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Training Programme

Alongside the implementation of their individual research projects, BS4S fellows will follow a tailor-made training programme focused on career development and research valorisation.

Each fellow will design their own training path based on a Career Development Plan (CDP), prepared in consultation with their mentor and co-mentor(s) after admission to the programme.

The training programme is aimed at equipping fellows with the skills and knowledge needed to translate fundamental research into real-world applications, including products and services. Business partners will support this process by offering mentorship and internship opportunities, helping fellows gain first-hand experience in innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry collaboration.

BS4S framework programme
Main Training Programme
  1.  Powering Lectures on the Cutting Edge of Science 
    • Dream Chemistry Lectures exploring the links between biology, physics & chemistry to solve paramount problems in the sciences 
    • Pioneers of Discovery. Insights on High-Risk High-Gain/ High-Impact Research by ERC & EIC Grant Holders 
    • IChF Cluster Lectures, delivered by invited researchers with potential for Horizon Europe Pillar II collaboration
  2.  Bridging Research and Industry 
    • From Basic Sciences to Business & Back, talks presenting career paths of doing research by experts engaged in technology transfer
    • 24 Steps to a Successful Start-Up, a training guiding participants through the structured steps of starting a successful company or alternatively: Intersectoral Mobility (secondment to a business partner’s headquarters)
    • Study Visits to commercialisation facilities, spin-off/out companies and R&D centres
  3.  The AI-Driven Research Revolution
    • AI fundamentals: “What am (A)I?” and “The Powerful Basics: Clusterisation and Regression” 
    • Generative AI and Reinforced Learning
    • AI-Powered Tools – AI tools and models for isolated training environments
  4.  Bridging Science and Society
    • Science Unplugged: Engaging Talks by Expert Communicators 
    • An Open Day at IChF
Customised Practical Training Programme
  1.  Guided Career Advancement (CDP co-creation and mentoring using CDP)
  2.  International Mobility (to a co-mentors research organisation)
  3.  CDP-Driven Activities (inter/-national and intersectoral conferences/workshops/other)
  4.  Showcasing Progress
    • Reporting Sessions 
    • IChF Annual Meeting: the cyclical IChF scientific symposium
  5.  Practical Courses
    • Research Management in Action: hands-on training where the BS4S fellows oversee & guide MSc/PhD students 
    • Core Skills Workshops, e.g., Open Science; Managing Intellectual Property Rights; Art of Presenting; Paper & Proposal Writing; Ethics; Integrating Gender Perspectives in Research Planning: Hands-on Training
    • Tool-kits, advanced hands-on training on various research techniques 
  6.  Language Boost: Scientific English and Basic Polish Classes (on a voluntary basis)