Title Abstract "Doctoral Training Network 2022" "The EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network is a collective of universities, academics, and PhD candidates that seeks to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of urban mobility based on the knowledge triangle (education, research, and business). The programme provides urban mobility PhD candidates with a platform for exchange on their individual research, and networking opportunities with practitioners and senior researchers. The programme includes a four-to-six months international research placement and an annual forum event." "Boosting advanced doctoral training in innovative colon targeting drugs" "Guy Van den Mooter" "Drug Delivery and Disposition" "The Colon Targeting Network (COLOTAN) is a European Training Network that will train 13 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in (bio)pharmaceutical sciences to improve targeting of oral drugs to the colon.Oral administration of drugs is the preferred delivery route due to its non-invasiveness and convenience for the patient. However, issues related to solubility, absorption, and metabolism often cause oral drug candidate attrition. Oral formulations that release the drug in a pH- or time-dependent manner in the colon have been developed for local treatment of colonic diseases. However, currently available colon-targeting formulations suffer from an inconsistent performance and lack of efficiency due to intra- and interindividual (patho)physiological variability. Moreover, the available tools to predict drug absorption mainly focus on the upper gastrointestinal tract and fail to recapitulate events occurring in the colon, resulting in a lack of validated models to predict drug and formulation behaviour in the colon.To meet these challenges, we must move beyond traditional, mainly monodisciplinary education and train a new generation of pharmaceutical scientists in diverse disciplines ranging from drug delivery to chemistry, cell biology, microbiology and gastroenterology.In an ambitious intersectoral environment, COLOTAN will deliver this new generation via an advanced research and training programme with a total value of 180 ECTS comprising challenging Individual Research Projects, workshops with joint training in scientific and transferable skills, online training, individual training, dissemination, outreach and career development activities. At the end of the project, all ESRs will obtain a doctoral degree. This new generation of ESRs will become future leaders in academia and industry and will be at the forefront of developing a new generation of innovative colon targeting drugs. " "European Doctoral Training Support in Micro/Nano-electronics." "Georges Gielen" "Electronic Circuits and Systems (ECS)" "This project is submitted to support and ensure continuation of the EURO-DOTS initiative, that was launched as a Support Action in response to the FP7-Call 5 and that has successfully realized all the objectives resulting in the installation of a virtual platform to serve the Doctoral Schools in Europe in micro/nano-electronics. When the present 2-year EURO-DOTS project ends on 30 April 2012, it will not only have a fully operational platform and system in place, but it will also have realized the build-up of a course portfolio of nearly 50 PhD course titles, offered and organized by universities all over Europe. The major objective of EURO-DOTS was to improve the offering and quality of training provided to European PhD students in the micro/nano-electronics area based on the comprehensive analysis of university offering and industrial needs. One week intensive courses help them fulfilling the requirements for ECTS credits imposed by European universities for obtaining the PhD degree in Engineering. Essential in this endeavor are the scholarships that PhD students can apply for. This boosts the mobility of students but most importantly, it allows them to attend the right course at the right place, where the expertise on the treated subject is guaranteed.The major objective of this EURO-DOTS-2 follow-up project with a 2 year duration, is to ensure the continuation and continuity of the present successful action. This implies maintaining and improving operation of the platform, managing course portfolio and planning, stimulating development and submission of new courses in response to the needs of industry and researchers, managing and attributing of scholarships for PhD students and promotion of platform service and course offering. The present partnership, installed committees and organization will be basically retained. This continuity can be realized with a limited but indispensable budget of which half will be used for the scholarships." "Doctoral Training Network 2023" "Frank Witlox" "Department of Geography" "This acvity relates to the planning and execuon of the DTN, parcularly markeng and recruitment of students and the admission process. The first intake of PhD candidates was admi_ed into the programme in 2020 and the network connues to expand with two rounds of admissions per year, through a process of call-for-applicants. The purpose is to create an interdisciplinary and internaonal network of urban mobility PhD students throughout Europe. Through courses, forums, and internaonal exchanges at universies, municipalies, and industry partners, the DTN aims to facilitate the personal and professional growth of young academics working to get their PhD.This acvity also relates to the planning and execuon of the Annual Doctoral Forum, and the development and execuon of the DTN I&E course package. It builds upon the experiences from the previous Annual Doctoral Forum events held in Munich in 2021 and Barcelona in 2022 and the inial I&E courses developed." "Doctoral Training Network" "Mike McNamee" "Department of Movement Sciences, Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Institute for Labour Law" "KU Leuven is the host institution for the EMJMD MAiSI which was awarded 3M euros 2017-21; and awarded a further 3M euros 2020-25. The MAiSI programme has been successfully quality assured in all its reports from the EACEA. It was the intention from the beginning, once MAiSI had demonstrated that there was a market for such degrees (it being the first of its kind in the world) that a doctoral application be developed.What has emerged over the last 4 years is the difficulty of managing a 6 partner consortium. It was decided thus to reduce to the minimum 3 (or maxmally 4) partners.The design envisaged is of an interdisciplinary Doctorate with a supervisor from each partner (covering ethical, legal and social disciplinary interests), with each consortium partner