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NEST
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Objectives
The main objective of NEST-IDEA is to mobilize the scientific community and to provide assistance in setting up and organizing the NEST implementation in Europe. These objectives will be reached by:
Exploring new ideas
Mapping the best scientific centres in Europe, in particular unknown small research groups
Establishing and networking between research groups regarding concepts related to new and emerging scientific and technological areas
Assisting in consortia organisation and proposal elaboration for preparing unconventional projects
To implement the project, the NEST-NCPs network will be used, to ensure that, a larger number of research groups is identified, but on the other hand, the intention of the project is to be used by the NCPs for their purposes.
Specific Objectives
To achieve the general objectives the following specific objectives must be fulfilled:
To explore and select the most promising ideas arising in Europe by collecting NEST ideas on a regional and national level for future NEST proposal submission
To encourage small research groups and individual researchers to share their ideas and submit them as NEST projects
To analyze the newest trends in world science with the help of invited experts
To anticipate opportunities and threats through observation
To build NEST awareness
To ensure transfer of best practices, experience and knowledge of the project
To establish an NCP-database of ideas, potential participants, events, possibilities of financial support and projects
To establish an Internet tool (Intranet) for communication among NEST partners
To involve stakeholders in the early stage of idea implementation
To secure intellectual property rights (IPR) for new ideas disclosed by researchers
Project Phases
- Phase One,
- To identify new ideas
- ADVENTURE projects: visionary research
- INSIGHT projects: new discoveries and phenomena
- To identify research groups and encourage them to submit proposals, using the national networks established
- To evaluate the results with the help of expert groups
- To disseminate NEST calls
- Phase Two,
- Using the results of the Phase One, to help in identifying PATHFINDER initiatives
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NEST-IDEA
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