Career development

NeuroNanotech offers researchers the opportunity to develop a truly interdisciplinary PhD research projects that combine different disciplines and translational research, while gaining international and inter-sectoral training experience.

Fellows will follow a personalised career development programme that includes research and transferable skills training, mentoring, networking and secondment opportunities.

NeuroNanotech will have access to a wide network of collaborators and partner organisations to develop and pursue their research interests and implement their career plan. A compulsory secondment will be supported at a partner organisation relevant to the project and the researcher’s career, either in an academic or a non-academic setting. These will have a duration between 3- to 8 months (completed in one or several stays, and within the duration of the PhD project) according to the project requirements, new skills or technical needs.

The training programme includes 7 network-wide training events (3-day long each) and hands-on workshops and activities throughout the duration of the programme. These will allow fellows to improve their transferable skills and knowledge on research-related topics, such as open science, data management, research integrity and ethics, research funding, etc. Fellows will have the opportunity to coordinate and participate in communication and outreach activities and to gain entrepreneurial experience.