National Doctoral Programme in
Informational and Structural Biology
ISB 2010 Students' Spring Meeting, 27 - 28 May
Venue: Camp Heinänokka of Turku and Kaarina Parish Union. Location (maps.google.com) on Satava island, Turku.
Committee
The organizing committee is
- Thadee Grocholski, University of Turku (thagro at utu.fi)
- Juha Kallio, University of Eastern Finland (juha.kallio at joensuu.fi)
- Barbara Niederhauser, University of Tampere (barbara.niederhauser at uta.fi)
Program
Thursday, 27th May
- 12:15 Bus ride from Turku train station to Heinänokka
- 13:00 Lunch and Check-in
- 14:00 Session 1: Where to apply for funding during and after PhD
- 14:00 Opening Words
- 14:10 Tiina Petänen (Academy of Finland): Funding opportunities for young doctors and a successful proposal! Presentation slides (PDF, 560 kB)
- 15:10 Eva Bligt: Why are we funded?
- 15:30 Juho Kellosalo: Why are we funded?
- 15:50 Coffe Break
- 16:10 Salla Ruskamo: Where to apply for funding
- 16:30 Heidi Luoto: Where to apply for funding
- 16:50 Annemari Paino: Where to apply for funding
- 17:10 Introduction to Heinänokka activities
- 17:45 Dinner
- 19:00 Free time for activities / sauna
- 20:00 Camp fire evening snack
Friday, 28th May
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Session 2: Art of writing a successful grant
- 09:00 Professor Jyrki Heino (University of Turku): Tips and Tricks for a successful grant application Presentation slides (PDF, 200 kB)
- 10:00 Coffee break
- 10:15 Group work
- 11:15 Discussion, group work
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Session 3: What is a worthy application?
- 13:00 Professor Mark Johnson (Åbo Akademi University): The art of writing grants and what makes a great application great
- 14:00 Coffee Break
- 14:15 Prize for best group work / most sent applications / best speaker
- 14:30-14:45 Closing remarks and announcement of next ISB spring meeting organizers / preview for 2010 ISB Winter School
- 15:00-16:00 Bus ride back to Turku