Academic Formation Department holds successful I IMFD Student Encounter

Santiago, December 2021. For the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Datastudents are one of the most important pillars for the development of cutting-edge research, as well as for projects that promote interdisciplinarity. To strengthen the relationship with all students, the Research and Academic Training Department of the IMFD held the I IMFD Student Meeting on Thursday, December 16 at the UC Innovation Center.

One of the objectives of the activity was to publicize the development opportunities available to students at the Institute, such as access to scholarships and funding for innovative interdisciplinary research projects, internships at the Directorate of Innovation and Technology Transfer, and training as science communicators and disseminators.

"At the IMFD, we believe that students are as relevant as researchers and that is why we have created different initiatives that allow us to effectively systematize their participation. This translates into concrete development opportunities to which they have access by being part of the institute," says Bárbara Peñafiel, Director of Research and Academic Training (DAC) at IMFD.

In the activity, the ways of participation were presented. For example, students can contribute to the strengthening of interdiscipline by applying to the DAC with ideas and initiatives. This unit will select some projects and will provide funding to carry them out. In addition, the Directorate of Innovation and Technology Transfer offered the possibility of accessing internships in this unit, through which they can learn about and work on projects applied in the public and private sector. Finally, they talked about the possibility of collaborating with data science dissemination projects implemented by the Directorate of Communications and Extension, such as talks, workshops or videos aimed at the whole society, accessing training to learn how to make an effective communication of science.