OptimESM Panels

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) panel

This panel provides a meeting forum and network for all early career researchers (Masters students, PhD students and post-docs) working in OptimESM.  The goals of the panel are two-fold: on the one hand it provides support and advice to member ECRs, so contributing to their career development.  On the other, it acts as a channel to increase the visibility of the ECR cohort within OptimESM, and to communicate their challenges and needs to the project’s decision-making bodies. 

Gender panel

This panel monitors and provides guidance on gender dimensions in the various management and research activities of OptimESM.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) panel

This panel monitors the implementation of IPR procedures according to the Consortium Agreement (CA) and resolves IPR issues in the case of any conflict. The IPR panel also provides general advice to the EB about all aspects of IPR.

Arbitration panel 

The purpose of the arbitration panel is to resolve conflicts occurring between partners of the consortium in relation to the project, such as conflicts on authorship, responsibilities for tasks and deliverables, and allocation of funding. The Arbitration Panel would review any issue of conflict together with the involved partners and propose solutions, according to the process detailed in the consortium agreement.