RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE EXCELLENCE IN AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT UNDER AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH
The ERA Chairs action aims to support universities and research organizations to attract and maintain high quality human resources and implement the structural changes necessary to achieve excellence of their research on a long-term basis. The ERA Chairs may be in any domains of research and innovation in line with relevant regional and national strategies for smart specialisation.
The ERA Chair scheme is an important part of the EU's effort to unlock Europe's potential in research and innovation. The scheme falls under the Coordination and support actions.of Horizon 2020 and aims at facilitating structural change in the selected research organisation and foster excellent research in compliance with ERA priorities. These structural changes include recruitment of researchers according to the European Charter for Researchers & Code of Conduct, better use of the research capacities/facilities and/or necessary investments in facilities and infrastructures. Modifications of facilities and infrastructures are expected to be performed in coordination with national or regional authorities and other stakeholders.
The selected ERA Chair holders are outstanding researcher and research manager in given field of research, with a proven record of effective leadership, setting up their team in the selected organization to significantly improve its research performance and to be more successful in obtaining competitive funding.
Coordination and support actions.