Cooperating with Japan in RD Julie Christiansen Senior

Cooperating with Japan in R&D Julie Christiansen Senior Adviser Department for int. cooperation and development research

Outline: § International Cooperation in Research § RCN international strategy § Norway and Japan

International cooperation Benefits § Collaboration § Quality § Meeting global challenges § Giving access to industry § Research diplomacy Arenas § EU: Horizon 2020 § Bilateral/multilateral outside of EU

Norway’s most important R&D partners

International cooperation – The RCN mainstreaming principle ”All the Research Council's efforts … …shall have concrete goals and plans for international collaboration. ”

Roadmap prioritized countries § § § § Brazil Canada India Japan China Russia South Africa USA Kristin Danielsen Internasjonal direktør. Bjørn Tore Kjellemo Direktør. Utvikling og samarbeid

Why Japan? § Japan’s position as a leading research nation § High quality, global contributor, business and industry § Large investments in R&D § Research intensive business and industry § Technology driver Priority areas for cooperation: • Energy and environment • Marine research • Material science – nano technology • Polar research and space research • EDUCATION and INNOVATION!

Number of co-publications Japan and Norway. 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2003 2004 2005 Source: Scopus/Science Metrix 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

International cooperation - RCN schemes and instruments § National research programs and activities § Prioritized areas § Research Mobility schemes § Cofunded, bilateral calls § Horizon 2020 § Framework programs § ERA-net § EIG - Concert Japan § JSPS-RCN Researcher Mobility Program § Postdoctoral researchers § Dedicated counsellor for science, technology and higher education in Tokyo § NTNU and Ui. B: Special Adviser in Innovation Norway Tokyo office

INTPART - International Partnerships in Excellent Education and Research The main goal of INTPART is; § to develop world class higher education and research institutions § by promoting and funding long term institutional partnerships with strong academic groups and institutions § in the eight prioritized countries; Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Russia, South-Africa and the USA. Results 1 st Call: 47 applications, 19 projects (North. America 11, Japan 3, China, 2, SA 1, Brasil 1, India 1).

Project example Randi Holmestad at NTNU is project manager for "Norwegian-Japanese Aluminum Alloy Research and Education Collaboration". “The five partners had a very successful KPN cooperation from 2010 to 2014. We became well known and had several successful cooperations in the fields of aluminum alloys, electron microscopy and materials characterization”, says Holmestad. “After this project was concluded, it was difficult to stay connected. We now have the ability to maintain cooperation and will hold joint workshops and exchange staff, hold lectures and exchange experiences. Master's and Ph. D students from Japan will come to Norway for stays, and vice versa. ”

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