Baltic TRAM, Transnational Research Access in Macro-region
Transnational Research Access in the Macro-region
Timetable: 01.02.2016- 01.03.2019
Project status: Finished
Funders: EU Interreg BSR
Project budget: 200 000€ - 250 000€
Project external partners: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, University of Latvia, Kainuun Etu Ltd, Invest in Skåne, University of Southern Denmark, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht HZG, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI, Jagelonnian University JU, Polish Academy of Sciences, Foundatio
Summary: The challenge behind Baltic TRAM is, that investments in research infrastructure (RI) do not reflect sustainable demand, do not take into account sufficiently Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) of areas, and do not promote effectively enough meaningful interactions between RI and businesses. Additionally community in connection to RI is weak. There is also an inadequate communication of chances for using RI and weak
networking between RI and with industrial users. Futhermore funding programmes for Small and Medium size enterprises (SME) on national and transnational level for useinspired
basic research are missing. It is a social challenge to speed up the implementation of research results from basic and applied research in industry. The Science Link (SL) project has shown that more cooperation is needed on national level combined
with an international cooperation.
RI in the field of analytics are "key technology" in research with industry. Important for dealing with these challenges are RI, which cost more than 1 Mio euro (e.g. electron microscopes, spectroscopes and tomographs).
Baltic TRAM will thus address three levels:
1) First of all the market failure "unsustainable demand for RI" will be addressed and national structures/networks which provide regional service and support the community will be established. Demands on the national networks (e.g.types of stakeholders) arise from the present national/regional structure and the future requirements formulated in the national roadmaps and national/regional S3.
2) Furthermore, analytical research activities and experiences will be exchanged via the transnational structure.
3) Pilot projects are intended for selected areas (e.g. nanotechnologies, food technology) for testing the solutions developed for national and transnational networks and lead to evaluation results. Project partners will support companies with consultation and research using de minimis rules for SME.
These activities will strengthen the capacities of public administration, companies and RI in the BSR states and, through international networking, lead to a balanced use of and cooperation between the RI. As interface Industrial Research Centers will operate the regional networks of cooperating RI and organise transnational cooperation.
At the same time there is need to make data freely accessible. The project will attempt to define requirements, structures and agreements for Open Data Access with companies carrying out research activities and to test it in a pilot project in Finland.
Baltic TRAM addresses in opposite to the SL project not only largescale RI and now focus on national networks for usage of the national and international RI. There will be cooperation with projects, which derivated from SL and applied for funding in Alpine and Central Europe programmes. For coordination with national ministries of research and as concrete example Baltic TRAM has agreed on cooperation with the project Baltic
Science Network.
networking between RI and with industrial users. Futhermore funding programmes for Small and Medium size enterprises (SME) on national and transnational level for useinspired
basic research are missing. It is a social challenge to speed up the implementation of research results from basic and applied research in industry. The Science Link (SL) project has shown that more cooperation is needed on national level combined
with an international cooperation.
RI in the field of analytics are "key technology" in research with industry. Important for dealing with these challenges are RI, which cost more than 1 Mio euro (e.g. electron microscopes, spectroscopes and tomographs).
Baltic TRAM will thus address three levels:
1) First of all the market failure "unsustainable demand for RI" will be addressed and national structures/networks which provide regional service and support the community will be established. Demands on the national networks (e.g.types of stakeholders) arise from the present national/regional structure and the future requirements formulated in the national roadmaps and national/regional S3.
2) Furthermore, analytical research activities and experiences will be exchanged via the transnational structure.
3) Pilot projects are intended for selected areas (e.g. nanotechnologies, food technology) for testing the solutions developed for national and transnational networks and lead to evaluation results. Project partners will support companies with consultation and research using de minimis rules for SME.
These activities will strengthen the capacities of public administration, companies and RI in the BSR states and, through international networking, lead to a balanced use of and cooperation between the RI. As interface Industrial Research Centers will operate the regional networks of cooperating RI and organise transnational cooperation.
At the same time there is need to make data freely accessible. The project will attempt to define requirements, structures and agreements for Open Data Access with companies carrying out research activities and to test it in a pilot project in Finland.
Baltic TRAM addresses in opposite to the SL project not only largescale RI and now focus on national networks for usage of the national and international RI. There will be cooperation with projects, which derivated from SL and applied for funding in Alpine and Central Europe programmes. For coordination with national ministries of research and as concrete example Baltic TRAM has agreed on cooperation with the project Baltic
Science Network.
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