ASTP joins new Horizon Europe project

ERA Shuttle, (Accelerating ERA by Sharing Unique Talents for healThy Life and Environment) is creating a cross-sectoral framework for collaboration for researchers, innovators and other talents from different backgrounds in academic and non-academic research and innovation (R&I) institutions to contribute to innovative solutions for contemporary challenges in health and environment.

What is ERA?

The European Research Area (ERA), is the ambition to create a single, borderless market for research, innovation and technology across the EU and help countries be more effective together, by strongly aligning their research policies and programmes. 

What is the aim of Shuttle?

The main goal is to foster R&I capacity in the ERA to benefit the widening countries, in this case Poland, Croatia, and Malta. This will be accomplished by bolstering R&I support capacities, boosting collaboration, and implementing cross-sectoral knowledge valorisation and talent circulation experiments. 

Who is involved? 

The action is designed by leading universities from widening countries with under developed R&I landscapes: University of Gda?sk, University of Split, University of Malta and strong non-academic institutions and associations from non-widening countries including ASTP, Steinbeis Wissens- und Transfer GmbH, CERIC-ERIC. Moreover, support will be provided by experienced partners in career development, training and facilitation of academia and non-academia interactions by AcrossLimits Ltd. and Schiller & Mertens GbR.

What's the plan?

Project partners will develop their core capacities and benefit from ERA knowledge and expertise exchange. The project supports industry-research needs by cross-fertilising ideas to address hurdles and low levels of research valorisation. The project will: identify research institutions' strengths and weaknesses and increase access, integration, and use of research equipment and knowledge, improve research conditions, and career development possibilities to attract and retain top R&I talents in expanding countries, and implement cross-sectoral talent mobilities.