Organization, Support and Development
of the JINR Human Resources Programme

Participating Countries and International organizations:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CERN, Cuba, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam.

Issues addressed and main goals of research:

Development and implementation of the human resources training programmes at JINR aimed at further employment of the trainees as scientific and engineering specialists of the Institute; creation of appropriate conditions for students and PhD students from universities of the Member States to enable them to work on their qualification theses based on the research conducted in the laboratories of the Institute; support of the educational process for students of the JINR-based departments at universities of the Russian Federation, as well as development of network training programmes; organization and running of international student practices and schools for young people from the JINR Member States; training of students, PhD students, and interns on the basis of cooperation agreements with universities of the JINR Member States and international organisations; building and maintenance of laboratory environment intended for hands-on training in accelerator physics, radio-electronics and nuclear physics; support and development of a system of training courses aimed at gaining or improving professional skills and qualifications of JINR technical and engineering personnel; development of the JINR outreach programme and promotion of modern science achievements among school students and teachers, organisation of excursions and online tours of the JINR basic facilities; further development of the JINR educational portal (edu.jinr.ru), development of a set of e-learning courses on the main areas of research conducted at JINR in the official languages of the Institute and by its leading experts; development of virtual and real laboratories allowing students to be trained using modern experimental equipment; participation in science festivals and exhibitions promoting JINR.

Expected major results in the current year:

• Support and supervision of the educational process at the JINR-based departments of Russian universities.

• Support of the system of assigning young researchers to JINR laboratories for preparation of their PhD theses without mastering the academic programmes of the PhD course.

• Organisation and running of the International Student Practices in JINR Fields of Research for students of JINR Member States' universities. Development and management of online student programmes.

• Expansion of the scientific scope and duration of research projects of the Summer Student Programme at JINR and increasing the number of participants in this programme.

• Development of the training facilities, including test-benches and sets of laboratory works, for the needs and tasks of the UC-based Scientific-Engineering Group.

• Organisation of JINR-based internship for participants in the International School of Engineering of Dubna State University.

• Organisation of scientific schools for physics teachers from the Institute Member States at CERN and JINR.

• Launch of virtual tours of JINR and video-conferences with educational institutions of the Member States.

• Development of a set of e-learning cources in nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed matter physics, and JINR basic facilities.

• Promotion of modern educational resources in the JINR Member States.

• Organisation of JINR participation in the Science Festival "NAUKA 0+ 2020" on the basis of Russian universities.

• Development of the language courses programme aimed at teaching Russian, English, French, and German to JINR personnel.

• Participation of JINR in an interdisciplinary social educational project "Summer School 2020".