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New FET Opportunities for International Cooperation
by EC
FET-Open has just concluded a survey aimed at collecting information on international research collaboration activities within the community of FET-funded projects. The survey aimed to get your views on which type of international cooperation activities should be strengthened in the next FET work programme. The survey questionnaire was sent to 200 FET project coordinators, of which 56 replied (28% response).
Main survey findings:
- 96% of respondents are very active internationally — 71% with the USA, 32% with Japan, and 16-18% with China, Australia, Canada and Russia.
- Main activities relate to networking and dissemination (66%), exchange of pre- and post- Docs (64%), and perhaps more surprisingly, joint research projects (54%).
- All participants agreed that international research collaboration should be intensified, and 96% suggested that FET should launch a dedicated call to support international cooperation.
The survey results will provide valuable results for the design of the FET 2011-2012 work programme.
Further information
ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/fet-open/fet2009-inco-survey_en.pdf
