Ingemar Pongratz
Ingemar Pongratz är forskare med lång erfarenhet av offentlig finansiering och EU finansiering. Ingemar Pongratz har erfarenhet av att planera, adminstrera rapportera och kommunicera EU projekt och EU finansierad forskning. Ingemar Pongratz har framgångsrikt skrivit EU projekt ansökningar som har sammanlagt resulterat i över 500 Millioner SEK för organizationer och företag som har utnyttjat Pongratz Consulting tjänster.
Ingemar Pongratz tog emot Communication Star priset 2011, för bästa EU-projekt kommunikation insats. Ingemar Pongratz har även skrivit Pathfinder ansölan som valdes ut som ett av finalisterna till Descartes Priset för bästa EU forsknings sammarbets projekt. Ingemar Pongratz har organiserat flera möten, workshops och EU Parlamentsdebatter inom ämnet toxikology och har sammarbetat med organizationer som WWF och OECD.
Ingemar Pongratz är även aktiv som förskare och arbetar med att lansera Fenix Scientific som skall arbeta med nya behandlings metoder för autoimmuna sjukdomar.
Ingemar Pongratz har publicerat över 40 vetenskapliga artiklar och har handlett 14 doktorander och Post-docs under sin tid som forskare, då han var verskam inom molekylär biology, molekylär toxikologi och molekylär nutrition.
Ingemar Pongratz is a consultant with a long proven record of EU project development, project coordination and EU Communication.
Previous project experience include FP6 instruments such as STREPS, Integrated projects and Network of Excellence, FP7 collaborative projects and Marie Curie networks and programmes. Ingemar Pongratz has successfully secured over 50 Million EUR (500 Million SEK) to Pongratz Consulting clients and organizations in several EU funded activities.
All projects included consortia development, proposal administration and planning, negotiation, coordination, planning of communication activities within the consortium and with project stakeholders.
In addition Ingemar Pongratz has long track record in EU project Communication and has collaborated with several organizations to communicate EU funded research results to the general public and consumers. Ingemar Pongratz has also organized several workshops, seminars and EU Parliament debates. For this wok Ingemar Pongratz received the Communication Star Prize from the European Commission in 2011. Ingemar Pongratz has also a strong background in research has a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Molecular Biology and has provided seminal research findings in the area of molecular toxicology and molecular nutrition. Ingemar Pongratz has 40+ scientific papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, several book chapters and is Editor of one book, which highlights the effects of Chemical Contaminants in Food.
Ingemar Pongratz has successfully supervised several postdoctoral researchers and several Ph D students, all the way to Thesis defence.
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Reactions on the EU Mission concept
By Ingemar Pongratz
The European Commission has launched the EU Mission. The EU Missions aim to provide solutions to major societal challenges that face the European Union. The EU Missions are part of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation scheme and aims to provide research-based solutions. The current schemes include the following Missions:
Indeed, the topics represent major challenges for the European Union and the world as a whole. However, the concept is new and there are many stakeholders that express concerns. Reactions on the EU Mission concept start to appear and there are concerns.
Research stakeholders such as the League for Research Universities and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has voiced concern that the Mission do not attract researchers. In addition, these stakeholders are concern that few research project are funded through the EU Missions.
Furthermore, experts are concerned that the EU Missions lead to duplication of efforts and express concern that already scarce funding resources are used to fund administration (Science-Business Jan 2023).
Indeed, the overarching concept during the planning process of Horizon Europe was that there would a focus on consolidation. Horizon Europe would not introduce new concepts, rather focus would be on consolidation of previous schemes.
The EU Missions are still very new, and they are still finding their place in the EU. However, there are concerns. Missions should include actors from different sectors such as industry, local, regional and national authorities, researchers, citizens groups etc. Many of these stakeholders have little experience in Horizon Europe or even research. Their interest to join the EU Missions is low which creates problems for implementation.
Indeed, the EU Missions struggle to involve non-research actors and at the same time fail to attract researchers. There is thus considerable concern that innovation opportunities are not exploited, and possibilities are not taken up by innovation ecosystems across Europe.
It is therefore important that the EU missions find their natural place in the EU policy. All in all, the idea is in my opinion very good. Europe cannot afford to produce research that is not taken up by societal actors, such as innovation ecosystems. Research needs to provide societal benefits and for this to occur research results need to be exploited. Hopefully, the problems will be solved soon, and the EU Missions will support knowledge transfer from research to society.
Ingemar Pongratz is founder of Fenix Scientific AB / Pongratz Consulting. Through Pongratz Consulting, we support organizations and universities to apply for European funding. In addition, Ingemar Pongratz has founded Letavis AB. Letavis AB is a biotech company that develops new safe and efficient solution for the agricultural sector.
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