Biomove

The consortium was founded in 2004 following letters of agreement between the Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences (IFKB) from the Netherlands and the Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement (IRM) from the UK and their respective host Universities. The agreement was the culmination of almost 10 years of research collaboration leading to; the publication of many co-authored publications in the international literature; the co-supervision of a number of PhD students, including in 2004, the first ?double doctorate? awarded simultaneously by Manchester Metropolitan University and the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam for research conducted in both IRM and IFKB; and a number of joint appointments between the participating institutions both at junior and senior level.

The consortium will build on a long tradition of multi-disciplinary research into Biological Movement in Europe dating back over a hundred years. The founding partners already have many active research links with other research units throughout Europe and we look forward to expand the research consortium with more partners by involving these research units, as representatives of their institutions, in the next few years in harnessing the immense creativity, knowledge and expertise available through Biomove.

Biomove aims:

1. to bring together scientists with complementary interests from across Europe, pooling expertise and experience from a range of scientific disciplines in new and stimulating collaborations.
2. to stimulate joint action with respect to:
   1. research projects,
   2. supervision of PhD students and postdocs,
   3. external funding applications,
   4. meetings/symposia/seminars,
   5. exchange of staff, postdocs and PhD students of members across the consortium.

Visits of academic staff will be encouraged across Biomove for:

1. short familiarization periods undertaken in conjunction with other activities;
2. visits of longer duration in connection with joint research or supervision of PhD students or Postdoctoral members of host institutes;
3. visits of a year or more during which collaborative research can be pursued more fully by the visitor.