The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMAs) return with a refreshed approach for the 2024-2025 edition, offering opportunities for impactful research collaborations across the YERUN network. Whether you’re an early-career or mid-career researcher, these awards are designed to support innovative and interdisciplinary partnerships. What’s new in 2024-2025? This year’s edition introduces three major updates that reflect our commitment to fo...

YERUN university students are invited to explore how to apply AI in lifelong learning education. Participants will dive into the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in reshaping education, particularly in the context of professional long-life learning courses. What to Expect? Participants will take part in tailored training sessions on AI, exploring its key features and the broader impact it can have on digital education....

The University of Konstanz hosted this year's autumn YERUN General Assembly, gathering official representatives and coordinators from 21 YERUN members. From October 9 to 11, YERUN members discussed the future of European research and education, funding opportunities, and upcoming research priorities and policies in light of Ursula von der Leyen's Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029. On the first day of the three-day meeting, YERUN members were welcomed by Prof. Dirk Leuffen

This year's spring session of the YERUN General Assembly was held in Paris from March 19 to 21. All participants were greeted by the host, Rector of Paris Dauphine University (PSL), Prof. El Mouhoub Mouhoud, Ph.D. The three-day sessions were chaired by the new YERUN President, Rector of the University of Tromsø, Prof. Dag Rune Olsen, Ph.D., who succedeed the previous president and Rector of the University of Rijeka, Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D. The meeting in Paris was ...

In the context of the recently launched EU Package on strengthening economic security, YERUN is organising a webinar on February 16, 2024 on the topic of Research Security, focusing on two main initiatives from this package that are very relevant to all YERUN universities and HE institutions in general. The webinar will cover two main aspects of the package that are particularly important for the work of YERUN: a proposal for a

YERUN proudly announces the addition of Tallinn University (Estonia) to our Network, taking yet another step towards broader European collaboration. Tallinn University is the 24th university to join the Network, and its mission fits with YERUN’s core mission and strategic priorities, in line with the institution’s commitment to research, innovation, and education. Tallinn University’s interdisciplinary strength and active involvement in EU collaborations make it a valuable partner, promising t...

Due to some technical issues encountered by some users on the YERUN Open Science Awards platform and a low number of applications, the deadline for submitting applications for the YERUN Open Science Awards has been extended to 15 December 2023.Those who have already submitted their applications will now have time until 15 December to modify and further refine their applications. * * * * *

Building on the success of the previous two years, YERUN is thrilled to unveil the third edition of its Open Science Awards!  The YERUN Open Science Awards are designed to foster and recognise outstanding Open Science initiatives within the YERUN network.  If you are a researcher or staff member at a YERUN partner university and have been involved in promoting Open Science activities at your institution, here is an amazing opportunity for you to apply!&nb...

From 11 to 13 October 2023, YERUN Rectors, Presidents and Vice-Chancellors, YERUN Coordinators, experts, and the YERUN Office convened in Lisbon for the YERUN General Assembly (GA).  The three days of the YERUN General Assembly, hosted by NOVA University Lisbon, provided a platform for YERUN leaders to discuss YERUN matters, with a focus on talent development in universities.  The GA started with a warm welcome session. Prof. João Sàágua

This year's spring General Assembly of YERUN was held from March 14 to 16 in Limerick, Ireland. All rectors, presidents, official representatives, and institutional coordinators were welcomed by the host, Prof. Kerstin Mey, Ph.D., President of the University of Limerick, and YERUN President, Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D., University of Rijeka Rector. After last year's autumn session held in Maastricht, when the GA adopted the decision to accept a new member, the meeting in Limerick was also attended by t...

YERUN Open Science Awards 2022 ceremony was held online on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Almost 60 participants took part in this joyful event aimed at celebrating Open Science and highlighting the need to foster it in universities. As highlighted by Ms. Silvia Gomez Recio, YERUN Secretary General in her welcome speech, Open Science has been a priority for YERUN since its establishment. This awards scheme is a testament to our network’s effort to incentivize and reward practices that go the extra mile in promoting Op...

YERUN is delighted to start the year by welcoming a new member to its network: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń has officially joined YERUN! With this new membership, YERUN expands its representation to another country on the European map: Poland. Nicolaus Copernicus University, with its strong research and educational profile, is a perfect fit for our network and it will contribute to strengthening YERUN's voice in European policies related to Research, Innovation, and Education. The full pr...

At the end of this year, we are happy to announce that the YERUN Annual Report 2022 is now available online! Embark on the journey and look back on the successful work done this year by YERUN and its members and the precious memories accompanying it. We look back at a very intense, yet inspiring year, in which we have finally gone back to meeting in person after two long years of virtual meetings only. This was an excellent opportunity to welcome our new members into the network and strengthen cooperation among part...

YERUN members have met from 28 to 30 November for their Autumn General Assembly in Maastricht. A core topic on the agenda related to the ongoing discussions and initiatives to change research assessment in Europe: at national levels, the Dutch Initiative Room for Everyone’s Talent and the Norwegian NOR-CAM, and at European level, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, CoARA. YERUN leaders have reflected on the changing demands and the increasing expectations for universities. They have discussed the contr...

