FASoS self-evaluation report on research 2017-2022.pdf
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… by the Associate Dean for Research, and includes the four research programme directors. The OTO meets six times per year, and provides advice to the Board on, inter alia, allocation of internal funding to support research and valorisation activities, visiting researcher applications, open science policies, and helps to define profiles for the recruitment of new staff. The Research Support Office (RSO) supports the work of the Faculty Board and research programme directors. The RSO includes a … €35,000 in Research Stimulation Funding (RSF) and Valorisation Stimulation Funding (VSF). Colleagues can apply to these funds (three deadlines per calendar year) for small amounts of funding, for example to employ a student assistant, organise a workshop, request material support for an exhibition, etc. (see Appendix 4). Proposals are reviewed by the OTO, and the Faculty Board makes final decisions on the allocation of funds. In addition, in recent years, we have been successful in securing funds … a long track record of actively contributing to strengthening EU-level democracy. In 2014 and 2019, for instance, they helped organise high-level debates in Maastricht between the Spitzenkandidaten (including Jean-Claude Juncker, Frans Timmermans, and Guy Verhofstadt) running in the European elections (see case studies in 2017 and 2020 FASoS Self-Evaluation Reports). Based on this experience, Maastricht Univer- sity was selected to organise a Citizens’ Panel as part of the CoFoE along with the …