BIOTECH - training in an industrial environment
The European Commission's specific RTD programme in the field of Biotechnology (BIOTECH) funds training for young scientists in European laboratories. However, only 2% of these trainees are hosted by industrial laboratories, and the Commission is keen to increase this proportion. The BIOTECH programme has established a list of companies who are interested in hosting trainees, with the aim of encouraging prospective BIOTECH trainees to consider industrial opportunities. The list allows prospective trainees to establish informal contact with a laboratory, so as to examine the possibility of training there. The list, which will be regularly updated, contains details of industrial laboratories interested in hosting a trainee, in any EU Member State, as well as in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Israel.