TASSA attended the Euraxess-North America Meeting

On March 11th, 2015 TASSA Managing Director Batuhan Osmanoglu attended the Euraxess North America meeting, hosted at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The meeting brought together the representatives of European science diaspora from Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Slovakia, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, and Turkey. Meeting started with discussions about the current status of Euraxess North America which has 4797 current members. Ideas to increase Euraxess membership and joint activities between European and North American science communities were discussed. Potential improvements to the Euraxess-NA website located at http://northamerica.euraxess.org/ were discussed, which include easy access to information regarding member organizations, preparation of a joint calendar, and a joint database for funding opportunities. Furthermore concrete actions on the five categories; 1) Building the knowledge base, 2) Training and funding opportunities, 3) Establishing links between entrepreneurs and scientists, 4) Career Development of Researchers, and 5) the 2015 Euraxess NA annual meeting, were identified. The 2015 Euraxess annual meeting will take place towards the end of 2015.