Dare to Explore! – Traineeship Program
The Dare to Explore! Traineeship Program is an integral part of the EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Capacity Development Project, which offers four specified, 3-months traineeship opportunities each year for 2019, 2020, and 2021. The trainee positions are intended to familiarize students of forest(ry) programmes with work at the science-policy-interface at the international level, including research, communication, and policy-relevant activities.
2021 – Call closed, selection ongoing
See below the open call 2021 including outlines of the traineeships:
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
You do not need to be a member!
Being a member of an IFSA local committee will be counted as a small asset in the application. I.e. in the last call we had 2 candidates that where member and 2 that weren’t being the successful applicants. So, it is no hinderance if you are not a member.
However, it might still be interesting to you to learn more about IFSA, since it is an amazing Organization connecting students of forestry and forest-related courses from all over the globe. IFSA offers many exciting opportunities like excursions and participation in big forest conferences.
Please see the Open call for a list of all Universities meeting the criteria.
DTE_03 with FSC is a remote traineeship.
For the other traineeships we still hope them to take place on site. To give you the full experience.
However, with the current COVID situation it is possible that traineeships will need to take place remotely.
The decision for remote vs. physical traineeship will be done on a case-to-case basis; considering the situation in Germany and in the home country of the successful applicants.
2020
The 2020 (well early 2021) DTE! trainees were:
See below the open call 2020 including outlines of the traineeships:
2019
In 2019 our DTE! trainees were:
Please see below the open call 2019 including outlines of the traineeships.
Meet our Dare to Explore! trainees and learn about other Intern- and Traineeships IFSA has supported:
Report of Dare to Explore Traineeship
Report of Dare to Explore Traineeship By Alex Bimbo Onatunji My name is Alex Bimbo Onatunji, a Nigerian student studying the International Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR) [...]
Dare to Explore! “GENDERING FSC: WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO”
Dare to Explore! “GENDERING FSC: WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO” By Gargi Tariyal (India) Hello to all the forestry students in the world! I am Gargi Tariyal, native of [...]
Dare to Explore! Experience: The potential of woody biomass and new ideas for a professional career
Dare to Explore! Experience: The potential of woody biomass and new ideas for a professional career I´m Ajdin Starčević from Bosnia and Herzegovina. From February to April, I have been a Dare to Explore! [...]
Dare to Explore! Experience: Towards The Same Goal, Beyond The Time Difference
Dare to Explore! Experience: Towards The Same Goal, Beyond The Time Difference I am Hiromi Waragai, a student doing the Bachelor’s program in Forest Science at Hokkaido University in Japan. Since the beginning of [...]
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees – Opeyemi
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees – Opeyemi Hi IFSA world! My name is Opeyemi Adeyemi, a Nigerian. I recently completed my doctoral degree in Forest Science (socio-ecological systems) at the University of Pretoria, South [...]
Dare to Explore! Experience report: RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATED FOREST MANAGEMENT AND URBAN FORESTRY
Research, practice and perspectives on integrated forest management and urban foresty - Contributions by young researchers and practitioners Vera Knill one of the Dare to Explore! trainees, is currently working with the EFI [...]