Early Stage
Researchers

The Early Stage Researchers (ESR) Internships program aims to offer a unique opportunity to researchers to gain a significant range of experiences and valuable new skills by a stay in one of the GEOLAB facilities

Training & Skills

To advance the professional capabilities of researchers and practitioners in the geotechnical field, this theme encompasses the structured training programs and internships conducted under the GEOLAB initiative. Through practical, hands-on experience and targeted educational resources, these programs aim to equip emerging researchers with the skills and knowledge needed to contribute effectively to geotechnical engineering challenges. These outputs reflect GEOLAB’s commitment to fostering a skilled and innovative workforce prepared for future demands.

D04.06 Report realized trainings and internships

Early Stage Researcher Internship Program

The Early Stage Researchers internships program aims to offer a unique opportunity to researchers to gain a significant range of experiences and valuable new skills by a stay in the GEOLAB facilities during their experiment programs (Transnational Access Projects (TA)). These internships will also provide unique networking opportunities and broaden the number of ESRs who can participate in GEOLAB activities and learn from the experience within the community and will provide a better understanding of the ins and outs of the GEOLAB installations throughout Europe.

According to the European Commission (EC), “Early Stage Researchers are considered individuals in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when the researcher obtained the degree entitling him or her to embark on a doctorate, (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited) even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged. Part-time research experience will be counted pro-rata.

Alice-Ezzeddine-UCAM-ESR-Flyer

Arianna-Pucci-UCAM-ESR-Flyert

Gregor-Portmann-ESR-Flyer

Marta-Bochenska-ESR-Flyer

Olgert-Gjuzi-NGI-ESR-Flyer

Worku-Firomsa-Kabeta-ESR-Flyer

Nadia Salvatore-ESR-Flyer

Vaois Katsoularis-ESR-Flyer

Taxiarchoula Limnaiou-ESR-Flyer

Ahmed Al-Jamaei-ESR-Flyer

Ece Bayram Coskun-ESR-Flyer

Santiago Caro-ESR-Flyer

Francesco Potini-ESR-Flyer

Zakaria Owuso Yeboah-ESR-Flyer

First Call for Proposals

GEOLAB provides a comprehensive suite of 11 complementary installations equipping the users from academia and industry with renowned tools for excellent research for the energy, water, urban and transport infrastructure sector.

The installations were specifically selected to ensure a wide range of capabilities to address problems across experiment scales, disciplinary boundaries and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL).

The research infrastructure installations are used to study the following:

Ground stability related issues, e.g. consolidation, seepage, liquefaction, (coastal) erosion and slope stability.
Water-soil-structure interaction, e.g. for roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, dams, foundations, buildings and buried cables & pipelines.
Interaction of infrastructure systems with the environment, e.g. impact of climate change, extreme weather events, geo-hazards, static & dynamic loading and aging.

This First Call for Proposals invited all eligible organisations to submit a proposal, before October 10^th, 2021, for an experiment to be hosted in one of the above-mentioned facilities. The theme of the call was: ‘Experiments that prove innovative solutions to enhance the resilience of Critical Infrastructure (CI) in Europe’.

The GEOLAB project provides User Groups access free of charge to the facilities for their research project and covers travel and subsistence costs (within prescribed limits) as well. State-of-the-art measuring instruments, data-acquisition and processing systems will be available, as well as modern support facilities, such as library, computers, and internet access. Furthermore, visiting researchers are offered a scientific and intellectual environment, with assistance and guidance from experts at the host institute.

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