A win-win bridge between flavour companies and universities
He explains the rationale behind a flavour industry-supported bursary programme for PhD students in the flavour arena. The pre-competitive nature of the programme, which has brought together nine companies, is a win-win situation: the flavour industry requires this talent from the Universities, and universities would like to encourage students but they lack funds.
These kinds of programmes are especially helpful as universities are face funding issues. If this kind of initiative is spread across other fields, Europe will win out in the long run, he says.
More information about the flavour research bursary can be found at www.giract.com.
