Pursuing the efforts to improve the quality of the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of the North-East Region, North-East RDA revised the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of the North-East Region, taking into account the recommendations resulting from the analysis carried out by the experts of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of European Commission at the request of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, within the Technical Assistance Program “RIS3 in Lagging Regions, Phase II”, funded by European Commission through DG Regio.

The Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of the North-East Region, 3^rd Edition, 1^st Revision, received the favourable opinion from the Regional Innovation Consortium On 3^rd June 2021.

Download The Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of the North-East Region, 3^rd Edition, 1^st Revision

The RIS3 Management Office of the NE RDA has published its updated version of the digital brochure that summarises the major takeaways related to the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of the North-East Region.

The new online brochure collates the RIS3 Management Office capabilities and tools into one place and invites traditional, potential and new partners to learn more about our approach on the RIS3.

To download the brochure, click on the image below.

The North-East Regional Development Agency launches the second call of the Research Results Development Program (RVP 2.0) to identify research projects with high commercial potential in the North-East Region and to support related project teams to strengthen knowledge and skills to advance their own project to a higher level of technological training (TRL).

The Research Results Recovery Program (RVP) will be implemented as follows:

• organization of short-term workshops (1-2 days) for researchers and CTT staff, who have expressed interest in assessing the challenges encountered and their needs in the process of marketing their research results and identifying the research teams that will benefit personalized assistance through the program;
• individualized coaching sessions offered to selected teams in order to capitalize on specific marketing opportunities.

Eligible applicants:
In this call, the entities that can apply are the research teams from the following universities:

1. „Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iasi
2. „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi
3. „Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași
4. „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Iași
5. „Vasile Alecsandri” University, Bacau
6. „Ștefan cel Mare” University, Suceava

Period during which applications can be submitted:
Date from which applications can be submitted: 04.05.2021
Date until which applications can be submitted: 04.06.2021

The Research Results Recovery Program will be conducted in English.

For more details on RVP 2.0 and the application process, please visit the following links:

• https://www.adrnordest.ro/en/rvp2_0_en/ (English language)
• https://www.adrnordest.ro/rvp2_0/ (Romanian language)