Partners and teams
Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd (BZN), Hungary
Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. (known as Bay Zoltan Public Foundation before 2012) was established in 1992 as the first non-profit research organisation in Hungary. Today, the company is Hungary’s largest and most successful institution for applied research. Its mission is to support the development of sustainable competitive advantage for Hungarian companies through innovation and technology transfer. RDI activities focus on the areas of material, laser and nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT, environmental technologies, logistics and industrial production technologies and control engineering. The company has developed contacts with a large number of scientists, research institutions, universities, enterprises, multiplier organisations and governmental agencies in Hungary and abroad as well.
The institution implements national and international R&D projects in the areas among others in the environmental industry as well as offers complex scientific and technical solutions through applied research and technology transfer for over 200 enterprises.
BZN Team Members
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Adam Molnar Head of Department Department of Scientific Relations |
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Katalin Kovacs Project Manager Centre for Knowledge Management |
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) is an institution of the Swiss Confederation dedicated to higher education, learning and research. EU GrantsAccess is ETH Zurich’s EU Grants Office and EURAXESS Service Centre and is a unit of 15 persons directly reporting the Vice President of Research of ETH Zurich. It is a joint initiative with the University of Zurich and supports and promotes international academic cooperation between scientists and scholars. It informs and supports researchers on European research programmes and closely collaborates with the institutions legal, financial and HR departments. The office is an active participant in shaping the internationalisation strategy of both universities and their associated research centres. As a member of the Swiss Information Network for EU Research Programmes, EU GrantsAccess closely collaborates with its partners on a national and international level and is currently involved in 756 EU projects including 167 Marie-Curie-Fellowships and 100 ERC projects. EU GrantsAccess is mandated as acting EURAXESS BHO in the EURAXESS TOP II project and coordinates the Innovation Union project TANDEM.
ETH Zurich Team Members
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Sofia Karakostas Co-Head EU GrantsAccess EU GrantsAccess and Euraxess Zurich |
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Annika Glauner Research Advisor and Manager EU GrantsAccess and Euraxess Zurich |
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Sibylle Hodel Deputy Head, Research Manager EU GrantsAccess and Euraxess Zurich |
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Alexandra Zingg Research Manager EU GrantsAccess and Euraxess Zurich |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
NTNU is a state institution in Trondheim, Norway. NTNU was among the first universities in Europe to sign the "European Charter for Researchers" and the "European Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers". In addition, the EU Commission on 9 March 2010 gave NTNU the right to use the logo "HR Excellence in Research" as an acknowledgement of NTNU's efforts to live by the aims and working methods promoted in the Charter and Code. NIRS (NTNU International Researcher Support) is part of HR department at NTNU, and was established in 2010 as a knowledge centre in the field of international mobility.
NTNU International Researcher Support (NIRS) offers counselling services for administrative staff and researchers working at or visiting NTNU. Other services offered by NIRS includes housing, dual career services, seminars, courses and social activities for the international community at NTNU.
NTNU Team Members
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Kathrine Vangen International HR senior adviser NTNU International Researcher Support |
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Iuliana Hussein International Adviser NTNU International Researcher Support |
SAIA, n. o. (Slovak Academic Information Agency), Slovakia
SAIA, n.o. came to existence in 1990. It has got experience from the administration of different mobility programmes for university students, PhD students, university teachers and researchers within bi-lateral and multilateral programmes. Currently SAIA, n.o. runs offices in five university towns with 25 employees. SAIA, n.o. also plays an important role in the promotion of academic mobility in Slovakia and is considered by public institutions as a highly relevant partner in the creation of legal environment for academic and scientific mobility in Slovakia. SAIA, n.o. is involved in EURAXESS activities from 2004 as BHO, ESC and portal manager. As a EURAXESS network member SAIA, n.o. participated in the E*Care project, in the EURAXESS Portal Call (in the framework of the TOP I project), TOP II and TOP III project.
SAIA Team Members
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Katarína Košťálová Executive Director |
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Karla Zimanová Deputy Director (currently on maternity leave) |
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Janka Kottulová Project Manager Euraxess Slovakia |
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Mária Sásová Project Manager Euraxess Slovakia |
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
With its more than 530 years, UCPH is one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe. With over 40,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, it is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The purpose of the University – to quote the University Statute – is to ’conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level’. Approximately one hundred different departments, laboratories, centres, museums etc., form the nucleus of the University, where professors, assistant professors and other academic staff, as well as most of the technical and administrative personnel, carry out their daily work, and where teaching takes place. UCPH is ranked as the 7th best European University on the Leiden Ranking list (2011, based on no. publications). In EU's 7th Framework Programme (FP7), UCPH has been involved in 395 projects.
ISM (International Staff Mobility) is a unit at UCPH which employs and provides service to foreign researchers and their accompanying family members. ISM advises foreign researchers, PhD students and administrative personnel at Copenhagen University on all EURAXESS related topics. The unit consists of 13 employees.
Project Management and HR Director’s office, also a unit at UCPH, which amongst other things employs and provides strategic project management services and contributes to strategic HR development at the University. Amongst important projects is the UCPH researcher career development project for Postdocs. The unit consists of 11 employees.
UCPH Team Members
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Mark de Vos Senior International Mobility Consultant / Manager Dual Career Spouse Programme International Staff Mobility |
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Iben Rørbye Senior HR Consultant and Project Manager / Manager UCPH Researcher Career Development Project Project Management and HR Director’s office |
Last modified: 2017-02-22