Members

Membership Requirement

The basic requirement for becoming a member node is to actively participate in some of the network's activities, or (for European institutions) to participate in at least one work-package activity. A member node has at least one of the following roles: coordination of KDNet events, workpackage coordination, contributor to network events or project deliverables.

For further details concerning the application for membership, please contact KDNet office directly or fill in the online registration form. The membership to this Network is free of charge, but it requires the formal approval of the KDNet Management Board.

List of all KDNet Members

We are happy to announce that following institutions are active KDNet Members.

KDNet Member Structures

The Network gathers its Excellence by continually extending and improving its structures. Members are linked to each other by collaborating in organization of meetings and conferences for different research subfields or market branches. They can also work together at one of the work packages of the KDNet project. Events and collaborations are creating new network structures and vice versa.

KDNet activity structure is presented in the following table:

Member Role	Tasks (events or deliverables to EC)	Formal role
Coordination of the KDNet Project and Events	Coordinating workpackages Contact and reporting to ECFinancial and other administration	Principal Contractor: Fraunhofer AIS
Workpackage chair	responsible that tasks in a workpackage are carried out properly participation in KDNet Management Board	Management Board Member Member
Workpackage co-chair	responsible that tasks in a workpackage are carried out properly	Member
Workpackage contributor	actively participating in a workpackage task, e.g. providing input for technology roadmap, organizing industrial workshop	Member Subcontractor
Supporter	give feedback on reports/drafts of things, provide information or texts	Member
General audience	Requesting information from the network, accessing resources from the Online Information Service, attending conferences	Non-Members

Funding of Member Nodes

Funding is only possible for KDNet Members, who have already signed the Membership Agreement.
For further details, please contact KDNet Office.

Regular funding can be provided for example for general coordination of KDNet activities, for workpackage coordination, and other organizational tasks, that have the purpose to strenght and improve the Network. All funding proposals have been assigned in advance to the KDNet Management Board.