herd-project

“Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units / HERD"

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PROJECT REFERENCE NUMBER: 598207-EPP-1-2018-1-GE-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP (2018-2578 / 001 – 001)
ERASMUS+ K2

Duration: 2019-2022 

Aims and objectives
The project aims to upgrade the research capacity of Georgian universities through developing the R&D units within the target universities. In order to achieve this aim, the following objectives are set:

  1. Establish a joint research platform that would facilitate the planning, implementation and evaluation of research activities in the target universities. For this purpose, special software will be purchased that will assist the universities in grant management, project management, research development, track key performance indicators, such as publications, patents, conferences, etc. 
  2. Create an Online Georgian Research Portal that will display state-of-the-art information on the activities, human resources and infrastructure of the academic institutions in Georgia. This will support the inter-and intra- university collaboration and the utilization of scarce human and infrastructural resources in the country. The portal will serve nationally and internationally as a channel for the latest research news, accumulating all public information on R&D institutions, research projects, people activie in science, enabling the search for a publication by the authors ‘name, search word, publication type, projects a person is included in, authors’ CV, connected to R&D institutions and dissemination of operative information on R&D in Georgia.  
  3. Upgrade the research management and data analysis skills of university administrative personnel for producing high-quality research management, analyzing institutional research data and providing ground for further forecasting and strategic planning. This will be achieved through series of trainings (R&D Seasonal School and site visits) provided by the representatives of the EU partner universities. The trainings will also include the utilization and usage of the research management software mentioned under the first objective.  
  4. Enhance the capacity of the target universities in respect to research transfer and university-industry collaboration. This objective will be achieved through series of workshops and trainings (Tech Transfer Seminar and site visits) for the university personnel concerning the research transfer, establishment of R&I spin-offs, and carve-outs at the target HEIs.

Project coordinator: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Consortium members and partner organizations

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University – TSU
Technische Universitaet Dresden – TUD
Université Clermont Auvergne – UCA
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)
Ilia State University – ISU
Georgian Technical University, GTU
Tbilisi State Medical University ( TSMU)
Akaki Tsereteli State University [ATSU]
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University  – BSU
Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University , TESAU
V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, TSC
Caucasus University (CU)
David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU)
International Black Sea University, LLC (IBSU)
Georgian Institute of Public Affairs GIPA
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, MES
LEPL Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG)

Budget: 931,648.00 €