CONTRIBUTING TO THE HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING

CONTRIBUTING TO THE HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING

(2004-2008) BONUS ERA-NET Task 3.3. Baltic School of Researchers (2007-2011) BONUS+ Series of courses and summer schools; BONUS young scientist club; young scientist feedback YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN THE SCOPE (2010-2011) BONUS Strategic Phase Human capacity building identified as one of four management priorities of BONUS (2012-2016 ->) BONUS Implementation Phase Bonus+ traditions continued. Support to human capacity building imbedded in each project. A set of support actions carried out directly by BONUS Secretariat within the management budget ERANET ERANET Plus Article 185

Key findings by the BONUS ERANET The most desired topical areas: Methodology; Integration between natural and socioeconomical sciences; Linking between physical and biological science Courses must have clear focus Courses must be 1-3 weeks long to support credit transfer A network to improve coordination and information is needed. BONUS+ HCB scheme is endorsed.

+ PhD courses and summer schools SCENE OF BONUS BALTIC GAS SEISMO ACOUSTIC COURSE, JULY 2010 APPROACH: Each project proposal is expected to include a set of HCB actions BONUS distributes a limited amount of competition-based course grants (5 x 10,000) on top of the project budget OUTCOME: Healthy cooperation among projects and also beyond the BONUS Around 20 courses and summer schools of different format Around 300 students involved: on average 15 students per course

Selected examples of BONUS courses and summer schools PARTICIPANTS OF ADVANCED COURSE On CLIMATIC IMPACTS, BORNHOLM, JUL-AUG 2009 Advanced PhD course on climate impacts on the Baltic Sea: From science to Policy* Time series analysis and modelling of environmental data * Floating university : practical trianing on core sampling of marine sediments and handling the samples Journalist taining on Baltic Sea Eutrophication matters Nexø, Bornholm island DK, Jul-Aug 2009 Seili island FI, September 2009 r/v Aranda, Baltic Sea, April 2009 Gdansk, PL, September 2009 ECOSUPPORT, BALTIC-C, AMBER with support of many other sponsors, BONUS HCB GRANT 10K AMBER BONUS HCB GRANT 10K INFLOW PROBALT 5

Selected examples of BONUS courses and summer schools (continued) Environmental risk governance of the Baltic Sea Seismo acoustic imaging of sediments and gas-related features in the Baltic Sea Impact of gelatinous zooplankton on pelagic food webs COLLAGE OF PICTRES FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GELATINOUS PLANKTON COURSE, BONUS BAZOOCA 2011 Askö research station SE, September 2010 Szczecin PL, r/v Navigator XXI, July 2010 Kristinenberg centre of marine sciences SE, September 2011 RISKGOV BONUS HCB GRANT 10K BALTIC GAS BONUS HCB GRANT 10K BAZOOCA 6

Young Scientist Club 1st SESSION Of BONUS YSC, HELSINKI JANUARY 2009 FORMULA: YSC sessions are coupled with BONUS conferences/baltic Sea Science Congresses All arrangements by the young scientists of the host country A Socratic seminar : playfully about the serious BONUS supports and co-funds the expenses

Young Scientist Club A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, PHOTO BY A.ANDRUSAITIS BONUS YSC SESSIONS: 1. Kick-off session during the 1st BONUS conference, Helsinki, January 2009 2. BONUS YS Generic course, 7th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Tallinn, August 2009. A one-day course on science ethics, IPR, and the Baltic Sea environment protection.

Young Scientist Club SCENE OF BONUS BALTIC GAS SEISMO ACOUSTIC COURSE, JULY 2010 SCENE OF BONUS YSC SESSION: THE WINNING TEAM, St_PETERSGURG, AUGUST 2011, PHOTO BY K.MOSTAMANDY BONUS YSC SESSIONS (continued): 3. YSC session during the 2nd BONUS conference, Vilnius, January 2010. A playful discussion on four themes offered by Lithuanian young scientists, e.g. Windmill ecosystem a requiem for Don Quixote? 4. YSC session during the 8th Baltic Sea Science Congress, St- Petersburg, August 2011. A secret shadow science committee of the next Congress. Organized by the young scientists at Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Collecting feedback about and from young scientists PHOTO BY KASPARS SILS: KIDS AT HEUREKA SCIENCE MUSEUM, HELSINKI In 2010, during the campaign of collecting the mid-term feedback from the BONUS+ projects, we asked coordinators to reflect about YS involvement and queried the early carrier scientists themselves. The YS response level was around 28% Coordinators recognized the support to joint training activities as the third most appreciated aspect of BONUS Secretariat work (the first two were organizing the BONUS Conferences and assisting with reporting).

An important power PHOTO BY KASPARS SILS: KIDS AT HEUREKA SCIENCE MUSEUM, HELSINKI BALTGENE PREHAB PROBALT BALTIC GAS IBAM BalticWay BALTIC-C ECOSUPPORT AMBER RECOCA RISKGOV INFLOW BALCOFISH HYPER BAZOOCA BEAST AVERAGE % OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN TEAMS Altogether about 200 young scientists are involved in BONUS+ projects: approximately 37% of the whole Programme s manpower. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Does BONUS make any difference for the young scientists? PHOTO BY KASPARS SILS: KIDS AT HEUREKA SCIENCE MUSEUM, HELSINKI IMPACT OF BONUS+ ON YOUNG SCIENTISTS opportunity to publish results in high-ranking journals access to research infrastructures study mobility opportunity to participate in training courses opportunity to develop the outcomes of your study into practical applications access to data and information gathered by other scientists opportunity to attend scientific conferences opportunity to gather new data for your study opportunity to network with other scientists of your field outside your country trust in practical usefulness of your research opportunity to network with scientists of other fields bringing more interdisciplinary into your research -1 0 1 2 DID NOT NOTICE SLIGHTLY CERTAINLY ANY CHANGE IMPROVED IMPROVED

Top list of potential programme-level HCB activities. PHOTO BY KASPARS SILS: KIDS AT HEUREKA SCIENCE MUSEUM, HELSINKI 1. Provide support grants for short-term (e.g. 1-3 months) mobility to another laboratory 2. Support initiatives of organizing highly specific training courses 3. Provide support grants to attend training courses outside BONUS 4. Organize training courses on generic knowledge and skills, e.g. science ethics, IPR etc. 5. Establish international BONUS PhD scholarship program

Some take home messages Early career scientists are a significant power of the Programme, their needs can not be neglected. Different YS groups (countries, disciplines etc.) have different needs - respect them! A joint programme provides lot of opportunities to support YS in various ways chase them! Collect the feedback it works both ways! Put aside some programme funds for joint support activities addressing YS this investment pays!

Picture from BONUS AMBER website: http://www.io-warnemuende.de/amber.html Also a HCB: BONUS AMBER s Prof. I.Vuorinen disseminates his findings to a the most impactful audience on the pier of Seili research station, Baltic Sea

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Important news BONUS strategic research agenda 2011-2017 available online In October 2011 also in hard copies Website downloads at www.bonusportal.org/sra Executive summary documents also available online and hard copies Use opportunity to hear the key results of BONUS+ directly from scientists: BONUS FORUM, Hotel Gdansk, 24 October, 11:00-18:30 Register at www.bonusportal.org/bf11