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2015 April EURAXESS LINKS Issue 60 CHINA Dear readers, th Welcome to the April issue of our Newsletter, which is already in its 60 edition. This month in our EU Insight, we focus on higher education in Europe, more specifically, how to increase access. You can read other interesting policy developments and updates from the EU (such as the signature of an agreement associating Ukraine to Horizon 2020) in the EU news. New updates from member states and associated countries follow. In this month’s interview, we have spoken to Prof Dale Sanders, Director of the John Innes Centre, leading institute for research in plant and microbial sciences in the UK. He has shared with us some of his thoughts on Sino- European research and mobility through the focus of the JIC-CAS newly established joint research institute, the Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Sciences (CEPAMS). This newsletter is for you! Via [email protected], We would like to sincerely invite all Wuhan-based researchers to the opening of you can send us any the 2015 Research and Innovation Tour: Where Europe and China comments on this newsletter, contributions Connect. Under the umbrella of the 40th anniversary of EU-China relations, or suggestions you would the series of “R&I Tour” events will provide a unique set of lectures and like to make, or let us presentations promoting various European research and innovation know if you wish to programmes. Attendees of the events will be also given opportunities to unsubscribe. exchange views face-to-face with the representatives of the EU Delegation, To become a member of EU member states, and also EURAXESS. The series of events kicks off at the EURAXESS, you can sign Wuhan University of Technology on 18th May. Altogether, the “R&I Tour” will up here, or follow us on visit 16 cities throughout the whole year, so it is very likely an event will come LinkedIn and Facebook. close to many of you! We will keep you informed about the full schedule. You will also find new fellowships and funding opportunities, jobs, invitations to events, as well as our regular press review. Best regards EURAXESS Links China EURAXESS LINKS CHINA 1 EU Insight – Increasing Access to Higher Education in Europe .................................................................................... 5 2 Feature - Meet the researcher .................................................. 7 Prof. Dale Sanders, Director of the John Innes Centre in the UK. ............. 7 3 EURAXESS Links Activities .................................................. 9 3.1 2015 Research and Innovation Tour: Where Europe and China Connect 9 3.2 EURAXESS Share: Researchers’ Nights in Beijing and Shanghai 10 4 News & Developments ........................................................... 11 4.1 EU & Multilateral Cooperation ............................................... 11 Signature of Association Agreement with Ukraine ................................... 11 European Fund for Strategic Investment .................................................. 11 EU and the Middle-East Building Bridges through Science Diplomacy ... 11 European Commission launches scientific debate on how to feed the planet ....................................................................................................... 12 European Commission launches €3m prize to improve air quality in cities ................................................................................................................. 12 European Inventor Award finalists 2015: inventors behind 15 ground- breaking innovations selected .................................................................. 12 A new Wave of Scientific Transatlantic Cooperation ............................... 13 Foresight 2025: integrated and fast-evolving standards key to innovation ................................................................................................................. 13 Cheap and renewable electricity anywhere.............................................. 14 Infoday: Science with and for Society 2015 ............................................. 14 European Commission Foresight fiches: "Global Trends to 2030" .......... 14 Smart grids in Europe: outlook and large scale application ..................... 15 U-Multirank 2015 edition ........................................................................... 15 Register your university to be in the next U-Multirank! ............................. 16 4.2 EU Member States, China & Bilateral Cooperation ............... 16 France: The French R&D Clubs Convenes in New Parts of China .......... 16 France: L‘Oréal China Opens the Third Phase of Its Research and Innovation Center in Shanghai ................................................................. 16 Switzerland: CASIA and EPFL Launch Sino-Swiss Laboratory for Data Intensive Neuroscience ............................................................................ 17 April 2015 | Issue 60 | Page 2 of 45 EURAXESS LINKS CHINA 5 Grants & Fellowships ............................................................. 18 5.1 EU - Call announcements for international researchers ........ 18 Europe: KIC InnoEnergy PhD School for PhD Candidates Who Want to Add Skills in Innovation and Entrepreneurship ........................................ 18 Special KIC Summer School announcement ........................................... 19 Open calls under Horizon 2020 ................................................................ 19 4.2 EU Member States: Call announcements for international researchers .................................................................................. 20 Belgium: Belspo Postdoc fellowships to non-EU researcher ................... 20 Croatia: Fellowships at CAS SEE Rijeka ................................................. 20 Germany: 10 doctoral fellowships in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Natural Sciences Education at Humboldt University ............................... 20 Germany: Green Talents Award 2015 ...................................................... 21 Germany: Applications for German Chancellor Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation open ............................................. 21 Germany: 6 Postdoc Fellowships at the Universitat Konstanz - Germany ................................................................................................................. 22 Ireland: Postgraduate Research Scholarship - J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics ............................................................................ 22 Italy: Fellowship Programmes at NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy 23 Italy: TOChina Summer School 2015 ....................................................... 23 Italy: Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students ................... 23 UK: International Exchanges Scheme and Cost-Share Programme of The Royal Society ........................................................................................... 24 UK: PhD scholarships at the AHRC Centre for Digital Copyright and IP Research in China.................................................................................... 24 4.3 Calls still open ....................................................................... 25 6 Jobs ......................................................................................... 29 6.1 Jobs in Europe and China ..................................................... 30 Europe: Job Opportunities for You Supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ..................................................................................................... 30 Germany: More than 150 open positions for international PhD students, Postdocs and researchers at Helmholtz Centres in Germany ................. 30 Spain: 8 PostDoc Fellowships in Biomedicine at IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine (supported by the EU) ................................ 30 April 2015 | Issue 60 | Page 3 of 45 EURAXESS LINKS CHINA China: SIMM Recruits High-level Talents (Thousand Talent Program for Young Outstanding Scientists/ Hundred Talent Program) ....................... 31 6.2 Other EU Research Jobs Portals ........................................... 31 7 Events ...................................................................................... 32 7.1 EURAXESS Links China recommends .................................. 32 6th EMBO Meeting, Birmingham 5-8 September, 2015. Major Life Science Event in Europe .......................................................................... 32 Lift China 2015: Making Innovation Happen ............................................ 32 Sino-Euro BioPartnering (SEBP), Shanghai: “A rendezvous between European SMEs and Chinese leading firms“ ........................................... 32 7.2 Upcoming scientific events in Europe and in China ............... 33 8 Press Review .......................................................................... 33 8.1 Policy & Papers ..................................................................... 34 China aims to be leader in innovation ...................................................... 34 Country leads way in patent applications ................................................. 34 Reform, innovation key to boost demand, growth: Li ............................... 34 "Internet Plus" to Catapult China into Crowdfunding Age ........................ 35 Higher Education Initiatives to Bring More from Countryside to Colleges35 8.2 Voices & opinions .................................................................