Kick-off MiRA seminar and training workshop:
Introduction to scientific research and microbial methods

• Train ESRs in scientific and planning skills
• Frame and define role of each ESR, 3) discuss joint supervision and collaboration between academic and industrial MiRA participants
• Exposure of ESRs to the intensive agriculture sector
• Expected Outcomes: ESRs (1) present first draft of PCDPs including Data Management Plan ; (2) acquire basic skills for hypotheses driven applied research; (3) acquire knowledge on needs and constraints in current crop production systems

Annual meeting and Training event:
Novel approaches to plant-microbe interactions

• Continued scientific and career skills training
• Overview of techniques and procedures in MiR research 
• Expected Outcomes: (1) Refine PCDPs, (2) ESRs expand basic skills and gain specialised skills for hypotheses-driven research

6 days, 

Spain, 

1 ECTS

Annual meeting and Training event:
Plant-Insect Interactions

• Publishing or releasing open data
• Promoting data use in non-academia
• Plant-insect interactions
• Expected Outcomes: (1) ESRs self-evaluate PCDP progress, (2) expand training in crop-pest interactions

6 days, Scotland, 

1 ECTS

Annual meeting and Training event:
Translating research to industry

Guidance on

• Transition from an ESR into applied research in industry or academia
• Publishing scientific and public audiences
• Expected outcomes: (1) publication plan of PCDP; and (2) expand training/specialized knowledge of academic/industrial interactions

5 days, 

Netherlands,

1 ECTS

• Present final outcomes of projects
• Collate information for final report
• Status and final plans for publishing and product development
• Expected outcomes: (1) ESRs will present outcomes of project; (2) ESRs and Beneficiaries will provide information for final MiRA reports

3 days, Denmark, 

0.6 ECTS