Universities and research centres which receive this email have been selected by EUBIA as candidate founding member of EUBREN.
In order to be awarded as Institution representative of its Country, each candidate is asked to fill in the attached application form where to report information regarding its background and experience in the biomass sector, reporting the most relevant publications, initiatives, international and national projects and new technologies developed. After the final evaluation step, the 28 selected Universities/Research centres will become founding members of EUBREN. Furthermore, given the importance of this EU level initiative, all the 28 new EUBREN members will be automatically awarded as full members of the European Biomass Industry Association. EUBIA board of directors has decided to support the launch of the network by offering the 28 selected Universities to join EUBIA membership without any additional fee.
The annual EUBREN membership fee consists of a symbolic payment of 500 €. This amount has been calculated considering all EUBREN services which will be provided by EUBIA, including
- meetings and events organization at EUBIA office in Brussels
- dedicated EUBIA staff for EUBREN web platform management,
- continuous information services and publications,
- periodic communication activities.
EUBIA will offer support and consultancy for Horizon 2020 projects proposal writing, administration and dissemination activities organization.