About the Project

In General
Consortium
Work Packages

In General

Link2US will facilitate easy access to relevant information on U.S. cooperation programmes through electronic communities such as a website, e-newsletter, and virtual helpdesk and designated activities such as training workshops.
The Link2US Project will:

Map opportunities of U.S. federal collaborative funding schemes and rules for participation through research and analyses.

Raise awareness among the European scientific community by disseminating information about programmes and funding opportunities through a multi-faceted network.

Identify and analyze potential obstacles to cooperation through these programmes and funding schemes so that they may be avoided and/or that solutions may be found.

Consortium

Organization Name	Country	Contact Person	Contact Information
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science (Coordinator for Link2US) www.aaas.org	USA	Tom C. Wang, Ph.D. Director for International Cooperation	1200 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 USA Tel: +1 (202) 326-6663 Fax: +1 (202) 289-4958 E-mail: Link2US@aaas.org
	USA	Gwen Coat Senior Program Associate	Tel: +1 (202) 326-6663 Fax: +1 (202) 289-4958 E-mail: Link2US@aaas.org
FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency Division of European and International Programmes (Coordinator for BILAT-USA) www.ffg.at/eip www.rp7.ffg.at	Austria	Ralf König Division of European and International Programmes (EIP) Head of Unit for International Cooperation and Mobility	Tel: +43 (0) 5 7755–4601 Fax: +43 (0) 5 7755–94600 E-mail: ralf.koenig@ffg.at
	Austria	Elli Tzatzanis - Stepanovic Project Manager, Expert International Cooperation Division of European and International Programmes (EIP) Unit for International Cooperation and Mobility	Tel: +43 (0)5 7755–4603 Fax: +43 (0)5 7755–94600 E-mail: elli.stepanovic@ffg.at
APRE Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea www.apre.it	Italy	Diassina Di Maggio, Ph.D. Director	Via Cavour 7100184 Roma, Italy Tel: +39-65-911817 Fax: +39-06-5911908 E-mail: dimaggio@apre.it
	Italy	Katia Insognia Project Manager	Tel: +39 06 48939993 Fax: +39 06-48902550 E-mail: insogna@apre.it
TETALAP Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation www.tetalap.hu	Hungary	Dora Groo, Ph.D. Director	Bem Jozsef u. 2. 1027 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1 2137868 Fax: +36 1 2147712 E-mail: dora.groo@tetalap.hu
	Hungary	Annamária Csányi EU Project Manager	Tel: +36 1 2147714 Fax: +36 1 2147712 E-mail: annamaria.csanyi@tetalap.hu

Advisory Group

An Advisory Group has been established to provide strategic guidance in multi-stakeholder dialogue on EU-US S&T cooperation.

The members of the Advisory Group are:

Jan Andersen is the Chief Executive Advisor at University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Science, Research and Innovation and Chair of the EARMA (European Association for Research Managers and Administrators)

Prof. Linda Katehi is the chancellor of the University of California, Davis

Prof. Christoph Kratky is the president of the Austrian basic research funding agency (FWF)

Lajos Nyiri is a consultant specialized in strategic planning, evaluation and monitoring of R&D and innovation activities

Prof. Cristina Pedicchio is the President of CBM and member of ERAB (European Research Area Board).

Anthony F. Rock currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Science-
Technology Centers (ASTC)

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Work Packages (WP)

WP 1 is designed to understand the opportunities and barriers to cooperation between European researchers and organizations with those of the United States by collecting data about U.S. federal government collaborative funding schemes, surveying the S&T cooperation agreements with the United States, and monitoring European participation in cooperative schemes in the United States.

WP2 takes the results from WP 1, including the inventory exercise, surveys, and analyses, and develops and implements the most effective methodologies in increasing awareness of access opportunities in the United States to the European research community at large.

WP3 focuses on connecting with the stakeholders in the EU-U.S. S&T cooperative agreement and raising the awareness of the U.S. scientific research funding structure to better take advantage of the opportunities disseminated in WP 2.

WP4 will create the sound management and communication structure.