MarBEF training and education

A key product of MarBEF is the new generation of professional marine ecosystem scientists trained and now carrying out research in Europe. MarBEF’s research programme identified a set of high priority research topics which required support at the postgraduate level (postdoctoral fellowships and doctoral studentships). The work of all doctoral students was supervised by an international panel, and each student carried out research at a minimum of two different MarBEF institutions based in different countries.

MarBEF also assessed the demand for highly specialized training courses, and during the lifetime of MarBEF specialised training courses were organised by MarBEF members. Integration of this local knowledge and expertise within Europe on several marine biodiversity topics and cutting-edge technologies was provided in order to help to prepare a new generation of professional marine scientists for Europe. These training courses covered topics ranging from species diversity (e.g., phytoplankton) to genetics (e.g., genetic fingerprinting).