Research Management for Young Scientists in the Baltic Countries

There is a strong necessity to provide young researchers with the tools necessary to manage the tasks of research project management, team management, and acquisition of research funds. Furthermore, young researchers need more knowledge on the possibilities of international cooperation and the commercialisation of scientific results.

Steinbeis Team North East, ProSciencia Beratungs-GmbH and ScanBalt have now prepared a strategy for a training programme focussing on the topics intellectual property, innovation and management issues and acquisition of research funding. The strategy includes:

• Building a network research management training sites from both the public as well as the private sector in Top of Europe countries
• Increasing the awareness of the importance of research management training of young scientists on Top of Europe
• Enhancing the quality of research management training by establishing standards and promote best practices
• Organizing management trainings in cooperation with ScanBalt partner institutions
• Organizing an annual research management training week in the ScanBalt region
• Attracting human and financial resources

Read more about the training programme.

Read the full press release.

Source: Press release, ScanBalt, 02.07.2008