Marie Curie Actions: Inspiring Researchers - Imdea

But no matter what the future may bring for the youngparticipants, both they and the invited speakers haveshared very positive opinions with the organisers. ‘As atrainee researcher in biological conservation, I found that theexperience of attending the school improved substantiallyboth my knowledge and practical skills in the area of appliedresearch, while my admiration for our continent’s naturalheritage was signifi cantly enhanced,’ acknowledges CharilaosPilidis of the University of Bristol, UK.and covered an extensive range of topics from conservationecology to quantitative genetics.’Looking back on experiences so far, the wealth of positivefeedback and the great interest that the Bialowieza PrimevalForest Summer Schools have generated, Dr Samojlik believesthat this form of training for early-stage researchers should bea permanent component of the Marie Curie scheme in futureEuropean Commission research framework programmes.José Ricardo Teixeira Rocha of the University of Lisbon, Portugal,agrees, appreciating most of all the hands-on experience hegained during the Summer School: ‘In the six days that I spentin Poland, I had the chance to put into practice some of the mostuseful things I had been learning about in academic studies.I also gained a wealth of new knowledge and experiencesthat definitely allowed me to broaden my horizons, bothprofessionally and individually.’Vincent A. Viblanc of the Département d’Ecologie, CentreNational de la Recherche Scientifi que (CNRS), France, alsohas nothing but praise for the course. He participated in2009: ‘Based on my attendance ... I can personally certifythat the teaching I received there was of outstanding qualityProject acronymBiosebFull project titleSummer Schools in ecology and biodiversity - understandingpatterns and processesType of grantConferenceBudgetEUR 476 000Duration of project01-12- 2006 - 30-11-2010Scientific disciplineEnvironmentLead partnerScientific coordinator of the project:Dr Andrzej Zalewski, Associate ProfessorPolish Academy of SciencesMammal Research Instituteul. Waszkiewicza 1cPL-17-230 BialowiezaE-mail: zalewski@zbs.bialowieza.plAdministrative coordinator: Dr Tomasz SamojlikAddress as aboveE-mail: samojlik@zbs.bialowieza.pl263