Foundations foR Offshore wiNd TurbInES (FRONTIErS)

近年来，海上风电行业经历了快速增长，新的涡轮机技术、更大的尺寸和更深的沃茨中距离海岸更远的施工地点比以往任何时候都多。未来发展的一个关键挑战是缺乏关于如何设计基础来支持这些涡轮机的知识，安全性，寿命，成本和环保问题越来越受到质疑。为了保持欧洲作为海上风电世界领导者的地位，Foundation foR Offshore wiNd TurbInES（FRONTIERS）DN旨在将研究密集型大学和主要行业利益相关者聚集在一起，培养下一代毕业生，使其具备适当的技能，以解决阻碍该行业持续发展的新兴问题。9名有才华的早期研究人员将通过个人指导的研究项目，网络范围内的学科特定和可转移的培训活动以及每个主机的本地培训进行培训，为期36个月的博士课程。ESR将接受创新，沟通，商业化和创业方面的培训，并在业务发展中进行特定模块，以使他们具备在学术或行业职业中脱颖而出所需的全方位技能。一个量身定制的传播战略将指导产出，并确保研究通过各种媒体接触到更广泛的受众，包括科学界和公众。借调战略旨在使ESRs接触学术和行业环境，以促进对每个部门要求的理解，并使研究翻译成为可能。如果博士研究生的研究在其科学领域做出了适当的贡献，候选人将被授予博士学位，其中四个世界领先的学术机构参与该计划。FRONTIERS将培养下一代高技能专业人员，他们将在这个不断扩大的行业中需求量很大。

The offshore wind sector has experienced rapid growth in recent years, with new turbine technologies, increased sizes andconstruction locations further from the shore in deeper waters than ever before. A critical challenge for future developments is thelack of knowledge surrounding how to design foundations to support these turbines, with the safety, life-span, cost andenvironmental implications coming increasingly into question. To maintain Europe's stance as a world-leader in offshore wind,Foundations foR Offshore wiNd TurbInES (FRONTIErS) DN has been designed to bring together research intensive universities andmajor industry stakeholders to train the next generation of graduates with the appropriate skills to tackle the emerging issuespresenting as a barrier to continued development of the sector. 9 talented Early-Stage Researchers will undergo training via individualguided research projects, network-wide discipline-specific and transferrable training events, and local training at each host, over a 36-month PhD programme. ESRs will receive training in innovation, communication, commercialisation and entrepreneurship as well asundertaking specific modules in business development to arm them with the requisite all-round skills to excel in academic or industrycareers. A tailored dissemination strategy will govern outputs and ensure that the research reaches wider audiences, both scientificand public, through a variety of media. The secondment strategy is designed to expose ESRs to both academic and industryenvironments to foster an appreciation for the requirements of each sector and to enable research translation. Where an ESR'sresearch makes an appropriate contribution to its field of science, the candidate will be awarded a doctorate degree from one of fourworld-leading academic institutions partaking in the programme. FRONTIErS will create the next generation of high-skilledprofessionals, who will be in high-demand in this expanding sector.