PRESS CONFERENCE:  impact of COVID-19 and budget cuts on the next generation of EU researchers
Channel: Initiative for Science in Europe
Date: 2020-09-29

On Monday 28th of September 2020,  ISE hosted a press conference where  the Young Academy of Europe, Eurodoc, and the Marie Curie Alumni Association presented their analyses about the impact of COVID-19 and budget cuts on young researchers.
 
The speakers from the three young researchers’ organisations, Giulia Malaguarnera (Eurodoc), Gemma Modinos (YAE), and Mostafa Shawrav (MCAA), were supported by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (President of ERC), Francesco Sette (Director general ESRF), and Lina Galvez Muñoz (vice-chair of the ITRE Committee at the EU Parliament). 

They made the case for European institutions to invest more ambitiously in their most precious resource, young scientists, who will be the backbone of future European research and innovation.