Tuesday, 29 November 2016 Staff Exchange Programme with the University of Primorska
University of Primorska received Erasmus+ support for incoming mobility for staff and is now inviting all interested candidates to apply for an exchange.
The condition for the mobility programme is the signed Erasmus+ agreement between two universities - UP and your esteemed university. The selection criteria for participants have to be defined by their sending higher education institution, in agreement with the receiving institution - UP.
Candidates should be nominated by their home institutions by 20 December 2016.
All mobilities must end before 31 May 2018.
UP FAMNIT will accept exchange staff from the following countries:
ARGENTINA
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 14 days
- budget: subsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 1.100 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - ARGENTINA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 5 days
- budget: subsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 180 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 10 days
- budget: ssubsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 1.100 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - BRAZIL
CHINA
- number of incoming staff: 4
- exchange duration: 14 days
- budget: subsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 820 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching (3) and training (1)
- more information in the open call - CHINA
ISRAEL
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 10 days
- budget: subsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed- up to 360 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - ISRAEL
SERBIA
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 5 days
- budget: subsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 275 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - SERBIA
INDIA
- number of incoming staff: 1
- exchange duration: 10 days
- budget: ssubsistence costs/day - maximum 100 €, travel costs reimbursed - up to 820 €
- staff exchange programme for teaching
- more information in the open call - INDIA
You can find more information here.
Enclosure 1: academic calendar
For more information please contact our International Office at international@famnit.upr.si.
Friday, 25 November 2016 Acad. Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon guest at our University
University of Primorska and the Slovenian Business & Research Association, Brussels
are pleased to invite you to the lecture entitled
MODERN GEOMETRY, FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL,
FROM SMOOTH TO ROUGH, FROM STATIC TO DYNAMIC
by Acad. Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (CNRS – IHÉS)
Lecture will be held in the BURJA 1 lecture room, UP FHŠ, Koper
on Thursday, 1 December 2016 at 3 pm.
Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon was the Director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) from 1994 till 2013. This international research institute located near Paris, France, was built as the European counterpart of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was also the first ERC Panel Chair in Mathematics, for Starting Grants.
A mathematician by training, he spent his whole career as a fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He held a Professor position at École polytechnique from 1986 to 2012. From 1990 to 1992, he was President of the Société Mathématique de France and President of the European Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1998. He is a former member of the Board of the EuroScience organisation (2002-2006) and served on EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) committees since 2004. Since 2014 he is President of the European Research Council.
Professor Bourguignon received the Prix Paul Langevin in 1987 and the Prix du Rayonnement Français in Mathematical Sciences and Physics from the Académie des Sciences de Paris in 1997. He is a foreign member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences. In 2005, he was elected honorary member of the London Mathematical Society and has been the secretary of the mathematics section of the Academia Europaea. In 2008, he was made Doctor Honoris Causa of Keio University, Japan, and, in 2011, Doctor Honoris Causa of Nankai University, China.
(foto credits: pikasle.com)
Sunday, 13 November 2016 Signed cooperation agreement between UP and Lomonosov Moscow State University
The past week was truly amazing for the University of Primorska. On the same day, we received the decision about the EC grant awarded for the establishment of the InnoRenew CoE, we also signed cooperation agreement between the University of Primorska and Lomonosov Moscow State University. We established Joint education and research centre of both universities and simultaneously established the representation of the Russian university in Koper.
Joint education and research centre represents a new success story of our university, as it will create new opportunities for economic cooperation between the two countries. We also plan to create new double-degree study programmes. UP FAMNIT will especially deepen its cooperation with the Lomonosov Moscow State University in the fields of Mathematics and Computer Sciences.
The gallery from the signing ceremony can be found on the UP BUDI portal.
Friday, 11 November 2016 The University of Primorska and its partners were awarded a major grant by the EC to support forest sector and construction sector research, development, and innovation
The European Commission recognised the potential of the consortium of Slovene partners, led by the University of Primorska, and awarded it with a grant of almost 15 million Euros to establish the Renewable Materials and Healthy Environments Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (InnoRenew CoE). The Government of the Republic of Slovenia added 30 million Euros of investment funding to boost development of the new research centre.
The Centre of Excellence will pursue research, development, and innovation in renewable materials use, with a focus on supporting the circular economy and providing positive health benefits in buildings. The centre will elevate Slovenia to the forefront of sustainable building research in Europe. Drawing from the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills of the consortium and partnership, and from its mentor institute, Fraunhofer WKI, the InnoRenew CoE will develop new, smart, sustainable and modern living environments suitable for all generations.
InnoRenew CoE will strive to become an international hub of scientific excellence in the field of renewable materials and ensuring quality of life. The new centre of excellence will bring excellent original scientific discoveries and offer support to research, development, and innovation in Slovenia and abroad. With an extensive public engagement programme, the centre will also emphasise the importance of the use of renewable materials and of sustainable development to industry, the public, and policymakers alike.
Andreja Kutnar, project leader, emphasised that, “everyone will be welcome at the centre and we believe it will become a good example of cooperation between researchers, industry, and the public. We will lead the transformation of the Slovenian and European industry be knowledge driven and accomplish more with our limited renewable resources than ever before. This shift will enable the industries we will work with to gain competitive advantages in the world market.”
The number of institutions involved in the projects outreach and stakeholder network (Living Laboratory InnoRenew) confirmed the need for such a centre and supported its development. 62 partners from 20 countries joined the group, which range from small and large enterprises to research organisations and public institutions. Living laboratory InnoRenew gathered to collaboratively explore, design, and validate themes, opportunities, and risks for new innovative renewable material based products, services, and systems. The Living Laboratory is a research concept focused user-led design and engagement in an open, innovative ecosystem, which brings together research and innovation processes in a public-private partnership. It emphasises systematic cooperation among stakeholders in open and joint development of new ideas, products, and solutions.
The project was developed by 9 partners. The University of Primorska is the project coordinator, while the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research – Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut – an advanced institution for research, development, and industry innovation from Germany, acted as a mentor institution. Other partners involved in the project are the University of Maribor, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, the Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, the Pulp and Paper Institute, Eurocloud Slovenia, the National Institute of Public Health, and the Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region.
Partners used a half a million Euro starting grant from the European Commission to develop the project and prepare a business plan for the centre. The outcome was an second-stage proposal and highly developed business plan that has been awarded with additional funding by the European Commission and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Public funding will be available to the centre for five years. In this period, conditions for independent and sustainable operation of the centre will be laid down.
Andreja Kutnar added, “I believe that in five years of the centre’s operation, we will make a significant contribution to the growth of Slovene economy, to the growth of the employee added-value and to the elimination of breaks in the forest-wood chain. We will reach a point in Slovenia where Slovenian wood products and solutions will be used for high-value purposes throughout the world and our research and innovation will influence the development of the sector globally.”
Residents of the Primorska region will be able to observe the centre in their environment, as the region will host the newly built centre, which will give employment to more than 50 excellent scientists coming from all over the world.
The broader societal impacts of the project will be seen as the forest and construction sectors become more innovation and knowledge based. The products they will produce from the outputs of the new centre will be better for the environment, produce positive health impacts for building users, and provide the foundation for the recovery and development of regional forest sector and construction companies.
More: http://innorenew.eu/en/
The project is co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union; H2020 WIDESPREAD-1-2016-2017 - Teaming phase 2.
