In this portal, the word ‘young’ refers to the first career stages of researchers, not to age. Deriving from theEuropean Framework for Research Careers, we use the term ‘first stage researcher (R1)’, or, more colloquially ‘predoc’ for researchers working on their PhD theses, irrespectively of their legal and contractual status. Predocs are also known as PhD students, research students, doctoral candidates or early stage researchers. ‘Postdocs’ (in the European Framework for Research Careers ‘experienced researchers (R2)’) are researchers that have successfully defended their PhD theses, irrespective of legal and contractual status.
- Umbrella Networks: Euroscience and ISE seek to set up a European Young Researchers Platform to bring together all organisations that are concerned with researchers in their first career stages. The COST Network Next Generation of Young Scientist: Towards a Contemporary Spirit of R&I (SCI-Generation) is a further instrument to
- Eurodoc, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior researchers is a European federation of national organisations representing predocs and postdocs. Eurodoc aims at improving young researchers’ working conditions and the quality of higher education and research.
- Young Academy of Europe Originally founded by a group of ERC starting grant holders, the Young Academy of Europe is a platform for researchers at the level of young group leaders whose scientific excellence at the international level has been recognised by their peers (for instance, holders of prestigious European or national research grants or awards).
- Young Researcher Networks of learned societies and other networks in various scientific areas
- Other associations
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