The call for the YERUN Open Science Awards 2022 is now open! If you are you a researcher or a staff member from a YERUN partner university and you or your team have initiated an activity on Open Science at your institution, YERUN invites you to apply for the YERUN Open Science awards! The scope of the Awards is to encourage and reward Open Science initiatives, of different kinds, across the YERUN network. The awa...

Building on the success of last year, YERUN is happy to announce the launch of the second edition of its Open Science Awards! The YERUN Open Science awards aim to encourage and reward Open Science initiatives across the YERUN network. If you are a researcher or a staff member from a YERUN partner university and you or your team have initiated an activity on Open Science at your institution, don’t miss the opportunity to apply!

The University Of Cyprus invites Postdoctoral Researchers to submit applications for thirty (30) full-time Postdoctoral Research positions under the project titled “ONISILOS - Co-funding International, Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral research excellence at the University of Cyprus”. ONISILOS fellowships are available to top Researchers from around the world and within the frame of specific intersectoral and interdisciplinary disciplines and topics that can be found at the following

On 1 July 2022, from 10:30 to 12:30 (CEST), the Young European Research Universities Network is organising an online event for the launch of its paper “Rethinking Academic Careers: cultural change as a key bottleneck to be addressed”. This YERUN paper aims to contribute to the current work at EU level on the reform of research assessment. Since March 2021, YERUN has been working very closely with the European Commission (EC) in shaping this EU initiative by providing input to dif...

Are you an early career researcher from a YERUN institution looking for international research collaboration? Then don’t miss the opportunity to apply to the YERUN Research Mobility Awards 2022! The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMA) are competitive awards for early career researchers (PhD candidates and post-docs) equivalent to Euraxess Research Profiles R1 (up to the point of PhD) and R2 (PhD holders, post-doc or equivalent who are not yet fully independent or until 8 years since comp...

Are you an early career researcher from a YERUN institution looking for international research collaboration? Then stay tuned! The YERUN Research Mobility Awards call 2022 will open soon (13 June 2022)! This year, the scheme will award up to 40 collaborations. Have a look at the 2022 call

After more than two years of virtual meetings, YERUN members have met again in person in Madrid on 31 March 2022, on the occasion of the General Assembly hosted by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). The meeting was held in a hybrid format, allowing colleagues who could not join in person to participate virtually. The General Assembly was the first one to be chaired by the YERUN President Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D., Rector of the University of Rijeka, who was elected in September ...

The European Knowledge Valorisation Week, organized by the European Commission, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, the EU Member States, and EEA countries, was held from March 29 to April 1, 2022. European Knowledge Valorisation Week brought together a large number of European experts and policy-makers to discuss and exchange experiences on available capacities and skills for knowledge valorisation in the European Union, but also on ways to improve investment in innovation and resea...

As indicated in the YERUN Communication Plan 2022, the focus of this month's newsletter is on Open Science. Given that YERUN Open Science Awards Ceremony took place on February 14, the February edition of the YERUN newsletter is dedicated to the practices that have been shortlisted for the awards, i.e. those from Brunel, Rijeka, Maastricht, Madrid, Antwerp, and Limerick. The proposal coming from the University of Rijeka is part of the research initiatives and projects of the Language Networks group (

YERUN is happy to announce that the Awards Ceremony of the YERUN Open Science Awards (2021 call) will take place online on Monday, 14 February 2022 (15:00-16:30 CET). The event will be open to all those interested in the initiative. Registrations are possible via this

In reaction to the delayed completion of the UK association to Horizon Europe, YERUN is joining the European research and innovation community to support the United Kingdom’s association to Horizon Europe as soon as possible. Together, representatives of the R&I community have signed a joint letter addressing the President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, which can be downloaded

It is with great pleasure that we announce that at the session of the YERUN General Assembly held today, September 16, 2021, the Rector of the University of Rijeka, Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D., was unanimously elected the new president of YERUN. Rector Prijić-Samaržija’s two-year presidency starts on September 17, 2021. Coordination of member universities is led with the help of the YERUN central office in Brussels, and the President is supported by the Executive Board.

The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMAs) are competitive awards for early career researchers (Ph.D. students and post-docs) equivalent to Euraxess Research Profiles R1 (up to the point of Ph.D.) and R2 (Ph.D. holders, post-doc or equivalent who are not yet fully independent or until 8 years since completion of Ph.D.) from YERUN Universities. This year, the programme will support researchers to establish a new research collaboration in a virtual format. The programme provides a platform to:

It is a pleasure to announce that the University of Limerick (UL) and the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) have officially become YERUN members! This joyful event, which marks the beginning of a new exciting era for YERUN, follows the General Assembly’s decision of October 2020 to initiate the network’s first enlargement process. YERUN warmly welcomes the new perspectives, inspiring practices, and fresh energies that these two new members will bring to the network. For YERUN, the Un...