The European Proteomics Association
(EuPA) is organizing an online event, called EuPA Student Exchange Event, with
the aim to bring together all parties who might be interested in a student
exchange. The representatives of hosting labs, students, and funding agencies
will be invited. The idea behind this program is that currently, student exchange is
funded quite well for short-term fellowships or studies e.g. through FEBS (https://www.febs.org/funding/fellowships/short-term-fellowships/),
EMBO (https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/), or the Erasmus
program (https://www.esn.org/erasmus),
but typically requires an already existing relationship between the hosting
labs and/or the student. This implies that
the system works well when some form of (initial) connection has been made but
is much harder to set up, or even envision, in all other cases.
In line with the inclusivity goal of
EuPA, the EuPA Executive Committee, therefore, wants to broaden the array of
participants in such exchange programs and
increase the number of participating students by
giving them a chance to get in contact with labs that are open to hosting exchange students.
Please note that students will have to apply for funding,
and the start and duration of the student exchange will be established by the
agreement between the student and the hosting lab, EuPA will only provide the online meeting space where all parties can meet and discuss with each other.
