Now that the Transnational Access stays of four of the six calls for applications are over and the scholars' evaluations are in, working unit TNA is making a preliminary assessment: how did the scholars experience their research stay?
The evaluations make several things clear:
All scholars were guided in their research by local experts, sometimes daily, one of the strengths of a RESILIENCE TNA fellowship. Scholars are just not given a work place, but experts point them in the right direction, guide them through the library, archive or museum and give them tips for their research. “This significantly expanded my vision of the issue [and] influenced my deeper understanding of the topic”, a TNA fellow stated.
The TNA fellow appreciated the communication with the TNA hosts, which they rated very good, and emphasise the helpful guidance: “I had support and help in all the steps of my TNA visit.”
The overall experience on a scale from 1-10, whereby 1 is the lowest score and 10 the highest was 9.5, which is telling of the impact the stay had on the researcher and his or her research. And then it is also not surprising to read that some scholars would have liked to stay a little longer.
The results of the evaluations are reported more concrete and further elaborated in Deliverable D2.12, the TNA Management Report.
“Absolute shoutout to all the colleagues and friends and library staff who all contributed to make this stay not only efficient and to the point, but absolutely magnificient. I will always remember fondly these few weeks at the archives.”
(Comment of a TNA fellow)