Applications open for the 2026 Flyway Monitoring Traineeship
With the preparations for the 2026 Autumn count well underway, we are happy to announce opening applications for the BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship. We started this traineeship in collaboration with OSME, the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The 2025 trainees. Read more about their experience on the traineeship page.
The traineeship aims to strengthen bird migration monitoring capacity along the East Afro-Eurasian Flyway. This fully-funded opportunity enables ambitious conservationists from the OSME region to gain hands-on experience they can implement in their home countries.
Are you ready to spend a month immersed in the Batumi Raptor Count, participating as a long-term counter, and learning all about what it takes to run a count like the BRC? The traineeship covers accommodation and travel up to €1300, making this position accessible to aspiring and ambitious conservationists across the OSME region.
Continue reading at the BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship page. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom for the testimonials of last year’s participants.
Please, share this call for trainees with anyone who might be interested to apply. Applications are at least open until April 25th. Afterwards, the application process will remain open until we have selected 2 trainees.