| Programme | Research and Education |
| Selection | Open project |
| Competition title | Project Call of Scholarships programme |
| Donorstate/international project partner | University of South-Eastern Norway |
| Project national Nr. | EEA-GRANT-204 |
| GrACE project Nr. | LV-RESEARCH-0017 |
| Contract No. | EEA-GRANT-204-4534, 11.10.2021. |
| Contract Date | 11.10.2021 |
| Project title | Fostering Innovation by Sharing and Learning Best International Practice |
| Project promoter | Riga Technical University |
| Start of project eligibility | 01.05.2022 |
| Project end | 30.04.2024 |
| Total eligible costs | 117 500.00€ |
| Grant financing | 99 875.00€ |
| National co-financing | 17 625.00€ |
| Project status | In implementation |
| Project goal/description | The objective of the project is to benefit from sharing two-way experiences between Norway and Latvia. Riga Technical University (RTU) and the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) are the key partners of the project. The goal of the project is to acquire knowledge about the best international practices in the partner countries by participation in academic studies, by studying industry-academia relations, by learning working climate and environment for technology-driven and internationally oriented startups and already established enterprises. As a result, the internationalization goals of both institutions will be supported, research capacity will be strengthened, the ability to cooperate with industry will be developed, and the potential of innovation creation will be reinforced. The total cost of this project is EUR 117 500.00, of which EUR 99 875.00 is co-financing from European Economic Area financial instrument and EUR 17 625.00 is National co-finding. |
| Implementation place | Visa Latvija |
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