Horizon Europe InfoDay. PolSCA PAN regional network meetup in Kraków

The PolSCA Office invites representatives of the local community of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the southern Poland to a meeting: Horizon Europe InfoDay.PolSCA PAN regional network meetup in Kraków that will be held on Tuesday, June 27.

The aim of the event is to present the mission of the PolSCA Office, discuss on activities supporting units of the Polish Academy of Sciences and introduce a number of research funding instruments under Horizon Europe framework program. Particular attention will be given to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programmes, the Widening calls and tools supporting innovation and technology transfer (i.e. EIC Pathfinder and EIT). The meeting will also be a great opportunity to learn about the supporting activities of the Horizontal Contact Point for South-Eastern Poland, and to meet experts representing NCP for Widening and MSCA programmes.

The agenda of the day includes also a working meeting with members of the Horizon Europe Navigators Network as well as with the management of the PAS Institutes based in the southern Poland. During these sessions the needs of units in the field of support and cooperation opportunities will be discussed.

This event will be the second physical meeting of the PolSCA Team with stakeholders of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2023 after a three-year period of online meetings only. In February this year a similar meeting was held in Poznań. It is organized as part of the series “Horizon Europe Navigators MeetUps – cyclical meetings for members of the PAS network of science managers, the so-called HE Navigators. The network was initiated by the PolSCA Office in 2021 in the in synergy with PASIFIC program.

Identified among the employees of the PAS Institutes, HE Navigators support the effective transfer of information in the scientific environment of their Institutes and the effective distribution of the training offer of the PolSCA Office and partners. The common goal of the PolSCA Office and the HE Navigators Network is to deepen knowledge and exchange good practices, and consequently – to increase the participation of the PAS Institutes in the Horizon Europe framework programme. Currently, 62 PAS Institutes and several auxiliary units of the Academy are involved in the network.

Registration for the meeting is required – link to the registration form has been sent to members of Horizon Navigators Network in each of the PAS’s Institutes or please contact us directly at joanna.komperda@polsca.pan.pl