversity Council > European Parliament, Council
LERU > European Commission, Parliament
• Work Programme level:
o
o
o
Flemish Programme Committee Stakeholder network
Vision2020 thematic clusters
Stimulate membership of European Technology Platforms and
other “mixed” associations
H2020@kuleuven.be – www.horizon2020.be
o
o
o
In each department
Bilateral meetings
Horizon 2020 launch event
• News letter – website – focussed mailing
• Training courses
o
Proposal writing, management, mock interviews
• Financial incentives
H2020@kuleuven.be – www.horizon2020.be
Pre-award phase: information flow
• Getting access to early information is crucial
o
FP7: some
lessons learnt
The earlier a research can start preparing, the higher
the quality of the application
• Sources of information:
o
o
NCP, networks
Don’t get info from NCP?
• Go elsewhere: UKRO, Nether, KoWi, BESTPRAC
• Or reorganise the NCP: Europaplatform
• Targetted communication of the early information to
researchers is even more important
H2020@kuleuven.be – www.horizon2020.be
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Analysis of facts & figures: crucial to
improve support service and policy
Success rate ERC (2008-2012)
% FP7 applicant professors
e.g. SSH: lower participation in FP7, lower success rate in ERC
% Participation:
•
•
•
•
Upstream boost of SSH in H2020 (LERU effort)
Targeted information meetings & mailings
Recruitment of decentral EU support staff member (ongoing)
Interdisciplinary working group Heritage@KULeuven (i.a.)
⇒ increased requests for meetings with EU team
⇒ # SSH applications increased in first calls
ERC success rate:
• Involve vice-deans for research in ‘pre-selection’ process
• Draft review panel for StG & CoG proposals from SSH (pilot)
• Communication “Failing is not a problem, it’s an opportunity”
⇒ more SSH applications selected for 2nd step (StG)
⇒ # SSH applications increased
BMS: biomedical sciences; HSS: humanities & social sciences; SET: science,
engineering & technology (KU Leuven Science Groups)
Horizon 2020 participation (applications)
Excellent
Science
SSH strategy in Horizon 2020:
Data < 01.10.2014:
407 applications
FP7 > Horizon 2002: simplified
• One portal for all actions
• More open topic description
• Two-stage submission & evaluation *
Industrial
Leadership
• Reimbursement rate 100+25
• Electronic signature
Societal
Challenges
• Reduced time recording *
(15.01.2015:
599 applications)
• …
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But also “complexification”
• Portal: reduced accessibility for newcomers
• Oversubscription, lower success rate
• Second evaluation step: success rate too low
• Personnel cost calculation (hourly rates based on last
financial year)
Conclusion
• Declaration of exclusivity for full time employees *
• Impact of Time-to-Grant on consortium agreement *
• …
Success factors, towards Horizon 2020
1. Use national/Structural funding as leverage
Good luck !
2. Create climate of competition for excellence
3. Favor intersectoral collaboration
4. Get hooked up: networks (size does matter)
5. Establish proper support structures
Stijn Delauré
KU Leuven EU-team
EU-info@kuleuven.be
+32-16-32-09-44
www.kuleuven.be/eu
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