Training Implementation

Every fellow will have an individual tutor, chosen among researchers or trainers of the host institution, and a supervisor (in general, a senior researcher). Contacts between the fellow and his/her tutor and supervisor will vary according to projects, but must be frequent and not less than bi-weekly, and duly documented in the project reports by an activity diary. Researchers must report at joint network meetings and participate in seminars,. It is then expected that every year fellows succesfully submit at least a poster or a short paper at a peer-reviewed international conference or journal. Finally, every fellow must provide an interim report (approved by his/her supervisor) on her/his activity every two months, and a formal report every semester, to be accompanied by his/her supervisor's report, all to be consolidated into the network semi-annual activity report. Fellows' interim reports will be available to the Board members.

Participation in joint training activity may be compulsory as agreed in the research plan. Appropriate forms of result quality control will be organized for this activity.

Every fellow will be provided with access to facilities of the hosting institutions for individual office work (personal desk, computer, access to publications and Internet, etc.) and of the equipment necessary to carry on the research plan (special software and/or equipment). Special arrangements will be made to allow researchers' access/use to particular items (e.g. expensive 3D scanners, high-speed computers, rare and ancient publications, archaeological finds) necessary for his/her work, either with short secondments at collaborating institutions or through the provision of the necessary authorizations.

According to the network implementation plans, there will be 7/12 fellows every year working on individual and independent, though coordinated, research plans. Their subjects will cover the spectrum of relevant activities as listed in B2, thus devoting attention to the problems of most, if not all, areas in the field. While this is still a manageable size and fits with the programme budget, it may be expected that the trained researchers not yet involved in PhD courses will be absorbed by national/international research programs or national PhD programs. In fact, the 3-years fellows hosted at Brighton and ETHZ will be engaged in PhD programs there; others may train under the CHIRON scheme as part of their PhD, under arrangement with their host institution, or train independently and engage later in a PhD. In both cases, agreements will be made on a case-by-case basis to obtain the recognition of credits, first of all involving CHIRON partners and possibly other academic institutions. Such agreements will eventually lead to an overall joint European PhD program, with a bottom-up approach built on CHIRON 4-years successful experience. The expected number of trained researcher is compatible with the estimated research position offer in the mid term throughout Europe .