Objective It has been shown that there are significant differences in the career paths of male and female scientists. The road towards a faculty position not only takes longer for women, there is also a significant portion of female candidates who drop out before re aching their goal, a phenomenon appropriately referred to as "leaky pipeline".The ADVANCE project addresses the issue of gender equality in science and research and intends to contribute to plugging the leaky pipeline by supporting female scientists in acquiring research and career management skills as well as tools that help them build up their careers. By providing expertise in structural and organisational aspects of scientific career promotion, by enhancing skills relevant in the scientific academic and industrial context and by experiencing a mentor-mentee relationship with senior researchers functioning as role models, female scientists will receive a broad repertoire of skills relevant for career development.The ADVANCE objectives will be reached through the following activities: 1. Systematic training provided within the frame of a Summer School in order to equip female researchers with the necessary skills at the respective stages of their careers (pre-, postdocs and beyond). ADVANCE will target e specially scientists in natural sciences and technology, both in academia and in industrial research (Track 1).2. Mentoring and Coaching Program (Track 2) will be developed within the frame of ADVANCE. This track will be one of the key factors in supporting female scientists in their career development both in academia and industrial research.3. The Training and Mentoring Program will be amplified by supporting other organisations on a European level to build up similar training programs in their institutions. For this purpose "Transfer Models" based on the consortiums experience will be developed. All resources will be available free of charge for interested organisations. Keywords Academic Research Career Development Mentoring and Coaching Summer School Women and Science Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) SOCIETY - Science and Society Call for proposal FP6-2005-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-17 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator UNIVERSITÄT FÜR WEITERBILDUNG KREMS EU contribution No data Address Dr.-karl-dorrek-strasse 30 Krems Austria See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SPOLECZNA WYZSZA SZKOLA PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI I ZARZADZANIA W LODZI Poland EU contribution No data Address Sienkiewicza 9 Lodz See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution No data Address Yliopistonkatu 4 Helsingin yliopisto See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET KLAGENFURT Austria EU contribution No data Address Universitaetsstrasse 65-67 Klagenfurt See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Heidelberglaan 8 Utrecht See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY "NEOFIT RILSKI" Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address Ivan mihailov, 66 Blagoevgrad See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data