Europlanet Expert Exchange Programme

Please Note: The Europlanet 2024 RI project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149, closed in July 2024. This archive page describes activities funded through the Europlanet 2024 RI project.

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The call for Europlanet 2024 RI Expert Exchange proposals is now closed.

The Expert Exchange Programme, funded through Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI), aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services for integration into the RI.

The programme provides funding for short visits (up to one week). Since the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual visits are also now supported through the Europlanet Expert Exchange programme.

Objectives for an Europlanet Expert Exchange might be:

• To improve infrastructure facilities and services offered to the scientific community by Europlanet 2024 RI laboratories or institutes (case study).
• To provide training on theoretical or practical aspects of the laboratory/fieldwork required to plan a future TA application (case study).
• To foster cooperation between academia and industry (SMEs).
• To support early career professionals to develop skills to use or manage RI facilities or services (case study).
• To widen participation from Under-Represented States (from Europe and around the world) in RI activities and services (case study).
• To support the inclusion of amateur communities in European planetary science campaigns.
• To support engagement with wider society e.g. through the involvement of outreach providers, educators, journalists, artists etc.

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Organising an Expert Exchange                                

The following procedure outlines how to set up and organise a visit in the framework of the Europlanet Expert Exchange programme:

1. The need for a visit or a virtual Expert Exchange is clearly identified.
2. The applicant contacts the host facility / institute and agrees the terms of the exchange or virtual visit.
3. The applicant fills in the application form on the Europlanet website.
4. When application is accepted, the applicant and the host, with help of the facilitator, prepare a plan to realise the Expert Exchange, either through a physical visit or virtually.
5.  The Expert Exchange takes place.
6. After the Expert Exchange, a visit report (2 page maximum PDF file) is prepared and uploaded along with the reimbursement form via the the post-vist form on the website.
7. The report is reviewed by the Expert Programme Board and if accepted, the eligible costs will be refunded.
8. Visit report is published on the Europlanet website.

The same basic principles apply for virtual Expert Exchanges as well as normal on-site visits. However, there is some flexibility in terms of the type of eligible costs for virtual Expert Exchanges (see case study below for an example), beyond the accommodation, travel and per-diems that are funded for a physical visit.

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The Expert Programme Board will inform applicants directly on whether the application has been accepted.

For any questions or further information about the Expert Exchange Programme, please contact Maria Genzer, Expert Exchange Coordinator (Maria.Genzer<at>fmi.fi) and Haukka Harri, Expert Exchange Deputy Coordinator (Harri.Haukka<at>fmi.fi).

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Map Showing Home and Host Institutions of Participants in Expert Exchanges

List of Completed Expert Exchanges

Visitor Institution	Country		Host Institution	Country
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS – Orléans	France		Università di Bologna, Dipartimento BiGeA	Italy
The Natural History Museum, London	UK		Università di Bologna, Dipartimento BiGeA	Italy
University of Bologna	Italy		Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum	UK
Botswana International University of Science and Technology	Botswana		ATOMKI	Hungary
Comenius University Bratislava	Slovakia		Auburn University	US
Comenius University Bratislava	Slovakia		Auburn University	US
The University of Newcastle	Australia		Botswana International University of Science and Technology	Botswana
The University of Newcastle	Australia		Botswana International University of Science and Technology	Botswana
Technische Universität Berlin	Germany		Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea	Spain
INMETRO	Brazil		Astronomical Observatory Cluj-Napoca	Romania
Centre for Energy Research	Hungary		Institutet för rymdfysik: IRF	Sweden
Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Hungary		Swedish Institute of Space Physics	Sweden
IATE – CONICET	Argentina		Institute Astronomical Observatory – Adam Mickiewicz University	Poland
Addis  Ababa Science and Technology University	Ethiopia		Open University	UK
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium	Ireland		The Travelling Telescope	Kenya
Wigner RCP	Hungary		Finnish Meteorological Institute	Finland
Wigner Reserach Centre for Physics	Hungary		Finnish Meteorological Institute	Finland
CNRS, CBM	France		Università di Bologna, Dipartimento BiGeA	Italy
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium	Ireland		The Travelling Telescope	Kenya
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca	Italy		Université de Lorraine (Nancy, France)	France
Constructor University	Germany		Universidad Mayor de San Andres	Bolivia
The Natural History Museum, London	UK		Università di Bologna, Dipartimento BiGeA	Italy
INMETRO	Brazil		Astronomical Observatory Cluj-Napoca	Romania
Korea Polar Research Institute	Republic of Korea		The Open University	UK
IMBIV-CONICET-University of Cordoba	Argentina		The Open University	UK
Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences	Hungary		ESTEC	Netherlands
DLR (German Aerospace Center) Berlin	Belgium		ISSI-BJ	Thailand
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – IDEAN (CONICET-UBA Institute)	Argentina		Università di Bologna, Dipartimento BiGeA	Italy
Mayor de San Andres University	Bolivia		Constructor University Bremen	Germany
DLR (German Aerospace Center) Berlin	Germany		Herrsching	Germany

Reports from Expert Exchanges

Article in Europlanet Magazine Issue 3

 Exchanging Expertise

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