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                                                                                 This project has received funding from the
                                                                                 European Union's Horizon 2020 research and
       European Training Network                                                 innovation  programme  under  grant
                                                                                 agreement No 858092




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                                                                                         Status of the

                                                                                      IMPROVE Project

                                                                                 IMPROVE  has  completed  in  last
                                                                                 August its 3rd year of activity. To-date
                                                                                 IMPROVE  has  organized  4  Network
                                                                                 Schools  and  5  Specialized  Short
                                                                                 Courses in which 96 external students
                                                                                 have  joined  the  15  IMPROVE  Early
                                                                                 Stage Researchers; 2 large experiments
                                                                                 at  Krafla,  Iceland,  and  Mount  Etna,
                                                                                 Sicily; two Open Days; and a number of
                                                                                 parallel activities aimed at favouring the
                                                                                 growth  of  the  next  generation  of
                                                                                 European leading scientists in volcanol-
                                                                                 ogy. The research activities of the ESRs
                                                                                 are beginning to yield their first major
                                                                                 results in terms of scientific production.
                                                                                 So far, 10 publications in high-impact,
                                                                                 peer-reviewed  journals  have  been
                                                                                 published, several others are submitted
                                                                                 or being prepared, and the ESRs have
                                                                                 shared  their  research  and  results  at
                                                                                 more than 80 prestigious conferences
                                                                                 around the world.


                                                                                           SUMMARY

                                                                                 Status of the IMPROVE Project      1
                                                                                 Third Specialized Short Course in   2
                                                                                 Granada, Spain
                                                                                 Fifth Specialized Short Course in
                                                                                                                    2
                                                                                 Munich, Germany
                                                                                 Fourth Network School in Potsdam,
                         IMPROVE                                                 Germany                            3
            Innovative Multi-disciplinary                                        Fourth/sixth Specialized Short
    European Research training network on                                        Course in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy  3
                        VolcanoEs                                           Photo by Boris Behncke   Double prestigious awards for the   4
                                                                                 IMPROVE ESR Giulio Bini

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