To discuss this issue, an audience of 450 representatives of small firms, banks, trade associations and other communication multipliers attended the Enterprises 2002 conference last June. The Marie Curie Fellowships are the EU's principal means of encouraging young researchers to join teams in other countries. Naturally, they have an association to support them. Its website gives not only internal information such as meeting minutes, but also items of general interest such as notices of conferences of young scientists, job opportunities and links to press articles. The site also contains pages for each of the national fellows' associations, which offer potential fellows legal, fiscal and general survival tips of unmatched relevance.
Bursaries are available for young researchers, especially from less favoured regions of Europe.