Transnational Research Access in the Macro-Region

General Information

The key aim of BALTIC TRAM is to link Research Infrastructures (RI) at research centres and universities with industrial enterprises in the Baltic Sea region. As part of “Baltic TRAM”, national hubs are due to be set up in Sweden, Germany and Poland over the next three years. These hubs will serve as a network offering RI measurement and other services using neutron or synchroton radiation to industrial customers, locally and also by international exchange. An international network for industrial research will be set up. One university per country will coordinate the research and measuring orders by the industrial users. If measurements cannot be carried out locally, they will be forwarded into the international network. The organizational structures to be developed for this purpose will be tested in pilot activities before being expanded step by step.

The Baltic TRAM project is one of several activities of the ScienceLink network, which is a cooperative venture involving leading universities, research centres and regional development partners in the Baltic Sea region, whose aim is to turn scientific findings into innovations more swiftly. Through Baltic TRAM and ScienceLink, the consortium strives to help set up cooperative research ventures with the industry in the Baltic Sea region which can benefit both sides. BALTIC TRAM is in part a continuation of the successful Science Link project co-funded by the INTERREG IVb program during 2011 to 2014.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	INTERREG Vb Baltic Sea Program
Project Type	INTERREG project
Contract Number	R1.050
Co-ordinator	DESY (DE)

Funding for the Project (€)	Funding for Hereon (€)
3,117,880	75,000

Contact Person at Hereon

Dr. MarcThiry, Institute of Materials Research, Materials Physics, Hereon Outstation at DESY in Hamburg, Phone: +49 40 8998-6914 E-mail contact

Participants

Agency for Science, Innovation of Technology (LT), Baltic Development Forum (DK), Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (DE), Center for Physical Science and Technology (LT), DESY Stifung Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DE), European Spallation Scource Scandinavia (SE), European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH (DE), Foundation of Innovative Initiatives (PL), Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (DE), Innovation Skåne AB (SE), Institute of Physics, PAS, Warzawa (PL), Invest in Skåne (SE), Jagiellonian University (PL), Kainuun Etu Oy (FI), Latvijas Universitate (LV), Permanent International Secretariat of Council of the Baltic Sea States-CBSS (SE), STRING Network (DK), University of Southern Denmark (DK), University of Tartu (EE), University of Turku (FI)

Last Update: 16. April 2021