Management training for researchers
TRAYSS PRIME gives life science researchers a deeper understanding of management know-how

(Rostock/Luebeck/Copenhagen) One of the last funded projects in the 6th EU Research Framework Program was the training program "TRAYSS PRIME", developed by Steinbeis Team Northeast in Rostock, Prosciencia in Lübeck and ScanBalt. The project commenced on 1st January 2007 and was scheduled for a period of 18 months ending on June 30th. 2008 The central goal is to sensibilize and to upgrade young European researchers in the field of life sciences and health in the Baltic Sea Region on concepts of research management. The program's core topics are innovation management, intellectual property, EU project preparation issues and bioethics.

The seminars coincided with important and widely recognised international biotech conferences, mainly in the Baltic Sea Region.

"These 'satellites' will present key issues on the management of the knowledge-based future to prime young researchers. Furthermore we create synergies with the local conference organizers. Therefore the young researchers will only need to invest little additional time and money for an additional opportunity. This new approach has convinced the European Commission, it surely will convince the young researchers as well", states Henner Willnow, Project Manager at Steinbeis Team Northeast in Rostock.

The European Commission points out: "TRAYSS PRIME constitutes a Specific Support Action of rare quality and fully deserves public support. The promised action is likely to bring about very useful results, making scientists in the region around the Baltic Sea more capable, not only at generating the necessary resources to do science, but to do so in a fashion that may fully benefit society."

It reached approximately 300 researchers in the Baltic Sea Region during the seminars and workshops as well as with a spring school on May 5th to May 9th 2008 at Erkner/Berlin, Germany.

Statements of participants:

"Back in the lab, I am now trying to make more realistic plans and follow them. I hope your professional team will organize more courses and seminars in this field that I can strongly recommend to my colleagues.” Kaupo Teesalu, PhD student from Estonia

“Congratulations on an excellent workshop, both for the efficient organization and the very useful content. I highly recommend it to my work colleagues.” Ian Seymour, PhD, group leader at the Instituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Italy

“Before this workshop I did not even realize how many mistakes I made in my projects. Now I know how that there is room for improvement. I will incorporate these new aspects into my scientific work.” Zuzana Hugonin, PhD student, Stockholm University

Please visit www.scanbalt.org/trayss for further and detailed information.

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