Why do European young scientists need special attention?
More and more European countries strive to become knowledge-based societies, characterized by businesses which are based on a high education level of employees, innovation, sufficient public and private investment into research and development, and high quality basic research. We cannot afford to loose our most talented young scientists to the United States of America, where more attractive carreer prospects are offered than in many European countries. The specific problems that scientists encounter early on in their careers have to be identified and surveys on their career developments should be carried out. Visions for future solutions should be created and the decision makers informed about the problems and the suggestions of removing them.
