1:47 p.m.
Dear all,
As you know, we had set the deadline for confirmation of participation
to yesterday and the status of our consortium
( https://hb.app.box.com/file/362284108084) today remains at 53
members from 17 organisations as follows.
Academic/Research institutes:
HB, CERTH, Leiden, RISE, HiS, KI, KTH, Ulster University, Lund
University
Non-Academic:
ShareMusic; Berge Consulting; Neue Labs; Swedish Fashion Council;
ReGenics; Invectra; I Choose Life-Africa; Harpo
Of our long-standing contacts two, Clarivate and SAAB, informed us that
they were not able to secure the required resources for joining. We
still have 7 more organisations in the loop that could not reach a
decision/confirmation by yesterday.
[We have also received request for participation from two more
international universities, today; and a couple of new 'potential'
non-academic partners have surfaced.]
Considering the three-part funding scheme of Vinnova and the scale of
the required contributions, it does not seem that we have reached a
level of participation (on the non-academic part) for our proposal to
become viable. One could of course extend the deadline awaiting other
potential confirmation, however, due to the shortage of time and the
clarity that we need in formation of the proposal text an extension will
not be feasible and we need to draw the line here.
Although for me it feels a little like losing an election after an
intensive period of campaigning, I still think that not all is lost. I
believe that we have formed a very strong and interesting group with
this mutual interest and I hope that we can build on this and search for
other opportunities together. My colleagues and I intend to further
develop the text describing the idea in more concrete terms and we will
also explore the potential for initiating a collaborative centre at the
University of Borås in which we can continue with this idea and explore
finding resources for continued work on this through other potential
funding opportunities.
Thank you all for all your contributions and engagement and sorry that
we couldn’t make this work.
Best regards,
Nasrine
P.S. I cc a few colleagues not included in the mailing list for their
information.
[Sorry for double posting; this time with correct subject.]