“EUROPLANET2024 – Infrastructure for Scientific Research” (2020 - 2024)
EC: Horizon 2020 project
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149.
Duration: 4 years (2020 02 01 - 2024 01 31)
Project Coordinator: Prof. Nigel Masson, Kent University, UK
Participating institutions: 53 beneficiary institutions from 21 countries in Europe and around the world, with a further 44 affiliated partners
Project Leader at VU: Dr. habil. Gražina Tautvaišienė, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy
More about the Europlanet2024-RI project: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-2024-ri/
Activities of the Vilnius University:
Europlanet Telescope Network has been created and a rolling call is opened for applications to be considered on a monthly basis: https://www.europlanet-society.org/europlanet-2024-ri/networking-activities-na/europlanet-2024-ri-na-call-for-observations-at-the-europlanet-telescope-network/
The Early Career Training and Education portal had been launched with announcements of PhD positions, job opportunities, summer schools, and meetings relevant to early career professionals: http://www.europlanet.tfai.vu.lt.
The Europlanet mentorship scheme has been launched: http://www.europlanet.tfai.vu.lt/homepage/mentorship/
A splinter meeting was organised on mentorship during the European Planetary Science Congress in 2020.