Welcome to UDE (all groups)

• Welcome adress
• Introduction to the staff week and getting acquainted
• Icebreaker

Campus Tour (all groups)

Explore the facilities of UDE

German Language Survival Kit (all groups)

Introduction to German language

Welcome Reception (all groups)

Dinner

Get to know

• Get to know each other and our expectations towards collaboration and exchange among EU grant officers.
• Learn more about how EU grant information and support is organized at our universities (each participant is expected to give a 5-10 minutes poster presentation)

Successful impact strategies and networks for EU applications

• Share expertise about successful impact strategies and networks from different disciplines.
• Share knowledge about innovative tools for science support
• Participants are invited to present own concepts, projects, support tools for applicants’ support

Christmas Market Essen

Experience the magic of the pre-Christmas season

Support programmes for applicants

• Share knowledge about successful and innovative support programmes and services for scientists to remove barriers to participation in the European Framework Programmes.
• Participants are invited to present own concepts, projects, support tools for applicants’ support

Torchlight Tour: Landschaftspark Duisburg, https://www.landschaftspark.de/en/

British newspaper the Guardian includes it in its list of the ten finest parks in the world. On an area covering 200 hectares, it combines culture and nature, sports and festivals, sociability and adventure. 

Closing session (all groups)

Feedback, certificates, paperwork, secret Santa