Welcome to our fellows!

Alida LEFTER — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:58:07 +0000

Starting from October 2020, 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESR) will begin their doctoral studies in the frame of CCIMC project.

15 students from all over the world will work in parallel during three years in a multidisciplinary and trans-sectorial research environment including fundamental and technical approaches. The CCIMC project aims at pushing the frontiers of knowledge in ligand design, coordination chemistry, precatalyst development, catalyst recovery and catalytic process implementation, while also offering full scale training in professional and personal transferable skills.

These three years ahead will be a learning experience that will broaden their research field and personal interest. During their thesis, each ESR will share their time in two different institutions and spend a secondment period in the industrial sector. This international program will contribute to the development of their technical know-hows but also foster team working, collaboration and innovation.

The 15 ESRs will start their training with an online Core Course of two weeks (initially planned in Warsaw). This event will be the opportunity to make the doctoral students acquainted with the Network overall organisation, but also bring the basic theoretical content and more advanced knowledge needed to tackle their research project. These two weeks will provide scientific training in coordination chemistry and catalysis but also transferable skills that are considered essential at the beginning of the thesis for both knowledge transfer and personal development.

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CCIMC project Kick-Off Meeting

Alida LEFTER — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:42:29 +0000

CCIMC (Coordination Chemistry Inspires Molecular Catalysis) project coordinated by the CNRS and funded by the European Commission has just started with its Kick-Off Meeting in March 2020.

The CCIMC project is an Innovative Training Network of the “European Joint Doctorate” type funded by the European Commission that addresses the current lack of coordinated doctoral training at the European level on molecular catalysis. It aims to push the frontiers of knowledge in ligand design, coordination chemistry, precatalyst development, catalyst recovery and catalytic process implementation, while also offering full scale training in professional and personal transferable skills. Beside scientific objectives, one important challenge is to prepare a new generation of junior scientists able to meet the economic and societal challenges of the chemical industry in the 21st century.

The Kick-Off Meeting of the CCIMC project was held in the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena on March 09-10^th. All 9 beneficiaries were present along with industrial partners and one Advisory Board member. This first project meeting was a great opportunity to gather together all stakeholders in order to exchange about the research works, objectives and opportunities of the CCIMC network.

The aim of the first day meeting was to take stock of the overall coordination of the project as well as the financial, legal and training aspects, and also to familiarize all participants with the required procedures and obligations.

The second day focused on the presentation of all research projects by the PhD supervising teams. In total 15 PhD students – Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) – will be recruited to carry out these research projects during 3 years under the supervision of two academic institutions (the recruiting institution and a second host institution), one industrial mentor (secondment) and in some cases a third institution (other secondment).

At the end of the meeting the representatives of the Partner institutions and the Advisory Board member provided feedback about the project implementation and advice.

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