The Open Science train-the-trainer strategy has trained 8 local staff members at IRB, SEMM and CPR to provide training and personalised support to their researchers. IRB, SEMM and CPR, through 2 editions of the Open Science course, have trained 123 junior researchers, including in-house researchers and researchers from partner training initiatives. The training course, especially the RDM module(s), has been tailored to the needs of each institution, with different durations, contents, and profiles of the trainers.
SEMM, Radboudumc, IRB and SEMM, thanks to the co-creation work undertaken in the project, have provided Entrepreneurship training to 83 researchers, 51 of which finalized the complete 6-module Enablecares entrepreneurship workshop in their respective institution.
ENABLECARES generated a catalogue of transferable skills training available at partner institutions . The most relevant transferable skills to complement the entrepreneurship/ innovation manager and the data steward career profile were identified, leading to the definition of training itineraries that guided the career advisors in their training recommendations to participants. All four institutes have designated staff that act as career advisors for junior researchers. These career advisors have received in-depth training through the ENABLECARES programme and have further participated in defining the best practices for implementing personalised career guidance to researchers among their institutions.
ENABLECARES partners have together delivered 12 training workshops for junior researchers. A key conclusion of the project has been the relevance of tailoring contents to the researcher community.
The key exploitable results of the project are: (i) the training materials (open science + entrepreneurship) developed by each institution which have been made sustainable through integration in local training programmes, (ii) the guidelines for third party institutions based on the ENABLECARES train-the-trainers methodology and allowing other institutions to follow on the footsteps of the ENABLECARES partners to develop their own tailor-made courses and offering personalised support to junior researchers, (iii) a summary of recommendations aimed at other research institutions and policy makers.
