Announcements
The ESF Research Networking Programme ConGen invites applications for Short Visit grants to foster scientific interactions between institutions from different countries. These awards will be granted in priority to participants of the ConGen Conference which took place on 23-26 May 2009, in Trondheim, Norway, for a maximum of 800 EUR. Funding will be granted to cover travel expenses and accommodation.
Criteria and eligibility
- Duration of up to 15 days
- Work must be related to the ConGen programme
- Stay is in a country other than the country of origin (contributing countries preferred)
Accompanying documents
- description of the proposed work (ca. 250 words) and aim of the visit,
- applicants CV (two A4 pages),
- full address details of the prospective host,
- proposed starting date
- estimated travel costs
Application form and Deadline
To submit an application for a ConGen Short Visit Grant, please click here:
http://www2.esf.org/asp/form/svgrants/sv_form.asp?id=82
The deadline for submission is 10 June 2009.
"Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation to Climate Induced Environmental Changes"
ESF workshop on evolutionary and physiological adaptation to climate induced environmental changes.
The Mammal Research Institute PAS, supported by grants from The European Science Foundation through the networking programs ConGen and ThermAdapt is organizing a workshop entitled "Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation to Climate Induced Environmental Changes" for PhD students and young scientists mainly from EU countries. In this workshop we will merge knowledge from population genetics and molecular and evolutionary physiology in a multidisciplinary fashion and discuss possible approaches for a deeper understanding of mechanisms behind adaptation to thermal changes. The costs of participation in the workshop (fee and accommodation in Bialowieza) are covered by the European Science Foundation.
The Workshop will take place on June 29 – July 1, 2009. Further information about the workshop including application procedures, a list of invited speakers and information about accommodation and transportation from Warsaw to Bialowieza (and return) can be found at: http://asg.agrsci.dk/workshop/bialowieza.
The deadline for application is March 15, 2009.
ConGen Workshop Scientific Coordinator:
Prof. Cino Pertoldi (biocp@nf.au.dk)
ConGen Workshop Administrative Coordinators:
Dr. Torsten Nygaard (Torsten.Nygaard@agrsci.dk)
Paulina Szafranska (pszafran@zbs.bialowieza.pl)
The networking programme ConGen within the European Science Foundation (ESF) announces a conservation genetics conference to take place in Trondheim, Norway, 23-26 May 2009. The conference integrates theoretical, experimental and applied approaches to conservation genetics, and will present up-to-date knowledge in population genetics, conservation and evolutionary biology, and genomics, by leading researchers in these fields.
Local organisers are the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. The conference's scientific committee is Kuke Bijlsma, University of Groningen, Volker Loeschcke, University of Aarhus, Juha Merilä, University of Helsinki, Isabelle Olivieri, Université Montpellier II, and Ettore Randi, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica.
Key speakers include John Avise, University of California at Irvine, Fred Allendorf, University of Montana, and Michael Soulé, Colorado.
The conference will be held at Rica Nidelven Hotel, Trondheim (Norway). A web site for the conference is being constructed at www.nina.no. Registration opens in the end of December, along with information on accommodation, programme and invitation for abstracts of presentations and posters.
Best wishes,
Kjetil Hindar, Øystein Flagstad and Laila Saksgård, NINA
Hans Stenøien, Gunilla Rosenqvist and Henrik Jensen, NTNU
