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Dear Paleonetters, Here's another good opportunity for paleontologists in the EU and associated countries to get funding within the SYNTHESYS program for shorter visits to a major European natural history institution (such as the Swedish Museum of Natural History). Note that the application deadline is March 18th and that you must first contact the host institution to agree on the details. See also http://www.nrm.se/synthesys/ . See you in Stockholm (or wherever)! Stefan ____________________________________________________________________ SYNTHESYS is a five-year project comprising a guest researcher programme and networking activities which together aim to create an integrated European infrastructure for researchers in the natural sciences. The SYNTHESYS guest researcher programme provides funding to scientists (Users) based in European Member and Associated States to undertake short visits (max 60 working days) to utilize the collections, staff expertise and analytical facilities at one of the 20 partner institutions for the purposes of their research. The 20 partner institutions are organised into 11 national TAxonomic Facilities TAFs (list below). The 11 TAFs represent an unparalleled resource for stimulating research in areas including biological and geological diversity offering: *Collections amounting to over 337 million natural history specimens, including 3.3 million type specimens *Internationally renowned skill base *Physical, chemical, and molecular analyses, and imaging facilities The second call for applications is now opened. The next deadline will be Friday 18 March 2005. The application form and additional information are available at www.synthesys.info. Further calls will be arranged at approximately 6-month intervals thereafter until 2008. SYNTHESYS covers the Users' costs for research and accommodation whilst based at the TAF, international travel costs, and a per diem to contribute towards living costs. SYNTHESYS Partners: GB-TAF Natural History Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. ES-TAF Museo Nacional de Ciencias, Royal Jardín Botánico Naturales. DK-TAF The Natural History Museum of Denmark. FR-TAF Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. SE-TAF Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. NL-TAF University van Amsterdam, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, National Natural History Museum Naturalis. DE-TAF Museum fur Naturkunde, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum. AT-TAF Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien. HU-TAF Hungarian Natural History Museum. PL-TAF Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. BE-TAF Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Koninklijik Museum voor Midden-Afrika, National Botanic Garden of Belgium. The SYNTHESYS partners are inviting applications from scientists who have their research basis in the EU member states, or associated or candidate countries of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. -- Stefan Bengtson Senior Curator & Deputy Chairman Department of Palaeozoology Swedish Museum of Natural History Box 50007 SE-104 05 Stockholm Sweden tel. +46-8 5195 4220 +46-8 732 5218 (home) fax +46-8 5195 4184 e-mail stefan.bengtson@nrm.se
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