EIBURS - The EIB University Research Sponsorship Programme

The EIBURS Programme will provide support to EU University Research Centres working on research topics and themes of major interest to the EIB. The sponsorship is awarded through a competitive process to interested University Departments, Institutes and Faculties or Research Centres associated with universities in EU or Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries, with recognised expertise in the research theme in question. An EIBURS sponsorship entitles the beneficiary centre to obtain up to EUR 100 000 a year, for a period of three years, to develop activities in the selected research area, additional to those that would normally be carried out by the University Centre. These activities are jointly agreed between the EIB and the beneficiary, on the basis of the programme proposed by the latter in its application and are included in a contractual agreement to be signed by the legal representatives of the University Centre and the President of the EIB Group. The contract entails the delivery of a variety of outputs (research, education, networking, dissemination of results, etc.). For the academic year 2014/2015, the EIBURS programme has selected three new lines of research: Economic analysis of energy efficiency ; Demographic change in the EU, the oldest-old and the need for innovative models of more efficient elderly care; Impact of microfinance on financial and social inclusion in Europe