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GIRACT’s European PhD in Flavor Research Awards 2021/2022

Applications deadline: 31st October 2021

Promoting Flavor Research amongst PhD Students in Europe

Giract is proud to announce that, following the success of its unique and innovative programme to promote flavor research amongst PhD students in Europe across various universities and institutes, 5 industry sponsors will continue to support the programme, now in its 12th year. This consortium aims to raise awareness of the industry and career opportunities in order to increase the flavor research talent pool in Europe. The 5 sponsoring companies are:

             FIRMENICH

             GIVAUDAN

             KERRY

             KIKKOMAN

             LESAFFRE INTERNATIONAL

This 12th edition is organised by Giract, in coordination with Andrea Cattaruzza, Director of AndCat Ltd and Professor Emeritus Andy Taylor of the University of Nottingham, UK.

Purpose

To promote innovative flavor research amongst PhD students across European universities and research institutes. PhD students enrolled in universities and research institutes in 32 European countries (European Union, UK, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey and Russia) are eligible to apply.

The project targets two different groups of PhD students:

             Group 1:  students who are about to complete their PhD and hence will soon be examining opportunities for employment

             Group 2:  students who are about to commence their PhD studies

This is translated into the following sub-objectives:

             Publicise the attractions of flavor research so as to pull high calibre students into appropriate PhD courses and then into industry

             For Group 1:

             Solicit and evaluate innovative flavor research projects amongst these students

             Provide the Annual Savory Flavor & Food Industry Conference, held in Geneva in the spring of each year, as a platform for the winning student to present his/her work to ‘potential employers’

             For Group 2:

             Award bursaries to 6 selected students who are planning to commence their PhD studies in flavor science during the 2021/2022 academic year

             Enable the 6 winning 1st year PhD students the opportunity of visiting the laboratory of certain sponsor companies during the second year of their PhD studies, by using a part of their winning bursary amount for their travel and stay. This will enable them to obtain a first-hand view of an industry R&D centre

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7th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth

To adapt to travel restrictions and the role of social distancing as a result of COVID-19, the N&G Organizing Committee has come to the decision to transform the 7th Nutrition and Growth Conference into a fully virtual meeting.

The virtual conference will take place on 27-29 August 2020. Virtual sessions will allow live interaction and will be available on-demand in the weeks following the Conference. N&G 2020 is the top meeting point to keep up to date with the rapidly advancing knowledge in the nutrition and growth field. The Conference brings together paediatricians, nutritionists, neonatologists, experts in child development and other specialists to discuss the nutrition and growth challenges in the paediatric age group.

Be part of this outstanding event by registering on at https://nutrition-growth.kenes.com/register-here/

Learn more by visiting  https://nutrition-growth.kenes.com/

Webinars: The Nutrition Society Training Academy

One contribution to the IUNS Capacity Development opportunities is the Nutrition Society of the UK and Ireland Training Academy. IUNS already collaborates with the Nutrition Society in the e-Nutrition Academy.

The Nutrition Society launched its Training Academy (NSTA) during 2018. The aim of which is to assist nutrition scientists in meeting their needs at various stages of career development.

The live webinars run at lunch time in the UK (GMT). To make these more widely accessible and give the greatest benefit to its international members, the Nutrition Society have made pre-recorded webinars available. Once you register for one of these, you will have the opportunity to select a suitable time from the various times and date options available.

The webinars are open to everyone. However, members of the Nutrition Society are eligible for an 80% reduction on the cost of a members’ registration fee, for all NSTA webinars, both live and pre-recorded. This means that Nutrition Society members are eligible to register for any of the NSTA webinars for only £5. The full offering of webinars is available here.  Each webinar provides 60 minutes of content, a certificate of CPD, and a full summary report. When registering for any of the webinars, use the promotion code LMIC5 to apply your discount at the checkout.

If you have any queries regarding the training offered by the NSTA, or would like to discuss registration further, please contact training@nutritionsociety.org.

IUNS Newsletter March 2016

The IUNS Newsletter March 2016 is now available to read. This edition contains the report of the latest IUNS Council meeting and updates from preparations for the 21st IUNS-ICN in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The online version is available here, and the newsletter can also be downloaded from the IUNS website via this link.