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" Bernstein Award" 2007
Young Scientists Research Award in Computational Neuroscience.
The "Bernstein Award" is equipped with up to €1.250 Mio in the form of a grant over a period of five years. It will be awarded to a highly qualified young researcher, considering the candidates' verifiable research profile in the field of computational neuroscience and the scientific concept for a future young research group. Young researchers can apply for their own position and group. The group funded by the "Bernstein Award" will become an integral part of the National Network for Computational Neuroscience.The grant is provided for scientific project of a young research group headed by a postdoc regardless of nationality. The Project will be conducted at a German University or research institution concerned employs the young researcher during the funding period and supportes him or her with the basic equipment in terms of laboratory space and other infrastructure.
More info: http://www.bernstein-centers.de/en
Deadline: March 31, 2007
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 Imperial College, London
Nominations and applications are invited for the major annual scientific award – the Ernst Chain Prize. This year the award will focus on infection and will be awarded to a career scientist who has worked in the UK and whose work has made a major contribution to enhancing management or understanding in infectious disease.
More info: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/events/ernstchainprizeandlecture
Deadline: December 22, 2006
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 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
The national foundation for excellence in scientific research is investing in academic researchers and research teams who are most likely to generate new knowledge, leading edge technologies, and competitive enterprises. SFI has a flexible grants and awards portfolio and several times a year issues calls for proposals from scientists and engineers. SFI also accepts unsolicited proposals throughout the year.
More info: www.sfi.ie
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 Society in Science: The Branco Weiss Fellowship
The Branco Weiss Fellowship is a unique experiment in research and learning dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society. It is aimed primarily at researchers from the life sciences who – as part of their scientific research – want to challenge the disciplinary boundaries and extend their scientific and personal perspectives by incorporating novel social and cultural aspects into their work.
More info: www.society-in-science.ethz.ch
Deadline:
February 1, 2007
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 BMBF Competition "Go-Bio"
The German Federal ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides the opportunity to build up independent research groups for outstanding scientists from Germany and abroad. The main objectiveis to work on innovative applied research oriented topics in the biosciences fields and to translate the inventive research activities into new entrepreneurial initiatives.
Besides a convincing scientific concept ofr new approaches to biosciences candidates must present a promising strategy for application and commercialization of the outcomes. Additional applicants need a German research institution to host and support their independent research group.
Contact Dr. Ralf Jossek, Email: ptj-gobio@fz-juelich.de
More info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/go-bio
Deadline: January 15, 2007
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Call for Proposal for Synchrotron Bean Time 2007
Beam time applications in biological x-ray crystallography(MX) small-angle scattering (SAXS) and absorption spectroscopy (XAS). There will be up to 30 Weeks of beam time at the DORIS storage ring (DESY) during the period of March 2007- December 2007.
More info:
http://www.embl-hamburg.de/
Deadline: January 12, 2007
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 Nominations for the Royal Society’s
2007 Medals and Awards
Nominations for the Royal Society's Medals, Awards, Prizes and Prize Lectures (to be given in 2008) are now open.
The Royal Society's Medals, Awards, Prizes and Prize Lectures are an important part of our work in recognising excellence in science across the disciplines and exist to reward those who have made outstanding achievements.
The Royal Society awards 10 medals, 6 prizes (awards) and 9 prize lectureships variously annually, biennially or triennially, according to the terms of reference for each award.
More info: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1734
Deadline: February 21, 2007
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ScienceInfo’s Travel Grant Winner
And the winner is...
After a lengthy review process, ScienceInfo has chosen Mr.Christopher Shane Massey at the University of Central Florida as the winner of the 2006 Student Travel Assistance Grant. Mr. Massey will be presenting his research on the Stabilization of Cholera toxin catalytic subunit (CTA1) tertiary structure and its potential role for designing a novel anti-toxin therapeutic agents at the 2007 ASM General Meeting. He will also be presenting this research in an online seminar that all grant applicants will be invited to join.
Web Seminar
Online seminar “Stabilization of CTA1 structure inhibits degradation and intoxication”
December 13, 2006 at 11.00 AM EST
Please register at: http://www.scienceseminar.com/sign-up.html.
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