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Marie Curie
Testimonial from an ITN fellow
By: Nils Kaufmann
Marie Curie – my personal experience
• My ITN - Rainbow
• Why Marie Curie
• What is great
• What problems occurred
• Ask yourself...
Rainbow ITN
My personal background
Active in the European Students Forum (AEGEE)
Studied in Aachen (Germany)
Erasmus year in Trondheim (Norway)
Why did I decided for Marie Curie
• Thesis at the industry
• Wanted to go abroad again
• Industry partner take part in MC ITN
and suggested to take a look…
Pros• Get to know a new Country (or several) !
• Cooperation: University with industry !
• Lots of opportunities for traveling !
• Meeting new people and build a network !
• Good scientific backbone in the project !
• Good funding for your scientific work, for conferences and for visiting partner organizations (and a good salary as well)
Contras• Language problems
(e.g. French course not good)
• Organizational problems(e.g. how to arrange you travel schedule)
• Administrative problems(e.g. difficult to get the right contract and integration problems with the university)
• But don’t worry:
Every problem can be solved!
My personal experienceAsk yourself: What do I want:
If you want to go abroad, Marie Curie is a very good choice!
My new collogues from the Rainbow-project(from Spain, Vietnam, Belarus, India, Poland, Germany and more…)
Thank you for your attention
Any Questions?
The dinner of the first Rainbow meeting…
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