What is meant by “network participant” and “associated partner”?
Network participants are beneficiaries and therefore contractors. Associated partners are those who will contribute to the research training programme without being formal (contractual) participants. Associated partners are typically part of mono-site and twinning applications where the participants must have a well-established trans-national collaboration with other research institutes. Q: Will the “associated partner” be financed? A: The associated partners will not be financed and therefore they will not recruit. However they will host the recruited researchers for periods of secondments/visits. They may also organise training activities, in this case it will have to be finacially supported by the single (mono) or the two partners (twinnings), who have signed the contract. Q: Is the involvement of industry important? A.: In all cases, the involvement of industry should be at the highest possible level, taking into account the nature of the joint training programme and the research f
