Smits, Robert-Jan H. M.

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Name (Latin)
Smits, Robert-Jan H. M.
Date of birth
1958
Associate group
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (2019)
European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (2010 - 2010)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 72829723
Wikidata: Q19299206
Library of congress: n 85164903
OCoLC: oca01487465
DLC: n 85164903
Sources of Information
  • His The Siberian gas pipeline dispute, 1985:t.p. (Robert-Jan H.M. Smits (Pays-Bas))
  • Plan S for shock, 2022:title page (Robert-Jan Smits) cover page 4 (career in European science and innovation policy; worked as director-general at the European Commission, now the President of the Eindhoven University of Technology)
  • Wikipedia, Feb. 17, 2022:Robert-Jan Smits (b. 1958; President of the Executive Board of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands since May 2019. ... from 2010 to 2018, he served as director-general of research and innovation (RTD) at the European Commission. He is known for his key roles in planning Plan S ... Smits worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1985 to 1989, and left in 1989 to work at the European Commission)
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Wikipedia description:

Robert-Jan Smits (born 1958) has been the President of the executive board of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands since May 2019. In 2018–2019, he was a senior adviser for open access and innovation at the European Political Strategy Centre and from 2010 to 2018, he served as Director-General of Research and Innovation (RTD) at the European Commission. Smits was involved in the creation of the large-scale research and development program Horizon 2020. This was a grant program from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of nearly €80 billion to stimulate research and innovation within the EU. In addition, Smits is known for his key role in the realization of Europe's Plan S, to ensure that all publicly funded scientific publications are available in Open Access by 2020. The scientific journal Nature calls him in Nature's 10 ‘the architect of this year's bold push to get rid of paywalls in science publishing.’

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