International projects at University of Salamanca

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AT
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA

ALFREDO MATEOS GARCÍA
Director of Knowledge Transfer Oﬃce (KTO)
University of Salamanca

UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
• 
Old
University
(founded
1218)

• 
Our
research
took
seats
at
the
na:onal
level
between
15

and
20

• 
Non-‐technological
en:ty
(1.000
researchers
in
the
field
of

sciences
and
engineering
from
2.500).
There
is
not
strong

engineering

• 
31,000
students
between
first
cycles,
Master
and

Doctorate

• 
Interna:onal
standing
in
areas
of
humani:es
(law,

literature,
teaching
Spanish,
...)

• 
High
poten:al
in
areas
related
to
biotechnology
and
health

(advanced
research
centres),
and
specific
groups
of
ICT

• 
Public
university.
Financially
dependent
of
the
regional

government
of
Cas:lla
y
Leon.
Scarcity
of
resources.
Only

baseline
funding
for
opera:ng
expenses.
Extra
funds
from

compe::ve
calls

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OFFICES IN SPAIN

• 
Units
of
rela:onship
between
universi:es
and
the

produc:ve
sector

• 
Recent
fact
in
Spain
with
respect
to
Europe
/
USA

• 
Its
overall
objec:ve
is
to
bring
closer
the

university
environment
to
the
business

environment
,
and
coordinate
the
eﬀorts
needed
to

achieve
an
appropriate
use
and
evalua:on
of
the

results
of
university
research
ac:vity

• 
The
implementa:on
in
the
Spanish
Universi:es

begins
in
early
nine:es

FUNCTION OF THE KNOWLEDGE TRANFER
OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
• 
Promo:on
of
the
research
results
from
the
University
in

the
produc:ve
sector

• 
Nego:a:on
of
contracts
and
agreements
for
coopera:ve

research,
consul:ng,
services,
…

• 
Informa:on
and
assistance
in
the
prepara:on
of

coopera:ve
na:onal
projects

• 
Informa:on
and
assistance
in
the
prepara:on
of

interna:onal
projects

• 
Informa:on
and
advice
regarding
intellectual
property

rights

• 
Fostering
the
crea:on
of
innova:ve
companies
(EIBT's)

SERVICES PROVIDED REGARDING
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• 
Aendance
at
Infodays
and
similar
conferences

• 
Selec:ve
dissemina:on
of
calls:
abstract,
general
and

specific
condi:ons,
budget,
...

• 
Search
for
partners
through
EEN
and
other
networks

• 
Assistance
in
the
draîng
and
submission
of
proposals:

draîng
administra:ve
part,
advising
of
the
technical
part,

budge:ng.

• 
Contract
nego:a:on

• 
Management
and
jus:fica:on
of
some
project
types

PROPOSALS
100

75

50

25

0

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

PROJECTS GRANTED

14

12

10

8

6

4

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

PARTICIPATION IN LLP PROGRAMME
20

18

16

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

Proposals

Projects

granted

2009

2011

2013

DISTRIBUTION OF RETURNS FROM THE FP7
(SPAIN)
AAPP
4,1%

A.
I nvestigación
10,3%
Asoc.
4,3%

Univ.
22,3%

Otros
0,5%
CPI
14,1%

CCTT
11,6%

Empresas
32,7%

H2020 GOALS, SPAIN

• 
Spanish
contribu:on
to
expenditure
on
R
&
D

in
the
EU
is
5.1%

• 
Return
to
Spain
in
FP7,
8.3%

H2020:
important
source
of
funding:
about

80,000
M
€

Spanish
Goal:

• 
Average
return
of
9.5%.

• 
Leading
at
least
10%
of
the
projects.

• 
Increase
the
number
of
beneﬁciaries
by
15%.

H2020 GOALS, UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA

• 
We
have
set
realis:c
goals
that
we
can
meet

the
means
we
have
at
our
disposal

• 
Return
to
Spain
in
FP7,
8.3%

H2020:
important
source
of
funding:
about

80,000
M
€

Spanish
Goal:

• 
Average
return
of
9.5%.

• 
Leading
at
least
10%
of
the
projects.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTS OFFICE
• 
Wrien
strategy
of
how
to
encourage
and
promote
the

par:cipa:on
including
ways
of
funding
these
project
offices

based
on
percentage
use
of
funds
raised.

• 
Proac:ve
project
offices,
to
intensify
knowledge

management
and
value-‐added
services
they
offer.

• 
Integral
service
of
the
promo:on
and
management
advice,

including
support
in
the
prepara:on
and
proposal
wri:ng.

• 
Management
and
dissemina:on
tasks
in
coordinated

projects.

• 
Intensive
search
for
addi:onal
funding
sources

• 
To
develop
materials
and
good
prac:ce
thema:c
guides

and
manuals
to
serve
researchers

• 
Enhancing
the
ac:ons
of
lobby
and
foreign
presence.

• 
Defining
indicators
that
allow
a
proper
assessment
of
their

ac:vity

FUNDING PROGRAMMES

MOBILITY

•  H2020,
LLP
(ERASMUS,
Grundtvig,
Jean

Monnet,
Leonardo),
ERASMUS
MUNDUS,

Intra-‐ACP
academic
Mobility
Scheme

TEACHING

•  LLP
(Leonardo
da
Vinci,
Grundtvig,
Jean

Monnet),
TEMPUS

RESEARCH

•  H2020,
COST,
LLP,
Life+,
DG
SANCO,
INTERREG,

DAPHNE,
NIH,
…

FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE: INTEGRATION

Research

Teaching

Mobility

INTERNATIONAL

PROJECTS
OFFICE

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