Wnoszenie doskonałości do przełomowych, społecznie zaangażowanych badań w naukach przyrodniczych za pośrednictwem zintegrowanych centrów cyfrowych
Type
Project
Date Issued
2022
Author
Discipline
biological sciences
Abstract (PL)
Obserwujemy brak współpracy między początkującymi naukowcami a sektorami pozaakademickimi. Jednak międzyinstytucjonalne struktury wsparcia mogą odwrócić ten trend dzięki nowym standardom i warunkom ramowym. W tym kontekście finansowany przez UE projekt BETTER Life wesprze rozwój zdolności międzyinstytucjonalnych poprzez utworzenie centrum koordynacyjnego EU BETTER Life. Celem będzie stworzenie możliwych do przekazania narzędzi i standardów oraz wspieranie społecznie zaangażowanych naukowców w dziedzinie nauk przyrodniczych. Projekt ma także na celu założenie lokalnych ośrodków działających w oparciu o te ramy, które będą śledzić regionalną implementację. BETTER Life pozwoli na przeszkolenie ponad 200 naukowców na wczesnym etapie kariery oraz co najmniej 14 menedżerów ds. zaangażowania oraz zorganizowanie licznych wydarzeń konsultacyjnych i szkoleniowych.
Abstract (EN)
The project “Bringing Excellence to Transformative Engaged Research in Life Sciences through Integrated Digital Centres – BETTER Life” will establish a European Digital Centre of Excellence for fostering Socially Engaged Research (SER) in Life Sciences, as well as seven regional centres operating in their surrounding ecosystems. This inter-institutional support structure addresses the lack of collaboration between early career researchers and the non-academic sectors by designing tools, standards, and framework conditions
under the umbrella of the EU centre and implementing these solutions in the regional ecosystems. The project aims to support the development of inter-institutional capacities by establishing an EU BETTER Life coordination centre that will generate transferable tools and standards. At an intra-institutional level, the project creates local centres guided by a framework to follow the regional customization implementation. At an individual level, the regional centres develop capacities by training early career researchers and establishing a community of practice in each surrounding ecosystem. For that purpose, the centre is based on the quadruple helix model of innovation, where the interaction of academic, research, industry, government, and society generate mutually beneficial partnerships. The most outstanding outcomes of the project will be: • 200+ early career researchers trained • 14+ engagement managers trained • At least 10
standards for SER in Life Sciences • 14+ consultation events with local stakeholders • 40+ open source documents • 6 open science publications • 1 digital self-assessment tool for researchers • 15+ training events In a long term, the project will generate scientific impacts by designing transferable policies and tools, economic impacts by effectively attracting funding, and societal impacts by embedding local ecosystem needs and enhancing the real-life impact of academic institutions.
under the umbrella of the EU centre and implementing these solutions in the regional ecosystems. The project aims to support the development of inter-institutional capacities by establishing an EU BETTER Life coordination centre that will generate transferable tools and standards. At an intra-institutional level, the project creates local centres guided by a framework to follow the regional customization implementation. At an individual level, the regional centres develop capacities by training early career researchers and establishing a community of practice in each surrounding ecosystem. For that purpose, the centre is based on the quadruple helix model of innovation, where the interaction of academic, research, industry, government, and society generate mutually beneficial partnerships. The most outstanding outcomes of the project will be: • 200+ early career researchers trained • 14+ engagement managers trained • At least 10
standards for SER in Life Sciences • 14+ consultation events with local stakeholders • 40+ open source documents • 6 open science publications • 1 digital self-assessment tool for researchers • 15+ training events In a long term, the project will generate scientific impacts by designing transferable policies and tools, economic impacts by effectively attracting funding, and societal impacts by embedding local ecosystem needs and enhancing the real-life impact of academic institutions.