Belgian industrial Research and Development
About us
BiR&D stands for "Belgian industrial Research and Development".
It is the name for the association of international industrial companies with major operations and R&D activity in Belgium.
The mission of BiR&D is to stimulate the attractiveness and the effectiveness of industrial R&D in Belgium leveraging collaborative innovation against a background of international R&D competition. Specific actions are deployed to strengthen the various components of this mission.
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News 24.02.2010
Comparable to the 2009 programme, BiR&D has reserved for this second call Master of Science Thesis Programme CALL 2010 a total budget of 65.000 € to financially support up to 6 projects and to provide awards to students participating in up to 3 winning projects.
The goals of this programme are to stimulate a multidisciplinary approach to R&D themes, to create awareness among students for industrial and societal challenges, to promote cooperation between faculties and universities and to enhance the R&D networking between universities and industry.
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Programme for Interdisciplinary Master of Science thesis
In a spirit of collaborative innovation, BiR&D wants to stimulate a multidisciplinary approach to R&D themes at universities, to create awareness among students for industrial and societal challenges, to promote cooperation between faculties and universities and to enhance the R&D networking between universities and industry.
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Key Steps of the BiR&D Master of Science Thesis Programme
February 2010: Pre-launch at raising awareness event, followed by effective launch via website www.birdbelgium.com
March 2010 - May 2010: A period of 12 weeks is foreseen to allow the students of the different faculties and possibly universities to prepare the proposals together with their supervisors.
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AGC Glass Europe
Alcatel-Lucent
Atlas Copco Airpower
Bekaert
Janssen Pharmaceutica
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
OCAS
Procter & Gamble Eurocor
Recticel
Solvay
Total Petrochemicals Research
UCB Pharma
Umicore