The aim of the Integrated Research Training Group (MGK) of the SFBs 1316 and TR 87 is the development of a sound expertise in the interdisciplinary field of transient atmospheric non-equilibrium plasmas, low-pressure plasmas and their boundaries with solids and liquids. Support for junior scientists (Early Career Researchers, ECR) is directed at different academic levels from Masters students and PhD candidates to postdocs. The Integrated Research Training Group MGK consists of lectures, workshops and practical exercises.