Training Opportunities offered by Sharing Infrastructures in the EU H2020 project Eurofleets+

Andrea Caburlotto1, Anneli Strobel2, Niamh Flavin3, Michele Rebesco1 and Aodhan Fitzgerald3, (1)OGS, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Department of Geophysics, Trieste, Italy, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, (3)Marine Institute, Ireland
Abstract:
EUROFLEETS+ is an H2020 project funded under the Infrastructures initiative, coordinated by the Marine Institute, that brings together a significant group of key marine research actors in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Shared Research Infrastructures offered by EuroFleets+ represent a unique opportunity to offer education and training in marine sciences research activities, attract new Users and prepare the next generation of researchers.

The previous Eurofleets projects mission to make European Union (EU) research vessels available to researchers and students across the European community through a well-organized program, offering offshore training opportunities not otherwise available and utilizing existing and extremely valuable capacity within the EU research vessel fleet, was very well demonstrated by all the students participating in training activities.

In order to consolidate and improve the training of marine sciences related young scientists and students, it is necessary to offer more specific and professional courses recognized as continuous professional development.

In light of this Eurofleets+ represents a further step towards a higher level of marine researcher training by:

  • organizing a series of innovative ship-based training courses (Floating Universities) for postgraduate students of marine-related disciplines;
  • arranging a series of specific workshops and Blue Skills Labs for early career scientists and professionals.

In addition, EUROFLEETS+ is offering fully-funded transnational access to 27 research vessels and 13 pieces of marine equipment. International researchers from academia and industry are able to apply for these infrastructures through three access programs:

1) Ship-time and Marine Equipment Application (SEA program), containing a mandatory training or education of students,

2) Co-Principal Investigator (PI) programme specifically aimed at early career researchers

3) Remote Transnational Access (RTA programme)

The collaboration between transnational access and training programs represents the strength of this project, allowing further training activities through:

  • using spare berths on board Rvs to provide Training Through Research activities
  • couple emerging researchers with more established Principal Investigators as Co-PI
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