As part of its commitment, serving as the BSN secretariat and having initiated the grouping, IAS has planned the first activity. The Graduate Students Workshop is a capacity-building workshop which aims to nurture talent among the young prospective Borneo academics. IAS believes that the future of BSN and Borneo in particular lies in the talented young academics and hence they should be properly guided.
To have maximum impact, the workshop is proposed to be a full four days interactive course. Each institution is expected to send two graduate students who will be fully funded by the organizer (UBD). Besides UBD mentors, the organizer will carefully select the best lecturers in the relevant area from the participating institutions to also serve as mentors. However, it is proposed to invite one prominent international research leader to give prestige as well as the best input to the workshop.