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Network Sponsoring Mechanism

The EIB University Network label is available to any university network, defined as a cooperative network for educational, research and development activities with a specific purpose. The network should have an academic focus, even though it could include non-University organisations.

To obtain the label:

  • the main purpose of the network and the activities it supports must be of direct interest to the EIB Group
  • It must also prove that it has worked adequately for a period of at least three years
  • University networks fulfilling these conditions may send a proposal for incorporation into the mechanism to the Comité BEI-Universités (CBU)

The proposal should:

  • provide sufficient information on the activities of the network and its members
  • indicate what is expected from the envisaged collaboration with the EIB
  • propose the procedures that the network would use in the communications regarding the EIB Group
  • indicate a focal contact point for this endeavour

The CBU will analyse the proposals and approve or refuse them. Accepted proposals will be the object of a specific agreement with the network through a Memorandum of Understanding that will have similar features for all sponsored networks.

EIB University Networks will receive direct and timely information on all research projects sponsored by the EIB in their field of interest. Whilst the fact of belonging to a sponsored network will be considered a positive aspect in the selection processes of EIBURS and STAREBEI, all EIB programmes will comply rigorously with transparent and non-discriminatory selection procedures.