SCALA officially started in December 2024 and we held our initial kickoff in Münster just before Christmas. At that time, the doctoral candidates (DCs) were still being recruited, so only the principal investigators and the associated partners got together to learn about what everyone else was up to in terms of research and to plan ahead for the project. At...

We are currently in the process of sending out the final notifications for the optional eligibility check. Thanks to everyone who submitted their application for checking, which allows applications to see whether they fulfil the hard requirements for applying and enables us to better plan for the next phase: the local selection processes. If you received a positive reply, you...