CALIPER

Short description of the project

CALIPER project supports seven (7) RPOs and two (2) RFOs in nine countries across Europe (Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Georgia, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey), that are in an initial stage on gender equality improvement, to develop Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) and engage the local Innovation Hubs to transfer the gained knowledge beyond academia.

The project goal is to make research organizations more gender equal by increasing the number of female researchers in STEM, improving their careers prospects and integrating a gender dimension in research.

CALIPER vision is to enhance the gender balance in STEM fields and promote a greater engagement of female researchers with research and innovation, contributing to the ERA priorities on Gender Equality and stimulating a dialogue and collaboration between academia, public authorities, professionals and industry players in order to tackle gender inequalities across the research- transfer-to-market chain.

Methodologies used in the project

The CALIPER project intends to promote structural changes through a change management methodology strongly focused on engaging with a quadruple helix innovation ecosystem in the regional/national context of each RPO and RFO involved in the Project. Thus, CALIPER seeks to complement internal change actions with opening the gender equality agenda to broader synergies. Applying the quadruple helix approach, CALIPER will stimulate dialogue and collaboration between academia, public authorities, professionals and industry players in order to tackle gender inequalities across the research- transfer-to-market pipeline.

Focus of project

• STEM education

Link to the project website

https://caliper-project.eu/

Project Start Year

01/01/2020

Project End Year

48 months

Project Coordinator

ViLabs

Country of Coordinator

• Greece