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Institution Name
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Address
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City
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Country
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Institution Type
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Fields of activity
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Institution Status
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Number of scientific employees
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| Emerging activities |
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What is your own definition of emerging activities/sciences (max 4 lines)
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Are there emerging activities in your institution?
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| If you have answered 'Yes' to question 10 please answer questions 11 to 20 |
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What are the emerging research fields in your institution?
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Describe the emerging research domains by free keywords (max 4)
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Give a short description of these emerging fields (max 4 lines)
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Number of researchers involved in those emerging fields
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Number of publications in the institution regarding emerging research fields per year
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Indicate names and profiles of experts in the above mentioned fields
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Do those research fields have high risk from the scientific and technological perspective (not hazard)
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What kind of potential impact of the emerging activities in your institution do you foresee?
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Are such emerging fields yet in progress at international level?
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Which other high risk research fields could be of interest for your institution?
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| Interdisciplinarity |
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What is your own definition of interdisciplinarity (max 4 lines)
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Are the emerging fields in your institution interdisciplinary?
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(if you have answered 'yes' to question 22)
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Is the interdisciplinarity of "standard nature" (already acknowledged by scientific community)?
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(if you have answered yes to question 23)
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Could you describe such new forms of interdisciplinarity? (max 4 lines)
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(if you have answered 'no' to question 23)
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Does it tackle new forms of interdisciplinarity (new paradigms) not yet experienced?
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Is interdisciplinarity itself a research topic in your institution?
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(if you have answered yes to question 26)
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Could you indicate the names of experts involved in interdisciplinarity research?
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| Institutional structures for carrying out emerging research |
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Do you think the structures of your institution are appropriate for developing durable research on emerging areas?
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Are new structures (institutes, research centres, others) needed?
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What kind of structures?
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Is the present management structure (human resources, budget, equipment) flexible enough to enable the development of emerging research activities?
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What are the main structural barriers in your institution for implementing emerging research activities?
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| National structures for carrying out emerging research |
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Is there a national programme to fund emerging research activities in your country?
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(if you have answered yes to question 33)
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What is its approximate budget (in euro)?
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(if you have answered yes to question 33)
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Who is the program manager/funder?
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European Research: 6th Framework Programme
Activity: New and Emerging Science and Technology (NEST) |
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Do you know FP6 NEST programme (http://www.cordis.lu/nest/home.html)
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Has your organization submitted any NEST proposal?
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Has your institution been a partner of a financed/negotiated NEST project?
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What is your opinion about NEST-Programme? (max 4 lines)
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Please indicate the suitable/desired level of financing of the NEST-Programme in the next European Framework Programme (FP7 covering the period 2007-2010)
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Please explain why (max 4 lines)
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Do you think a programme equivalent to NEST should be funded at national level as well?
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Do the researchers in your organization are in constant contact with the national NEST NCP?
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Are there experts in your institution registered as experts-evaluators in DG Research database?
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(if you have answered yes to question 44)
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Are there registered experts especially for emerging activities?
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| Contact information |
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Contact information
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