FELLOWS FOR INDUSTRY FFI

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FELLOWS FOR INDUSTRY (FFI)

• Dr John Rafelt

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Contents

• Beta Technology Ltd
• Fellows for Industry
• Project Specifics
• Help from Beta

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Beta Technology Ltd

• Independent, Technology Transfer
  Consultancy
• National Contact Point for the SME
• Programme for FP5
• National Contact Point for Innovation
• National Contact Point for Industry
• under QOL programme
• Innovation Relay Centre
• Free and confidential advice

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Fellows for Industry.

• A brand new initiative co-funded by the European
  Commission, will pro-actively foster the
  co-operation between academia and enterprises in
  the sectors of Biomedical Engineering and
  Rehabilitation Technology.
• MOTO - creating win-win situations both for
  companies acquiring scientific expertise and for
  scientists expanding their level of experience.

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FFI

• Aims to stimulate SME participation in the
  Marie-Curie Fellowship scheme
• Marie-Curie Individual Fellowships
• Marie-Curie Host Fellowships
• Participants
• Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany,
  Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Poland,
  Slovenia, The Netherlands and UK

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FFI

• Specifically looking at the areas of Biomedical
  Engineering and Rehabilitation Technologies
• Artificial organs
• Rehabilitation technologies focussing on
  age-related illnesses
• Electrical stimulation of the heart
• Functional limitations of old age (geriatric
  rehabilitation technologies)
• Medical ultrasound
• Lasers in medicine
• Neuromuscular systems
• Technologies for disabled persons
• Biomechanics

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Workprogramme

• Fellowships can be submitted to individual
  thematic programmes
• QoL (KA 6 the Ageing population disabilities,
  GA9 Neurosciences and GA 11 Research into persons
  with disabilities)
• Growth (KA 1 innovative products and processes,
  GA5 materials and GA6 Measurements and testing)
• IHP programmes - No pre established scientific
  targets
• Yet all share the same rules

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Deadlines for submission

• Individual Fellowships
• QOL 10th Oct 2001, 10th April 2002
• Growth 19th Sept 2001, 20th March 2002
• IHP 12th Sept 2001, 13th March 2002
• Industry Hosts
• Growth 19th Sept 2001, 20th March 2002
• IHP 3rd Oct 2002

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Overall Project Targets

• 2700 contacts with SMEs
• 435 contacts with researchers
• 48 information and assistance events
• Brochures to be drafted
• 140 Individual MCF proposals
• 55 MC Industry Host proposals
• 1 International Partnering day

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Betas Activities

• To develop promotional material and a
  questionnaire to send to companies and research
  establishments
• To identify 500 SMEs
• To identify 50 potential research establishments
• To stimulate the submission of 6 Host
  Fellowships, and 4 Individual Fellowships

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Help from Beta

• Free and confidential
• Assistance with
• Identifying right proposal ideas
• Finding partners
• Proposal writing and submission
• Proposal pre-screening

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Contact Beta Technology for free, confidential
advice and further information

• e-mail info_at_betatechnology.co.uk
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Web www.betatechnology.co.uk

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Other Information

• www.bit.ac.at/fellows_for_industry.htm
• www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/home.htm
• www.mariecurie.org