Focus: Design Thinking Skills, public speaking skills
TIM (Trust and Identity Incubator Mentorship) is a new initiative which brings together ambitious young talents and subject matters experts to pioneer new ideas in the Trust and Identity Incubator[1]. TIM is a collaboration between Future Talent Programme and the GN4.3 WP5 T&I Incubator task. The program aims to deliver max 2 incubation projects per year as well as promote collaboration between NRENs and young talents in the community. TIM runs two times per year (2 cycles of 6 months) and starts in February and in August.
Young talents nominated by the NREN collaborate in (TIM) teams with a mission to solve a Trust and Identity challenge
Competing (TIM) teams conceptualise and prototype their most innovative ideas with ongoing coaching and guidance from T&I experts
Two prototypes will be selected for the T&I incubator by an expert panel
During a 5-6 months internship one consolidated TIM team collaborate to develop the prototype into a product or service
What’s included
Design thinking f2f workshop including travel and accommodation for students and NREN mentor
Practical and interactive workshops under the guidance of professional public speaking coach for all students
1:1 coaching on public speaking for finalists
Conference travel package for finalists
Requirements student
This challenge is open to individual(s) who are registered on any IT & networking (related) course(s) at a university, college or learning provider and must be nominated by the operating NREN/GÉANT Project Partner
Participants commit themselves to the full training programme.
Participants opt to work in the T&I incubator via the local NREN.
Selected participants will sign a volunteer contract in order to present at international conference
High English language proficiency is required.
All participants are invited to share their experiences on social media.
Requirements NREN
NREN can subscribe to max 1 of 5 topics
NREN is allowed to nominate max 1 candidate per topic
NREN is responsible for mentorship agreement with the intern
NRENs must commit significant amount of time of the student to the incubator (at minimum 0.8 FTE
Time of the young talents may be claimed from the GEANT4-3 T&II project.
How to Apply (NRENs)
Step 1 Select your topic and register your candidate online
Step 2 All accepted candidates will become participants of the Future Talent Programme and will receive training. Your participants takes part in the e-workshops in March and April. Dates and Programme will be confirmed to you and your participant by email.
