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MSCA-ITN ESR training
We prepare your ESRs for success.
We like to share our knowledge, either by supporting researchers, scientists and administrators with proposal writing workshops or through online transferable skills courses for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs). Discover our latest training offers, now fully available online with hands-on exercises customised to your needs.
Online training courses for ESRs recruited within MSCA ITNs
The following online training courses are designed for ESRs in ongoing Innovative Training Networks (ITN), part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie action (MSCA). Consisting of interactive online lectures, quizzes, brainstorming activities as well as individual and group exercises, each of the six modules can be customised for an audience of ESRs from a single ITN or for a mixed audience of ESRs from several ITNs.
Find the right solution for you: pick and choose from the six modules below and contact us for enquiries.
Online training workshop for ESRs to learn how to successfully plan and manage their research projects with a focus on how to keep on track with their projects while following the specific requirements for EU funded projects.
Contents
Planning: objectives, work breakdown, timing.
Time management vs. priority management.
Risk management.
Monitoring progress.
Documentation and reporting.
Communication.
Participants benefits
Know the main elements of project management.
Become familiar with project planning tools through exercises.
Be aware of some key rules of EU funded H2020 projects.
Learn how to plan and manage individual research projects.
Online training workshop for ESRs to learn how to organise, manage and archive their data, with insights into useful tools and resources. The basics of open data, the EC’s Open Research Data Pilot and the basics of intellectual property rights (IPRs) will also be covered.
Contents
EC Open Research Data Pilot.
Data management plan and tools.
Open access data and publications.
IPRs and exploitation.
EC dissemination and exploitation guidelines.
Participants benefits
Learn how to develop and maintain a data management plan through exercises.
Become familiar with data management tools.
Be aware of EC dissemination and exploitation guidelines.
Online training workshop for ESRs to learn how to communicate their research to a wide audience and multiple stakeholder groups using a variety of channels, tools and methods.
Contents
Know your audience.
Key messages, tools and channels.
Language and jargon.
EC communication guidelines.
Strategies for online communication.
Presentation skills.
Ethics in science communication.
Evaluating communication.
Participants benefits
Know the basics of good communication.
Learn how to plan communication activities.
Familiarise with a variety of communication strategies and platforms.
Online training workshop for ESRs to learn about the current reported gender inequalities in research and main topics in gender equality research. While raising awareness for gender inequalities, this workshop also aims to train on possible ways to consciously address them.
Contents
Gender equality in research.
Implicit bias.
Assertiveness.
Gender roles and work-life balance.
Strategies for gender-sensitive communication.
Gender-sensitive research.
Participants benefits
Become familiar with and discuss current issues in gender equality in research.
Learn about the EU’s priorities towards gender equality.
Be aware of implicit bias and possible strategies to overcome it.
Online training workshop for ESRs to learn about how to prepare a competitive proposal, with examples and insightful tips from our proposal writing team.
Contents
Objectives and requirements of EU funding programmes.
Call documents and other sources.
Proposal set-up and contents.
Evaluation criteria.
Developing the scientific part, impact and implementation sections.
Budgeting.
Participants benefits
Learn how to focus-in on the scientific essentials with clarity and appeal.
Know what is needed for a compelling impact section.
Become familiar with budgeting and develop a solid and coherent implementation.
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