Hi Ana,

Well spotted! There is massive need for this, indeed I recently wrote a correspondence to Nature making this very point (sadly rejected). I would suggest creating a Biodiversity Informatics curriculum, not just one one Collections Informatics. There in only a small pool of knowledgeable people and very little awareness of our domain knowledge in the informatics community as a whole. Yet, the need for biodiversity data and analysis is only increasing.

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Quentin

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On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 at 15:44, Ana Casino <acasino@naturalsciences.be> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

At the most recent SwafS infoday, we found this call which is currently open:  https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/swafs-08-2019;freeTextSearchKeyword=SWAFS-08-2019;typeCodes=1;statusCodes=31094501,31094502;programCode=H2020;programDivisionCode=null;focusAreaCode=null;crossCuttingPriorityCode=null;callCode=Default;sortQuery=openingDate;orderBy=asc;onlyTenders=false

It is called "Research innovation needs & skills training in PhD programmes". Within the challenge and the scope, they specifically mention several of the skills we constantly talk about at CETAF, e.g. data skills. Also, they would like to integrate courses by non-academic actors (e.g. as those promoted via MOBILISE or, specifically, our BIOTALENT project ) into formal education curricula, here with a specific focus on PhD training.

We think this could be a great opportunity for the CETAF community in general and the training-related interested groups in particular, to set up a proposal. The proposal is single stage with the submission due by 2 April 2019, making this a rather tight schedule, but attainable nonetheless.

We keep at your entire disposal for any further help you may need in this respect.

Kind regards,

 

ANA CASINO

CETAF, AISBL

 

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