The 2nd International Call from Instruct-ERIC has been awarded, providing access for researchers in institutions that hold a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Instruct to access European facilities to help advance their ongoing research.
Instruct-ERIC, coordinator of the RI-VIS project, has developed long-standing collaborations with international institutions. Instruct holds an MOU with 11 institutions (10 in Latin America, 1 in South... [ Read more ]
RI-VIS is delighted to announce that it has now published two regional communications guideline documents, continuing its ongoing collaboration with Latin America and with Africa.
Communication guidelines for European research infrastructures: engaging with stakeholders in Latin America
Communication guidelines for European research infrastructures: engaging with stakeholders in African countries
These documents have been developed with the... [ Read more ]
The RI-VIS project has just published three white papers that provide recommendations on how to increase collaboration between European research infrastructures and counterparts from Africa, Latin America and Australia. The papers are targeted at funders, policy makers and research infrastructure managers and collate the insights of 21 experts from research infrastructures and policymakers from the respective regions.
International cooperation... [ Read more ]
Ahead of the Africa-Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures the RI-VIS project has published its first White Paper entitled "Recommendations towards cooperation between African and European research infrastructures".
The White Paper builds on the experiences of experts from research infrastructures, funding agencies, and policy makers from both regions to gather a series of actionable recommendations.
The paper begins with these recommendations... [ Read more ]
Strategic communication is key to the successful operation of any research infrastructure. A team of communication experts and managers of research infrastructures led by EMPHASIS and Instruct-ERIC have now developed a step-by-step guide on how to develop and implement a communication strategy for research infrastructures.
The guide is a free resource to assist research infrastructure managers and communication staff and has been developed as part... [ Read more ]
Increasing the visibility of research infrastructures? There’s a toolkit for that.
The “Communication Toolkit for European Research Infrastructures” provides an easy and useful set of tools, guidelines and resources to improve the communication strategy and activities of research infrastructures. Its common use is expected to increase the individual and collective visibility of research infrastructures, by aligning key-messages... [ Read more ]
RI-VIS will have a booth at the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting from Feb 13-16 in Seattle, WA (USA). The theme of this year’s meeting is Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth.AAAS 2020 is a major international gathering, attracting thousands of scientists, engineers, policymakers, educators and journalists together to discuss the most recent developments in science and technology. This is the largest conference... [ Read more ]
Genomic techniques have allowed us to characterise whole organisms and ecosystems, as well as focusing on single genes and their function. These data provide an insight to how organisms, their environments, and interactions influence the functioning ecosystems and more specifically, marine ecosystems. The ability to link organisms to their habitats enables us to gain a better and deeper understanding of how ecosystems work along with making us... [ Read more ]
Internationalisation is a key focus of many European Research Infrastructures. Instruct-ERIC, a pan-European research infrastructure in structural biology has been working closely with institutions in Latin America to form partnerships with structural biology communities across the region; aiming to train students and early career researchers from Latin American institutions through mobility, collaborative work, courses and workshops. Claudia Alén... [ Read more ]
In March 2019 RI-VIS opened a competition to find its new logo. Many thanks to all competition entrants. RI-VIS WP1 finally decided upon the winning design which highlighted the theme of promoting cooperations between infrastructures key to the mission of RI-VIS. The design will be used on all of our websites, social media, and distribution materials.See the winning design here:
February 1st 2019 marked the official start date of new Horizon 2020 funded project RI-VIS. The project will expand the visibility of European research infrastructures to new communities, and new target regions forming strategic partnerships with infrastructures in third countries. We will develop valuable resources such as guidelines and toolkits for partnering, host international outreach events, organise an international RI staff mobility programme... [ Read more ]