Press Release: European Commission promotes exchanges between industry and academia

Researchers gathered in Brussels on 14 January, 2008, to learn more about an FP7 Marie Curie scheme providing €400 million between now and 2013 for staff exchanges between businesses and universities. The "Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" scheme is particularly designed to involve small businesses, which make up the bulk of European companies, as it opens doors to using research results that can help them develop. The conference will showcase past successes of such industry/academia partnerships, examine the barriers that currently exist to such movement between public and private sectors and offer workshops to help participants design top quality research partnerships and make the most of any future contract under the scheme.

European Commission: SPEECH:08/08: Industry and Academia: Partners in European Research http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/8&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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