Title: Synthesys: Visit a major natural history
institution
Dear Paleonetters,
Again there's a good opportunity for paleontologists in the EU
and associated countries to get funding for shorter visits to a major
European natural history institution, such as the Swedish Museum of
Natural History. The next application deadline is March 17th, and you
must first contact the host institution to agree on the details. You
can find all the necessary information at
http://www.nrm.se/forskningochsamlingar/synthesys and through links
from that page.
Welcome to Stockholm!
Stefan
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Research funding opportunity for European natural history
scientists
Europe's foremost natural history institutions invite scientists
based in European member and associated states to visit and access
their collections and analytical facilities.
Twenty institutions, including museums and botanical gardens, have
joined together to form SYNTHESYS. The ambition is to create a single
'virtual' museum service consisting of many physical collections
and analytical facilities, together with integrated databases of
information about those collections. Main beneficiaries are the
European research communities in the biosciences and geosciences, and
particularly those researchers with an interest in biodiversity.
The co-operating institutions are organized in 11 national Taxonomic
Facilities (TAFs). As one important element, the project comprises a
visiting researcher programme. It enables European scientists to
access more than 337 million specimens housed in the partners'
collections, state-of-the-art equipment, and internationally renowned
expertise, and provides training and supervision in relevant fields.
The institutions also collaborate in network activities aiming to
improve the coordination, accessibility and high-standard preservation
of natural history collections.
The SYNTHESYS visiting researcher programme covers costs for research
and accommodation whilst based at the institution, plus international
travel costs, and offers a per diem to contribute towards living costs
during short visits (maximum of 60 working days) at one or more
TAF.
Please visit www.synthesys.info for full details on how to apply for
funding including a list of all SYNTHESYS partners and their
facilities, applicant eligibility criteria, and the application
form.
The next deadline will be Friday 17 March 2006.
Further calls will be arranged at approximately 6-month intervals
until 2008.
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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
--
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