One of the key objectives of ENLIGHT is to establish a long-term model for joint R&I actions among its members in the ENLIGHT flagship societal challenges. To this end, we have set up a joint Research and Innovation Support Group (R&I-SG), which is a virtual working group of research support officers from the nine ENLIGHT partners who support the ENLIGHT community in developing joint European and international research and innovation project proposals.
The R&I-SG is composed of research support staff who have different profiles: funding officers, research funding advisers, grant consultants etc. The specific objectives of the R&I-SG include:
- Providing the ENLIGHT community with an easier and broader access to European /international funding opportunities
- Identifying synergies that can be achieved in different sources of international & EC funding
- Facilitating and incentivizing research collaborations between ENLIGHT partners
- Identifying suitable funding support in response to the research ideas
- Supporting the preparation of joint research and innovation proposals
Among their activities, the R&I-SG members act as facilitators to help researchers find partners in other ENLIGHT universities in order to initiate collaboration and build joint R&I proposals. The R&I-SG members regularly exchange information on partner requests they are aware of and on the expertise available at ENLIGHT partners and facilitate the establishment of contacts with potential partners.
If you have ideas for a collaborative ENLIGHT proposal or would like to know more about the R&I-SG, you can get in touch with a member of the ENLIGHT R&I-SG at your University’s Research Support Office:
University of the Basque Country, Spain
Estibaliz Fontecha, Head of European Projects Office
University of Bordeaux, France
Audrey Sidobre, EU Grant Officer,
Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Rebeka Laucikova, Project Office Rectorate,
University of Galway, Ireland
Silvia Maretto, International Funding support officer,
Louise Hannon, Head of Research Post Award,
Ghent University, Belgium
EU-Team,
University of Gottingen, Germany
Nadja Daghbouche, Head EU Office,
Claudia Sueltmann, Deputy Head EU Office,
University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Gema Ocaña, Senior Advisor EU Research Funding,
University of Tartu, Estonia
Viktoriia Biliaieva, Grant Writing Unit – Grant Office, Grant Consultant / ENLIGHT RISE
Project Manager,
Uppsala University, Sweden
Marta Cocos, Unit for Global partnerships,