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Nordic Research Infrastructure Network (NRIN) Aims, Activities and Status Per Karlsson, Swedish Research Council 30 June 2011. NORIA-net Concept.
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Nordic Research Infrastructure Network (NRIN) Aims, Activities and Status Per Karlsson, Swedish Research Council 30 June 2011
NORIA-netConcept • - NordForsk-initiated coordination activity aimed at enhancing coordination and cooperation between national research funding agencies and policy makers in the Nordic region • - A NORIA-net allows identification of areas of national priority that can be strengthened through Nordic cooperation
Nordic Research Infrastructure Network (NRIN) - NORIA-net Nordic Infrastructure Network initiated autumn 2009 - The network aims to expand the Nordic collaboration on research infrastructures (RI)
NRIN – Participants Troels Rasmussen, DASTI, Coordinator Eeva Ikonen, Academy of Finland Odd Ivar Eriksen, Research Council of Norway Per Karlsson, Swedish Research Council Thorvaldur Finnbjörnsson, Icelandic Centre for Research Fridrika Hardardottír, Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture
NRIN – interim report Mappingofprocesses Roadmaps Funding International National ESFRI-projects
NRIN – ongoing • ESFRI-projectswith Nordic collaboration potential (ongoing) • BBMRI (Biobanks) • Lifewatch (Biodiversity) • ELIXIR (Bioinformatics) • EPOS (Plate tectonics) • Clarin (Language) • ICOS (CO2 monitoring) • ….
NRIN – ongoing • Evaluation of international membership • ESRF – Pilot study • “measure the utilization and functioning of national Research Infrastructure memberships at organizational level “ ,
Further investigations • Common use of existing Nordic RI
NRIN – autumn 2011 Recommendations for the future: how to expand the Nordic RI collaboration?
NRIN – Preliminary findings • Roadmaps different in character • Motivatefunding • or • priotizewhenfunding is secured • No need for a Nordic Roadmap? • Poolingof Nordic administrative resources?