being responsible for 3 phds (=9 in total). Each partner should have sufficient expertise to lead on whichever discipline/problem is chosen. We are near to completion to a Joint Doctoral Programme (Movement Sciences) with JGU Mainz (who are already a MAiSI consortium partner). We are currently reviewing options for the third partner.We have already initiated positive discussions with the leading sports stakeholders in the world: the International Olympic Committee (who have already sponsored 7 MAiSI students), the FIFA, and the World Anti Doping Agency. Further discussions are planned with UEFA and the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime with whom we have excellent relations. Our plan is jointly to prepare each of the 9 theses in issues of global significance: anti doping law and ethics; data law and ethics; ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Sport; organised crime and match fixing; corruption in event organisation; socio-legal implications of Olympic (mega event) legacy; genetic doping; and so on. it is envisaged that each student will undertake at least one internship period within the specified stakeholder organisation that has worked with the KU Leuven led team to help shape the doctoral research problem. Thus, while the application is NOT for an industrial network, we aim to demonstrate close alignment with real world problems from the world's leading stakeholders each of whom will write in support of the project." "Doctoral Training Network" "geen abstract" "CASPIAN U+2013 a doctoral training for future experts in development and cooperation with focus on the Caspian region" "Bruno De Cordier" "Department of Conflict and Development Studies" "At the level of Ghent University and the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, this programme contains two doctoral research projects, one on the presence, characteristics and dynamics of the middle class in Azerbaijan, and another on the social impact of the extractive industries in Western Kazakhstan." "European Doctoral Training Support in Micro/Nano-electronics - EURODOTS." "Georges Gielen" "ESAT - MICAS, Microelectronics and Sensors" "Food science, technology and engineering - European Joint Doctorate training towards knowledge, skills and mobility" "Anita Van Landschoot" "Department of Biotechnology, Department of Applied biosciences, University of Nottingham, KU Leuven, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Carlsberg Group (Denmark), BOORTMALT NV, FlavorActiV Limited, Technical University of Berlin, University of Copenhagen" "The objective of the proposal is to train 8 early stage researches (ESR) in an innovative, international PhD program, to become top-class specialists and professional leaders,highly demanded in the job market, ready to introduce innovations and manage advanced research. The completion of the training programme will provide ESRs with appropriate knowledge, skills and awareness of the science-business reality, crucial for scientific and/or commercial based research project. the training objectives will be achieved by participation in: -Specialized courses, to gain: a) knowledge in food science, microbiology,malting and brewing technology,b) experience in using high-tech analytical equipment,c) managerial and business skills (generic skills,industrial economics, project management,research design and data analysis); -an international research project team, using the facilities of multi-institutional consortium; -academic and industrial internships. Consequently,ESRs will be awarded a double doctoral degree in food science and/or engineering. The main goals of the research are: 1) development of innovations in malting and brewing technologies ( to reduce demand for energy) and new protocols for yeast preparation; 2) verification of their impact on the quality and stability of the products; 3) acquiring new scientificknowledge on formation and relezase of staling aldehydes. The consortium of top class universities, institutes and industrial partners, with an on-going history of co-operation, will provide an outstanding opportunity for young,ambitious and brave researchers to realize their potential.the academic organizations involved (University of Agriculture in Krakow PL, University of Copenhagen DK, University of Nottingham UK, University of Ghent BE,Tehcnische University Berlin DE, and KU Leuven BE), will be supported by partners: VLB Berlin DE, FlavorActiV UK, Carlsberg Group DK and Boortmald BE, to ensure well bealanced research-business environment." "Food science, technology and engineering - European Joint Doctorate training towards knowledge, skills and mobility" "Luc De Cooman" "Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT)" "The objective of the proposal is to train 8 early stage researches (ESR) in an innovative, international PhD program, to become top-class specialists and professional leaders, highly demanded in the job market, ready to introduce innovations and manage advanced research. The completion of the training programme will provide ESRs with appropriate knowledge, skills and awareness of the science-business reality, crucial for scientific and/or commercial based research projects.The training objectives will be achieved by participation in:specialized courses, to gain: a) knowledge in food science, microbiology, malting and brewing technology, b) experience in using high-tech analytical equipment, c) managerial and business skills (generic skills, industrial economics, project management, research design and data analysis)an international research project team, using the facilities of multi-institutional consortiumacademic and industrial internshipsConsequently, ESRs will be awarded a double doctoral degree in food science and/or engineering. The main goals of the research are:development of innovations in malting and brewing technologies (to reduce demand for energy) and new protocols for yeast preparationverification of their impact on the quality and stability of the productsacquiring new scientific knowledge on formation and release of staling aldehydesThe consortium of top class universities, institutes and industrial partners, with an on-going history of co-operation, will provide an outstanding opportunity for young, ambitious and brave researchers to realize their potential. The academic organizations involved (University of Agriculture in Krakow PL, University of Copenhagen DK, University of Nottingham UK, University of Ghent BE, Technische University Berlin DE, and KU Leuven BE), will be supported by partners: VLB Berlin DE, FlavorActiV UK, Carlsberg Group DK and Boortmalt BE, to ensure well balanced research-business environment."