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China Links Newsletter 2013 October EURAXESS LINKS Issue 42 CHINA Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the October edition of the EURAXESS Links China Newsletter. This month’s EU Insight takes a closer look at the assessment of the European Research Area (ERA). This edition also features an article drafted on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Helmholtz Association’s Beijing Office. The Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. It looks back on 10 years of fruitful cooperation with China and it looks ahead to new promising fields for research collaboration in the future. Following up on the very successful and first-of-its-kind EURAXESS Science Slam China organized this year, the movie of the final event which took place on 26 September in Beijing is now available online. The winner, Dr. Yu Yang from Wuhan University, will leave to Brussels later this month to attend the "Raising Researchers' Voices - opinions on jobs, careers and rights" conference orgabnized by EURAXESS on 21-22 November. More information can be found here. Regarding upcoming EURAXESS Links China activities, we now invite all researchers and other stakeholders who are members of joint research structures or interested in this form of cooperation to register now for the 2nd EU-China Workshop on Joint Research Structures (JRS) In China, 22 November 2013, Beijing. The registration deadline is 12 November. Researchers and other R&I stakeholders active and interested in urbanization cooperation with China should consider registering for the EU-China Urbanisation Forum (and in particular for the sub-forum on EURAXESS LINKS CHINA ‘Creative/Innovative Cities’) to be held on 20 November 2013 in Beijing, in parallel to the EU-China Summit. Registration is possible until 6 November. The end of November will also see the end of the Tour of China 2013, the last stages of the Tour being Nanjing (12 Nov.), Shanghai (14 Nov.) and, finally, Beijing on 20 November. We look forward to meeting those of you who are based in Nanjing and Shanghai at these occasions. See the Events section for further details about all these upcoming events and more. Of course you will also find, as usual, reports about recent developments in EU research and Sino-European research & innovation cooperation in the News & Developments section. Furthermore, we have collected information regarding currently open calls for internationally mobile researchers and international collaborations under ‘Grants & Fellowships’ and job announcements under ‘Jobs’. The Press Review includes many interesting news this month, on both China’s research and innovation policy (like for example the report by Finance Minister About this newsletter Lou Jiwei, pushing for reforming the Chinese research funding system, focusing EURAXESS LINKS CHINA more on basic research and on local governements and enterprises’ financial NEWSLETTER is a monthly support) and Chinese research activities. electronic newsletter, edited by EURAXESS Links China, Wishing you a pleasant read, which provides information of specific interest to European researchers and non-European With best regards, researchers in China who are interested in European research landscape and conducting research in Europe or with European partners. Jacques de Soyres The information contained in this publication is intended for EURAXESS Links China Country Representative personal use only. It should not be taken in any way to reflect the views of the European Commission nor of the Delegation of the European Union to China. Please email to [email protected] for any comments on this newsletter, contributions you would like to make, or if you think any other colleagues would be interested in receiving this newsletter, or if you wish to unsubscribe. Editor: Jacques de Soyres, Country Representative of EURAXESS Links China October 2013 | Issue 42 | Page 2 of 90 EURAXESS LINKS CHINA Contents 1 EU Insight – ERA assessment ................................................. 7 2 Feature .................................................................................. 10 Helmholtz Association Beijing Office celebrates its tenth anniversary ....... 10 3 EURAXESS Links Activities ................................................... 12 EURAXESS Science Slam China 2013 Finals – The movie! ................... 12 4 News & Developments .......................................................... 13 4.1 EU & Multilateral Cooperation ......................................................... 13 Fruitful EU-China experts’ seminar on Food, Agriculture and Biotechnologies (FAB) held in Beijing on 10-11 October 2013 ............... 13 Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 goes to Belgian Professor François Englert and British Professor Peter Higgs ............................................................ 14 Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn welcomes Hefei Statement on Research Universities .............................................................................. 14 EU Research Highlight - Save energy: Commercial Cooler chills Beverage in just 50 seconds! ................................................................... 15 EU Research Highlight - Stronger and longer-lasting Tuberculosis Vaccines ................................................................................................... 16 EU Research Highlight - Robotic Arm controlled by the Power of the Mind ................................................................................................................. 16 EU Research Event - InfoDay on 2014 Calls HORIZON 2020, Societal Challenge 5: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials, 12 November 2013, Brussels & Online ................................... 17 4.2 EU Member States, China & Bilateral Cooperation ......................... 17 Denmark - Large new Innovation Foundation to solve Societal Challenges and create Jobs ........................................................................................ 17 Denmark - Denmark Days attract 1,200 Chinese students ...................... 18 France - Launch of new Sino-French Institute on Innate Immunity in Guangzhou ............................................................................................... 19 France - Arkema opens its biggest R&D centre in China ......................... 19 France - Launch of the 2nd Phase of the Saint-Gobain R&D centre in Shanghai .................................................................................................. 19 France-Germany - First meeting of the German-French R&D Club......... 20 Germany - 16th Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion held in Beijing ........................................ 20 October 2013 | Issue 42 | Page 3 of 90 EURAXESS LINKS CHINA Iceland – Iceland and China willing to expand S&T cooperation ............. 21 Sweden - Swedish Minister for IT and Energy on visit to China, signed Sino-Swedish Action Plan regarding cooperation on sustainable vehicle development ............................................................................................. 21 Sweden - The 3rd China-Sweden S&T Cooperation Joint Committee held in Beijing ................................................................................................... 22 UK - £7 million funding boosts UK China Science and Innovation relationship ............................................................................................... 22 UK - Government gives go ahead to Chinese companies taking a stake in British nuclear power................................................................................ 23 UK - Chancellor welcomes investment commitments from two of China’s internet giants ........................................................................................... 24 UK - Sino-UK Seminar on Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Collaboration ............................................................................................ 25 5 Grants & Fellowships ............................................................. 26 5.1 Call announcements for international researchers .......................... 26 Belgium – Scientific cooperation programme between FWO and NSFC . 26 Europe/China - Europe-China call for collaborative research on The Green Economy and Understanding Population Change ........................ 26 EU - Dragon-Star Innovation Award – call for application ........................ 27 EU - JPI Climate – Call for proposals for transnational research projects ................................................................................................................. 28 Finland - Joint Call between Jiangsu province (China) and Tekes Groove and Skene Programmes (Finland) for Industrial R&D ............................. 28 France – COOPOL Innovation: 2014 Call ................................................ 29 Germany - 15 PhD fellowships at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin ............................................................ 29 Greece - Onassis Foundation Fellowships for foreigners ........................ 30 International - SCOPE-Zhongyu Young Scientist Environmental Awards 2013 ......................................................................................................... 30 International - IIASA-Funded Postdoctoral Program ................................ 31 Netherlands – Rubicon ............................................................................. 31 Norway - The Wenner-Gren Foundation: International Collaborative Research
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