Marie Curie Actions: Inspiring Researchers - Imdea

‘The Marie Curie programme provides the possibility ofcombining training courses with active research, as well asgetting a broad insight into both industry and education,’Ms Alberts says. ‘The possibility of coming into contact withresearchers from a variety of study areas and collaboratingwith them opens the mind to the future career choicesavailable in life.’A family affairFor other Fellows it was the fl exibility of the Marie Curie supportthat helped them in the early stages of their research career.Research Fellows with families receive additional fi nancialsupport as a supplement to the mobility allowances alreadyprovided through the Marie Curie programme. The allowanceshelp a researcher and his or her family move to a new countryand help pay for regular visits home.Petr Šmíd moved from his home country, the Czech Republic,to take up a position with Gladnet, fi rst in London and thenGermany. His wife and child moved with him, and during his14-month fellowship in London he received two weeks ofpaternity leave when his second child was born.‘Thus I was able to help my wife directly after the birth,’ hesays. ‘This was particularly helpful since our parents were notable to come to us immediately after the birth to support us asis normal when a family lives in their country of origin.’Project acronymGladnetFull project titleAnalytical glow discharge networkType of grantTraining NetworkBudgetEUR 2 863 542Duration of project01-02-2007 - 31-01-2011Scientific disciplineChemistryLead partnerEmpaFeuerwerkerstrasse 39CH-3602 ThunCoordinator: Dr Johann MichlerTel. +41 33 228 4605E-mail: johann.michler@empa.chOther partnersLeibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresdene.V., Germany - Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, HungarianAcademy of Sciences, Hungary - Korrosions- och MetallforskningsinstitutetAB, Sweden - Imperial College London, Space and Atmospheric Physics Group,Blackett Laboratory, Physics Department, United Kingdom - London MetropolitanUniversity, DCCTM, United Kingdom - Universiteit Antwerpen, Department ofChemistry, Plasmant, Belgium - University of Oviedo, Department of Analyticaland Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Spain - Saint-Petersburg StateUniversity, Chemical Research Institute, Russian Federation - Faculty of PhysicsBelgrade, Serbia - AQura GmbH, Department Inorganic Analyses, GDMS Laboratory,Germany - LECO Instrumente Plzeň, Czech Republic - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG,Center of Materials Excellence - Auto Division, Germany - Shiva TechnologiesEurope SARL, France - Tofwerk AG, Switzerland163