EURON and THEME joint PhD meeting

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EURON and THEME joint meeting 2011
EURON currently consists of 10 full partner universities in Belgium, Germany and
the Netherlands and 6 associated university partners in France, Portugal, Turkey
and Germany.
The research school EURON was officially established and accredited in 2003
and successfully re-accredited in 2010 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Euron has received at July 2010 its official approval
(with delight) of this follow up recognition. The Committee was praising the
international orientation and the way at which EURON tries to link the research
and educational collaboration between the partners. This recognition is again for
a six years period.
Furthermore EURON has a strong international position due to its recognition by
the EU as Marie Curie Early Stage Training Site during the period 2002-2010.
Our new initiatives are:
• To develop a joint Research Master program in Neuroscience between the
EURON partner universities supported by a Curriculum Development project
of the Erasmus Lifelong Learning Program. Estimated start date: September
2012-2013. This joint master program will result in a joint degree. For Euron
the EMiN program is the best example to share knowledge and expertise
between universities and countries.
• To (re) apply for a FP7 People Marie-Curie Training Network program with
our SYNERGY project “Interdisciplinary Training Network in New Therapeutic
Targets for Neurodegeneration” (January 12th, 2012). Innovative treatments
can only result from innovative research. Therefore EURON has developed a
new initiative in which seven universities and six large companies will work
together to provide insight into the neurodegenerative processes and disorders
in order to increase the development of new therapeutic strategies to prevent
or slow down neurodegenerative processes. The complementary network
of industrial and academic partners will combine their industrial or scientific
knowledge: expertise and resources with a particular focus on the exchange of
molecular, anatomical, electrophysiological techniques in neuroscience.
• The realizations of joint PhD projects between EURON partner universities. In
2009 EURON formally realized a so-called “Rotationsstellen” (PhD projects)
between Maastricht University and the Klinikum Aachen and these joint PhD
projects will now be also established between Maastricht University and
Hasselt University called “sandwich positions”.