AIM@SHAPE is open to partnerships with individual researchers through the Network Interested Researcher Group (NIRG). Advantages of becoming a NIRG member are:

• Opportunities for the integration of research activities with 13 prestigious research institutes

• Facilitated access to common resources (Digital Shape Workbench) and the possibility to include your papers in the AIM@SHAPE Digital Library
• Regular update on the latestdevelopments in the AIM@SHAPE Network Of Excellence (newsletter)
• Participation tinIM@SHAPE training activities
• Direct links your EU own project disrm the AIM@SHAPE web portal (if applicable) to increase project's visibility and clustering of research
• Opportunities for organizing joint workshops and official AIM@SHAPE presentations
• Access to the web portal:
• An individual login name and password allows members to login with NIRG privileges, which means the possibility to see and edit a NIRG workspace for exchanging ideas, files etc., andto create News and Events items to advertise conferences or events relevant for AIM@SHAPE.
• NIRG members also have access to the “Preferences” section. In this section members can fill in their own detailed personal page and they, providing information on their research activities and projects. In the same section they can also set their personal preferences for the portal and change their password.
• Access to the Shape Repository:
• A NIRG user profile has been created for the Shape Repository.
• NIRG members can access all models in the repository.
• For the time being members don’t have privileges to upload models but they will be notified when this will be possible.
• Participation in the AIM@SHAPE network fellow program
  

Obligations for a NIRG member:

• Provide feedback on research activity and inform the consortium on related events on interesting topics
• Provide feedback on newsletters