Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 730.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:30:13 +0000
From: "Johanne Martinez - Schmitt" <jmartinez@esf.org>
Subject: ESF NEWS - http://www.esf.org - ESF NEWS -
Dear ESF web site user,
Here is the latest update on what's new on the European Science
Foundation's web site. [Please see the ESF Web site for URLs.]
European Latsis Prize - Nomination of candidates for 2004
The European Science Foundation invites nominations for the European Latsis
prize 2004. The prize is given for outstanding and innovative contributions
within a selected research field and it has a value of 100.000 Swiss
Francs. The research field for the 2004 Latsis prize is "Bioinformatics" -=
Deadline 15 June 2004
Call for Applications - Summer School on "The Impact of the Humanities on
the Development of European Science"
The purpose of this summer school is to show how the humanities and the
sciences have interacted in a creative way since the Scientific Revolution,
and how that fruitful dialogue is carried out at the present time. A number
of cases will be examined, and ways of enhancing the dialogue will be
outlined and discussed.
Research funding opportunities in the field of EuroSTELLS
Following agreement with a group of funding agencies from Europe, the
European Science Foundation is launching a first Call for Proposals for
research projects to be undertaken within a EUROCORES programme on the
Development of a Stem Cell Tool Box (EuroSTELLS). The programme is expected
to run for a minimum of five years and includes national research funding
and a European networking component.
2004 Call for Proposals for workshops
Each year, ESF supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all
scientific domains to allow scientists and scholars to explore novel ideas
at the European level. The 2004 Call for Proposals for workshops to be held
between 1 January-31 December 2005 is now available. The deadline for
submitting proposals is 1 May 2004
Call for Expression of Interest: Investigating Life in Extreme Environments
ESF's Standing Committee for Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences
together with ESF's Expert Committees (EMB, EPB, ESSC) are jointly issuing
a call for Expression of Interest within the topic "Investigating Life in
Extreme Environments". The main purpose of this call is the identification
of key challenging topics from any discipline in this area and investigate
the best ways to explore them. Expression of Interest should be submitted
by March 23, 2004.
Call for Travel Grants
Scientific Programme on Representations of the Past: The Writing of
National Histories in Europe (NHIST)
Call for proposals
European Collaborative Research Projects in the Social Sciences (2001-2004)
*** NEW ONLINE PUBLCATIONS ***
Food-Web Modelling for Ecological Assessment of Terrestrial Pollution
(EcolMAT) - An ESF programme
From Natural Philosophy to Science (NPHS) - An ESF programme
Opportunities for outstanding young scientists in Europe to create an
independant research team
ESF Consortium for Ocean Drilling (ECOD) - White Paper
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