Dear researchers from the Western Balkan countries,
We are delighted to inform you that the EOSC Future project will provide special support for training of researchers from the WB region focused on EOSC, Open Science, FAIR and related principles. The travel and accommodation costs for a limited number of participants from the WB region will be covered by the EOSC Future project.
The first training possibility is the Datathon on Sensitive Data, organized by Data Infrastructure Capacity for EOSC – DICE. The goal of the Datathon is to address the challenge of handling privacy and sensitive data, to be held in Amsterdam 30 May 2023 to 01 June 2023. Participants will obtain hands-on experience with managing their sensitive data with the facilities and workflows being developed within the DICE project. Collaborative initiatives and guest presentations from other projects are also planned, offering a rich experience to Datathon participants on all aspects and challenges of sensitive data management. Through the EOSC Future project, 15 participants from the WB countries can be funded to participate at this event. Note that registration for this event is already open and it closes on Monday 15th of May 2023. The final selection of the candidates will be jointly performed by DICE and EOSC Future, to provide balanced participation from all WB countries, as well as adequate qualifications for the event. More about the event, as well as the registration link can be found here https://www.dice-eosc.eu/news-events/events/dice-datathon-sensitive-data (please use the on-site registration).
The second training event for which the EOSC Future project will provide travel and accommodation for the WB participants is the EUDAT Summer School 2023, to be organized in Kajaani, Finland, 26 – 30 June 2023. The school aims to strengthen the skills required to excel in data management, getting the participants geared up to manage and process data throughout the full, research-data lifecycle (data discovery; data processing; data analysis; data preservation and publishing). The school will offer 2 tracks, 1) Providers Track for research or academic institution IT system administrators, community or data managers looking at providing research data services for their communities, in particular those that are interested in learning how to deploy EUDAT services, as well as 2) Users Track, aimed to provide early career or Bachelor, Masters, PhD or Postdoc programme students currently engaged in complex research environments with the latest best practices in research data management covering the complete research data lifecycle. The First deadline for registration is 15 May, while the final one is 26 May 2023. Through the EOSC Future project, 10 participants from the WB countries will receive funding for travel and accommodation to participate at this summer school. The final selection of the candidates will be jointly performed by EUDAT and EOSC Future, to provide balanced participation from all WB countries, as well as adequate qualifications for the event. More about the event, as well as the registration link can be found here https://eudat.eu/summer-schools/eudat-summer-school-2023.
We encourage researchers from the Western Balkan countries to register for both of these events. Please forward this message to anyone that you deem suitable for these events.
The EOSC Future project.