TRAINING AND MOBILITY of RESEARCHERS (TMR)
1994-1998

extracts from the Work Programme
Edition 1994-1995


The Training and Mobility of researchers programme is a continuation 
with necessary modifications of the European Commission Human Capital 
and Mobility programme (1990-94).

The TMR Programme comprises four  activities:
	* acticity 1 : research netsworks ;
	* activity 2 : access to large-scale facilities;
	* activity 3 : training through research;
	* activity 4 : accompanying measures;

Activity 1 Research networks. 
Objectives

The objective of this activity is to encourage research teams from a 
number of countries to work together on hight quality research projects 
and, in this context to promote the training and mobility of 
researchers, particularly young post-doctoral researchers. Such 
research networks will also encourage interaction between different 
disciplines, the combination of different technologies, the transfer of 
techniques from one scientific domain to another, the dissemination of  
results and  co-operation between academia and industry.

As a general rule, a network will consist of at least five researcher 
teams from at least three countries. Smaller association of research 
teams (including twinnings) working in emerging areas of science and 
technology may exceptionally be supported when they are considered to 
form the core of a future larger network.

It will be the task of each network, by means of an appropriate project 
management to distribute the research responsibilities between its 
research teams and to co-ordinate its research operations so that co-
operation and communication is as open and efficient as possible. 
Advantage should be taken of the capabilities and potential of modern 
telematics, whenever appropriate. 

Each network will be expected to ensure the diffusion of its principal 
research results by the timely publication of brochures and overview 
articles. Arrangements should be made, where relevant for establishing 
regular dialogue with industrial laboratories, particularly from small 
and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that could exploit the research 
findings or finance an extension of the research towards new  
objectives.

In implementing this activity, particular attention will be given to 
the special needs of the less favoured regions of the community. In 
particular, encouragement's will be given to the establishment in these 
regions of new research teams involving post-doctoral fellows trained 
abroad under this or the HCM Programme. This approach is intended to 
assist the development of a highly qualified scientific and 
technological potential in these regions and its integration into the 
overall scientific environment of the Community. 

Activity 2 Access to large-scale facilities.

The essential objective of this activity is to provide researchers with 
access to large-scale facilities in Europe that are important for high 
quality research. This activity is intended to be of particular 
significance to researchers working in regions of the Community where 
such installations do not exist. 

The activity will complement national efforts in this fields and 
integrate into other international initiatives concerning large scale 
facilities. In that light the Community financing to a particular  
facility will be directed towards supporting the access of researchers 
who would otherwise not normally have access to that facility.

Community financing will also be awarded to transnational projects of 
research, technological development and demonstration aimed at 
improving the access to Europe's large-scale facilities. 

Each facility selected will be required to publicise widely its effort 
in the frame of this activity and to make it known to potential users 
throughout Europe. 


Activity 3 Training through research.

This activity will concentrate on the training of European researchers 
at the post-doctoral level through research and through the stimulation 
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knowledge in a new field or a deeper knowledge and a wider competence 
in their own scientific area and will thus contribute towards improving 
the quality and increasing the scientific potential of the Community : 
support will also  be provided at the post-graduate level.

In order to reach this objective, the Community will give researchers 
the possibility to receive training or to specialise in a laboratory of 
their choice, outside both the country of their nationality and their 
country of recent residence. Particular attention will be attached to 
the training of researchers either belonging to or going to industrial 
laboratories, especially in SMEs.

The activity will, in particular, contribute towards the balanced 
geographical development of human resources throughout and towards 
counteracting the brain drain from today's less favoured regions.

To this end, a post-doctoral researcher from a less favoured region who 
is participating in this activity can apply for a return grant which 
would enable the researcher to return to and conduct research in a less 
favoured region of the researcher's country of nationality.

Support will also be granted to experienced researchers who in the 
capacity of "visiting professors" could successfully lead RTD projects 
in centres situated in the less-favoured regions. This will facilitate 
the creation of a high qualified scientific and technical capacity in 
these regions.


ACTIVITY 4 Accompanying measures

The objective of this activity is to improve in a flexible way 
communication between researchers themselves and with industry, to 
encourage young researchers and  to publicise the results and 
achievements of the TMR Programme.

The accompanying measures include in particular

(A) support for the organisation of euroconferences, summer schools and 
practical training courses and

(B) further accompanying measures which are ad hoc initiatives to 
achieve the following :

i) to disseminate information by all appropriate means, to analyse 
results and the impacts of the TMR Programme and its predecessor 
programmes, to publicise opportunities under the programme including 
the efficient distribution of material, especially application forms 
and guides for applicant:

ii) to undertake studies and evaluation reports concerning the 
implementation of the Programme in the following areas:

- the participation of women researchers

- the social and economic impact and of possible technological risks;

- scientific and technological cohesion (to be carried out on a regular 
basis in consultation with Member States;

- the use of distance learning techniques for training researchers.

When appropriate, these studies and evaluation reports shall contain 
recommendations for action and shall be carried out in co-operation 
with other Community programmes

iii) to organise public competition at the European level for young 
scientists in secondary education and for young undergraduate 
scientists :

iv) to encourage the participation in the programme of researchers and 
research organisation  in less-favoured regions. 

v) to organise seminars as a forum for debate concerning the impact of 
the Programme on research-grant holders. 


A help-line is open for information and publication concerning the TMR 
Programme.

TMR Programme
European Commission
Directorate general for Science, research and Development
rue Montoyer 75
B- 1040 Brussels

Telephone   	+ 32 2 296 02 54
Fax		+ 32 2 296 21 36
		+ 32 2 296 21 33
		+ 32 2 295 69 95
		+ 32 2 296 32 70
E-mail	info.tmr@mhsg.cec.be