for public-private partnerships

EAISI IMPULS program

EAISI IMPULS is an investment program initiated to stimulate and increase public-private partnerships for research in the EAISI key application areas of health, high tech industry and mobility.

EAISI-IMPULS

The investment program for joint research projects aims to set up 10 to 20 projects which in total will house 50 researchers.
In an EAISI-IMPULS project TU/e cooperates with one industry partner or a consortium of partners. A typical project is scaled to a number of 4 PhD positions, but the project plan may include both PhD, PDEng and PostDoc positions.

The general principle is that one PhD position paid by industry is matched by TU/e with another PhD position. TU/e aims for high-pace contractual agreements based on lightweight proposal requirements without long evaluation time and without multi-stakeholder negotiations.

EAISI is encouraging cross-disciplinary research working on topics in the EAISI moonshots in a co-location setting of partner and TU/e employees.

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Characteristics of EAISI-IMPULS

  • An EAISI-IMPULS project is a research project in which TU/e cooperates with one or more industrial partners. Where TU/e and the industry partner share the cost of the researchers. A project plan can include PhD, PDEng and PostDoc positions.
     
  • General principle: a PhD position paid by industry is matched by another PhD position at TU/e.
     
  • High-pace contractual agreements based on lightweight proposal requirements without long evaluation time and without multi-stakeholder negotiations.
     
  • The EAISI-IMPULSE program is open for the three EAISI application areas: Health, High-Tech Systems and Mobility.
     
  • There will be a custom-made user committee per project, consisting of both TU/e and company affiliates.
     
  • High success rate !

CONDITIONS OF EAISI-IMPULS

  • Project content mutually agreed by (consortium) partners and in line with EAISI strategy 
     
  • Cash contribution of 400 k€ per PhD position from industry
     
  • Each industry funded PhD position will be matched with another PhD position by EAISI 
     
  • Typical size of an EAISI-IMPULS project is 4 PhD positions, of which 800 k€ funded by industry. 
    Alternative: 400 k€ from industry being matched, resulting in 2 PhD positions
     
  • PhD positions are on TU/e payroll and will be hired by TU/e departments
     
  • A default contract agreement for the EAISI-IMPULS program will be provided
     
  • Co-located employees of TU/e and company encouraged
     
  • Cross-disciplinary research teams encouraged
     
  • EAISI Moonshot contribution encouraged