DEST - Taxonomy Training

DEST announces theoretical courses for students, technicians and early career researchers involved in the field of taxonomy. Primary objective of the programme is to provide future professionals with fundamental expert knowledge in taxonomy. The course programme targets topics such as: nomenclature; describing, writing and illustrating biodiversity/species; collection conservation.

The programme is open to participants from both inside and outside of Europe.

DEST is offering a number of grants to help defray expenses associated with course attendance, travel and accommodation. In allocating grants, priority will be given to selected participants coming from economically less-favoured regions (following the World Bank's classification) and first-time applicants. Within each course description, the number of available DEST-grants has been announced. 

Registration process
If you would like to participate in one of the trainings, please fill in the registration form and e-mail as an attachment to dest-training@naturalsciences.be Registration forms that are either incomplete or late will not be accepted. The registration deadline and registration form for each training can be found in the corresponding training description. (Registration for the course on Phylogenetic Systematics and Molecular Dating has to be done via the link provided in the course description.)

Please indicate in the registration form whether you apply for a DEST grant or not. If a grant is requested, a recommendation letter should be sent by one referee (e.g. your supervisor) before the registration deadline to dest-training@naturalsciences.be

Selection procedure
Registrations will be evaluated by the DEST Selection Committee. Main selection criteria will be scientific merit, motivation and usefulness of the training for your career.