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Research Foundation - Flanders
Bilateral scientific cooperation NSC Taiwan / FWO-Flanders
28th September 2005
Prof. Maurice PensaertSecretary General
Belgium
2 independent research foundations: Flanders + Brussels (part): FWO-Vlaanderen Wallonia + Brussels (part): FNRS
Different community governments
Different funding decisions
EUROPE
BELGIUMInhabitants: 10,1 mio (Flanders: 6 mio & Wallonia: 4,1 mio)
Personal funding to individual scientists
Fellowships1. PH. D. Fellowships2. Postdoctoral Fellowships/Mobility3. Special Doctoral Grants4. Clinical Doctoral Grants5. Senior Clinical Investigators
Small Personal Research Grants Travel Grants and International Contacts
Funding to Flemish research teams
Research Projects (generally 4 years, may be prolonged)
Flemish competition FWO evaluation FWO funding
European competition: European Science Foundation evaluation FWO
International Contacts
Scientific Research Networks Travel grants
Grants to attend international congresses Grants for short periods abroad Exchange of scientists
Sabbatical leaves Organisation of congresses in Belgium Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships
Junior Senior
Bilateral scientific cooperation
Special board of referees: 15 professors all disciplines meets every month
Bilateral scientific cooperation
Joint exchange projects Exchange of scientists Organisation of seminars, workshops, … Other when agreed upon
Full research projects
Memorandum of UnderstandingJoint exchange projects
Two parties Basis of equality and mutual benefit Promote and support scientific cooperation
between scientists At postdoc level or higher Scientists affiliated with universities or research
institutes
Joint exchange projects
Fundamental research Project – based Bottom up Two possibilities:
One common call (eg. once per year) Individual initiatives throughout the year
Programme: Promotor identification, title, aims, type of collaboration, expected duration, results to be expected, …
Joint exchange projects
In principle: missions up to 6 weeks per person total of 30 weeks per year
Sending party covers travel costs Host party covers accommodation, daily
allowance, insurance,…
Joint exchange projects: procedure
Project proposal sent to both parties at the same time
Each party (council, academy, …) applies own selection and evaluation procedure
FWO-Flanders selection done by international contact referee board (meets 1x per month)
Evaluation procedure finished within 2 months will not exceed 4 months
Joint exchange projects: procedure
Once project accepted: visits Sending party provides (3 months prior to visit):
cv of visitor programme duration of visit
Host party accepts within 1 month If agreed, sending party notifies host party of
arrival of visitor 2 weeks prior to visit
Full research projects
Normal procedure for projects from Flanders universities
Bottom up, 1x per year Personnel, equipment, consumables Evaluation by internal discipline specific boards
of referees Ranking 1st order, 2nd order, 3rd order, not
ranked Approval by Senate and Board of Trustees;
Bilateral cooperations FWO / other parties
Argentina (CONICET & SECyT) Brazil (CNPq) Bulgaria (BAS) Czech Republic (AS) Great Britain (BA & RS) Hungary (HAS) Japan (JSPS) Korea (KOSEF) Mexico (CONACYT) People’s Republic of China (CAMS, CAS, CASS, NSFC) Poland (PAN) Romenia (SRA) Republic of China – Taiwan (NSC) Russia (Siberian branch) (AS) Slovak Republic (SAS) Slovenia (SSF) USA (NIH & NSF)
Bilateral cooperation activitiesFWO / Taiwan
Sept. 04: Prof. Liao (NSC): MoU with Flanders institute of Biotechnology
Sept. 04: 9 Taiwanese professors: IMEC-NSC workshop on nanotechnology
Nov. 04: President Chang (NCTU): agreement on scholar exchange programme
Nov. 04: Prof. Wu (NCTU) and Liu (NCKU)
Bilateral cooperation activitiesFWO / Taiwan
March 05: Agreement with IMEC
Director Nano device lab.
Director Chip implementation center
Co-investigator Chip nat. Sci. & Tech. March 05: Dr. Chen Industrial techn. Res. Inst. March 05: Prof. Ju (NCKU): lecture + joint research proposal April 05: Prof. De Keersmaeker and 4 delegates: visit the
Euro-Taiwan IT Cooperation event in Taipei May 05: Prof. Chi (NSC) & Dr. Huang: visit IMEC + joint
research activities June 05: Taiwan spatial planning team: visit and bilateral
workshop June 05: Dr. Lee, Dir. Gen. HsinChu Science Park + 9 delegates:
possible cooperation in biochips and vision center
Antwerp Diamonds
Bruges by night Brussels manneke pis
Belgian beer
French fries
Belgian chocolates
Tintin
Op 10 januari 2004 is het precies 75 jaar geleden dat in de katholieke krant 'Le Vingtième Siècle' voor het eerst een jonge reporter ten tonele werd gevoerd. Hij werd meteen op missie naar de toenmalige Stalinistische Sovjetunie gestuurd voor een vlammend anti-communistisch verslag. Dit gebeurde niet in de serieuze buitenlandkolommen van de krant, maar in de kinderpagina's en wel in de vorm van een stripverhaal. De reporter, vergezeld van een witte fox-terriër, kreeg de naam Tintin (later in het Nederlands Kuifje genoemd). 75 jaar later, ruim 20 jaar na de dood van Kuifjes geestelijke vader Hergé en 28 jaar na publicatie van het laatste album in de reeks, is Kuifje nog steeds springlevend. Meer nog: een papieren icoon geworden voor de Negende Kunst én zelfs voor België.
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