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OpenInnoTrain Secondments
What is a Secondment?
An exchange of research and innovation staff to share knowledge and ideas between university and industry.
Who can apply fora secondment?
All staff members from our partner institutions actively involved in research and innovation activities: researchers, PhD students, administrative, managerial or technical staff.
Who can benefit from a secondment?
Secondments have potential to benefit, in the short term: secondees, hosts, secondee organisations, host organisations, and in the long terms: this list remains but also extends to: the research community more broadly, and ultimately society.
Where can you go on a secondment?
OpenInnoTrain Consortium is composed of 13 academic and 9 industry partners across Europe and in Australia.Â
Secondment conditions
You can use your secondment for:
- Enhancing your research career and growing professionally
- Developing existing or new collaborations
- Having a focused period of work in an inspiring environment
- Working on new projects or joint publications
How to plan your secondment?
Planning the visit
Approach your local OpenInnoTrain contact person (the project representative at your organisation) and your future host to define the secondment period, duration (minimum 30 days) and work plan. If you don't know who the contact person is, reach out to us (info@openinnotrain.eu) and we will introduce you to them!
Before the secondment
Your local OpenInnoTrain representative must create your researcher’s profile and draft your Researcher Declaration on the European Commission Participant Portal to get your identification number. Important: make sure the dates entered in the Researcher Declaration correspond to your actual stay and can be verified!Â
Send to Elia Vallejos:
- A profile picture for OpenInnoTrain website and other communication tools.
- A short bio or summary of your research interests.
- The signed Release Form where you consent to promote your profile on OpenInnoTrain media.
After the secondment
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Send us within 1 month:
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Your Secondment agreement signed by you, the sending organisation and the host organisation, including your Work Plan and Data Management Plan.
Weekly minutes signed by you and your host.
An Impact assessment (report reflecting on how the secondment has impacted your career).
The Funding request signed and stamped by the sending organisation – this is the official document for requesting the funding for each secondment.
Note:
Once your Researcher Declaration is drafted, we will provide your personalised template for each of these supporting documents. It is your responsibility to ensure that the information reported is accurate and complies with OpenInnoTrain Grant Agreement and the European Commission funding conditions.Â
Make sure you record all supporting documents and evidences for up to 5 years after the end of OpenInnoTrain project, including all original travel documents, clearly showing the starting and return dates.
- Delays in receiving the supporting documents will lead to extra delays for the payment of the allowance.
Any question?
Check the FAQs section and if you still have any doubts, don’t be shy and send us an email: info@openinnotrain.eu!