GREEK AMERICAN ACADEMIC MEETING MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY in STRATEGIC RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

2 Form of Key International University Research Partnerships Research Center of Excellence to Research Center of Excellence (Enhances attractiveness to corporations)-sometimes more than 2 partners Joint Labs Potential for 24/7 Lab Operations Exchangeable Faculty, Post Docs, Grad Students Joint Degrees

PEER-TO-PEER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Mutual accreditation (standards, policies) Alignment- mission, vision, strategy, governance Scale (corporations will need scale) Enterprise culture/productivity/pace English Medium Project-Program-Organic relationship 3

4 EVIDENCE OF CAPACITY TO PARTNER Money/capital (from where?) Focus and Strength (ability to set and sustain priorities) Dedicated Human Resources – Critical Mass/Scale- Facilities and equipment Ability to assume risk/make multi-year commitments Competitive environment Aligned intellectual property policies Other assets Entrées to markets (Balkans, MENA countries) Relationships corporations (multinational)

5 KFUPM TRIANGULATION PARTNERSHIPS KAUST/KFUPM/SAUDI ARAMCO –Temporary use of KFUPM labs –Joint labs –Faculty development –Complementary undergraduate program –KFUPM enhanced Saudi Aramco relationship KAUST/KFUPM/IMPERIAL COLLEGE –Piggy-back on KAUST/Imperial College Agreement –Joined in activity above

6 GREEK AMERICAN RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS How can Greek Universities and US partners meet criteria for peer-to peer? Structures and approach for developing capital? Corporate-Philanthropic-US Grant- EU Grant Greek Universities Thematic Research Consortia Find way to interest Greek corporations Partner to help 3 rd country

QUADRILATERAL MODEL FOR GREECE Greek University (ies) US University (ies) US/Multinational Corporation Greek Corporation (Recruited by US Corporation?) 7