Our Mid-Term Check Meeting will be held in early February 2022. Our SmartAge consortium, including the Project Coordinator, the scientists-in-charge, the representatives of our Partner Organisations as well as all appointed ESRs, will meet our REA Project Officer. The objective of this meeting is to assess the fulfilment of the recruitment procedure, the eligibility of the fellows, any deviations of the original training programme and raises awareness on the fellows' and host institutions' rights and obligations. The Mid-Term check should be understood as a constructive dialogue between the network participants and the REA Project Officer and is a valuable source of feedback to both the consortium and the REA.