The training sessions were held as part of the Connect project. Using the example of different types of MSCA grants (Horizon Europe), the following issues were discussed:
- how to create an environment conducive to conducting research and developing the careers of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers,
- how the actions of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie programme support researchers at different stages of their careers.
During the meetings, Dr Przemysław Ciborek, Head of the Project Support Centre, on behalf of the Rector of the University of Lodz, honoured the University of Lodz Vice-Rector for Science, dr hab. Dorota Golańska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, and dr hab. Łukasz Półtorak, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, with the titles of the University of Lodz MSCA Ambassadors.
Dr hab. Dorota Golańska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, from the Department of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Lodz has been a research supervisor in a project financed by the European Commission under the HORIZON EUROPE, MSCA Doctoral Networks, entitled "EUTERPE" since September 2023. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Central European University Vienna (the consortium coordinator), Utrecht University, University of York, Coventry University, University of Granada, University of Bologna and University of Oviedo. As part of the project transnational literary and artistic strategies that redefine the concept of European space are examined. The project team from Lodz includes doctoral students Olga Fenoll Martinez, Seamus O'Kane and Tamara Cvetković.
Dr hab. Łukasz Półtorak, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, from the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, has been a scientific supervisor in a project financed by the European Commission under the HORIZON EUROPE, Postdoctoral Fellowships, WIDERA TALENTS actions, entitled "e-gainstRapeDrugs" since April 2023. The project is carried out independently by our university, at the Faculty of Chemistry by Dr Thangaraj Shunmuga Thain Balamurugan.
All those interested in announcing an offer of scientific cooperation as part of the MSCA projects are encouraged to contact the University of Lodz Project Support Centre.
The “Connect – University of Lodz connected to international science” project is implemented by International Hub in cooperation with the project Support Centre, under the leadership of Dr Ewelina Wełnowska-Zgid, thanks to the support of NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) from the “Welcome to Poland” programme. We would like to thank the Doctoral Schools Centre and the University of Lodz Doctoral Students' Government Council represented by Agnieszka Wojnarowska, Monika Wilanowska and Justyna Gumulak for helping to organise the event.
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