Research & Innovation: Report on the European Universities Alliances and Aurora

The purpose of the analysis is detecting the universities that can establish complementarities (within Aurora and with the other European Universities Alliances). Therefore, it is important to identify the interactions among universities (in Aurora and in European Universities Alliances) in projects and publications.

Some of the key outcomes of this report show that the nine Aurora universities obtained over 2% of the signed H2020 grants and almost 0.6% of the total H2020 budget, predominantly in the natural and social sciences. Aurora Alliance universities collaborate(d) in 25 H2020 projects in different constellations. Most of the collaborations in H2020 projects of Aurora universities were seen with universities of the Epicur, 4EU+, CIVIS and UNA Europa alliances.

Regarding publications (also beyond H2020 project results) Aurora universities perform above the global average (SciVal-derived field weighted citation impact 1.78%: the output is 78% more cited than expected according to the global average). Most of the co-publications were done with universities in the Charm-EU, 4EU+, Neurotech-EU and Circle U alliances.

As this is the first measurement moment, it can be regarded as a zero-time point. Performance and collaborations can and will be followed up regularly, and internal and external effects of the collaboration in an Aurora Alliance setting can be monitored.