Following the Mid Term Meeting in Sheffield on 23 January 2018, a revised Secondment Plan was proposed by the network. This is currently being reviewed by the European Project Officer. The training programme is underpinned by the special system of secondments. These are designed in such a way that each ESR will be exposed to various research environments (through 2 or 3 secondments to academic partners), as well as various industrial environments/sectors (through 1 to 3 secondments to industrial partners). Three different industrial sectors are represented further emphasizing the inter-sectorial character of the network and training:
Note, that the research training provisions are fully aligned with the research programme of the consortium, and great care will be taken in arrangements for the secondments that the new skills acquired by an individual ESR maximize the research output from his/her project. Accordingly, the exact duration of the secondments will be decided during the implementation of the network. However, we will target the minimum total length of 3 months per ESR for all secondments planned. The rationale behind each individual secondment is described in 2.4.3 of the Grant Agreement. The arrangement of secondments will be the responsibility of the primary supervisor and the ESR, who will liaise directly with the secondary nodes, the process additionally overseen by the Training Board, WP leaders and the Network Manager, who will monitor the fulfilment of individual CDP for each ESR and overall coherence of the secondments/visits programme across the network. During the secondment/visits the ESR will be supervised by the staff at those nodes. When on secondment the Innotivative Training Networks (ITN) fellow continues to be paid by the recruiting beneficiary. Short term accommodation costs and travel costs can be covered by the category Research, Training and Network costs (a unit cost of €1,800 per person-month managed by the host beneficiaries). See page 19 of Guide for Applicants We will need to report on the fulfilment of secondments so can all ESRs please make sure you complete this Google Form after every secondment /visit you make. Supervision arrangements (including during the secondments)
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