Historias

Colaboración científica

Research and Innovation have been fully integrated into the work of CIVIS Alliance with the creation of two new bodies : a Research Council (composed of the Alliance's Vice-Presidents for Research), a strategic and advisory body, and a Research Unit (made up of representatives from the Research Departments and European Units of the member universities), which is more operational.

A Research & Innovation roadmap was defined in September 2024 for the entire Alliance and identifies five strategic areas of collaboration:

  1. Sharing and facilitating access to research infrastructures
  2. Support for early-career researchers
  3. Exchange of good practices in research support and management
  4. Participatory research`
  5. Networking and scientific collaborations within CIVIS 

Opportunities to collaborate

Through the establishment of a structured framework that fosters new synergies within the Alliance, the strengthening of research exchanges is illustrated in concrete terms by :

  • Increased and enhanced collaboration with Alliance partners,
  • Exchanges of expertise and best practices in areas identified as priorities by the Alliance,
  • The pooling of research resources and infrastructure,
  • Facilitated mobility for researchers within partner institutions,
  • Greater visibility for research at European level,
  • Facilitated access to European funding.

Testimonials

La idea inicial era crear una red basada en CIVIS entre laboratorios interesados en utilizar tecnologías ómicas espaciales. El capital semilla de CIVIS-UNIL nos unió, lo que finalmente condujo a esta exitosa solicitud de subvención

Dirk Schmidt-Arras, Profesor asociado de la Universidad de Salzburgo

Conocí a muchos colegas de Europa con los que intercambié experiencias, recibí consejos, y pude discutir los problemas que tuve durante mis experimentos y explorar posibles soluciones juntos. ¡Me impresionó la notable apertura de los expertos extranjeros para ofrecer ayuda!

Gabriela Daniluc, Investigadora de la Universidad de Bucarest

Concrete actions

  1. The launch of an annual seed funding call to help develop scientific collaborations, particularly between European and African partners.
  2. The signing of a memorandum of understanding to facilitate access to research infrastructure within CIVIS.
  3. The development of online platforms listing all thematic research groups and research infrastructures accessible within the Alliance.
  4. The implementation of a programme promoting the attraction, mobility and training of postdoctoral researchers at the CIVIS level (CIVIS3i).
  5. The implementation of a programme to support and accompany citizen science initiatives at Alliance level (ScienceUs).
  6. Contributing to international work on research assessment reform carried out within the CoARA coalition.
  7. Identifying and jointly submitting collaborative European projects.
  8. Organising thematic staff weeks (participatory research, collaborative European projects, etc.) open to all partners.

Contact

Head of the Research Unit