Call for ERC Advanced Investigator Grants

European Research Council (ERC) has opend first calls for

ERC Advanced Investigator Grants

Aim

The Advanced Grants funding scheme complements the ERC Starting Grant scheme by targeting researchers who have already established themselves as being independent research leaders in their own right. ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders in science, engineering and scholarship to pursue frontier research of their choice.

It aims to encourage risk-taking and interdisciplinarity, and supports pioneering frontier research projects.

Principal Investigators (PIs) applying for the ERC Advanced Grant must be established research leaders who have made exceptional contributions to research in terms of originality and significance. They must be active researchers with an outstanding track record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years.

Requirements for Principal Investigators

• candidates may be at any career stage;
• candidates must be scientifically independent;
• candidates of any country or origin may apply. However they must be hosted by a legally recognised public or private research organisation situated in the EU or Associated Countries. Organisations of a pan-European dimension are also eligible as host organisation. The Associated Countries are: Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, FYR of Macedonia, Norway, Republic of Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey

Deadlines:

February 28,  2008, for PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (PE1 – PE10)

April 22,  2008, for LIFE SCIENCES (LS1 – LS9)

More information on http://erc.europa.eu/

MSc in Applied MSc in Applied Mathematics with a big grant in Europe (Italy, France, etc)

The new international Master Programme “MathMods - Mathematical Modelling in Engineering: Theory, Numerics, Applications” (see the promoting poster mathmods_europe.pdf), has recently been approved for funding by the European Union through the Erasmus Mundus programme. So, starting from 2008/09 non-European students may receive grants (42,000 euro for the two years duration) from the EU to attend the course. 19 grants were received for the a.y. 2008/09.

The European partner universities hosting the MSc courses of MathMods belong to the cities of L’Aquila (Italy), Nice (France), Barcelona (Catalonia/Spain), Hamburg (Germany) and Gdansk (Poland).

The next application deadline is 31 January 2008.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dear friends,

May this Christmas and New Year bring you, your family, and friends, life full of happiness.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Editors of the blog

NEW ACTION: The Marie Curie International Staff Exchange Scheme

The Marie Curie International Staff Exchange Scheme is a new implementation modality aiming at strengthening research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between European research organisations and organisations from countries with which the Community has an S&T agreement or are in the process of negotiating one, and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood policy.

Compared to existing Marie Curie actions, which provide mobility possibilities to individual researchers, this new action will provide support to research organisations to establish or reinforce long-term research co-operation through a coordinated joint programme of exchange of researchers for short periods.

More details about the call are available via the network of National Contact Points (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html), from the European Commission delegation, or on the CORDIS website (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm)

FP7 New Calls

The European Commission has published a number of calls for proposals under all of the four specific programmes of the Seventh Framework Programme: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities. There is also a call for proposals under the Euratom Specific Programme… read more about that on the official site of the programe.

Calls for program People are available on http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7,,,

Women in Science:The Missing Links

The UNSECO Courier, 2007, Number 2 was devoted to Women in Science

Women love science. The proof: they are holding more and more positions in laboratories and universities. But even if the proportion of women participating in science increases, they are still far from playing on an even field with their male colleagues. The Courier takes an in-depth look at the issues facing female scientists today.

More information you can find on

Women in science: the missing links; The UNESCO courier; Vol.:2; 2007

A number of postdoc positions available at the University of Copenhagen

A number of postdoc positions are available at the University of Copenhagen.

The announcement may be found at this address:

 

http://www.math.ku.dk/english/research/jobs/postdoc.math

 

JOBS IN ABERDEEN

Dear All,

I got the following through the algebraic topology mailing list. Maybe some EWM-members want to apply? If you have questions, please send them to Michael Weiss. I am not in Aberdeen.

Best Wishes

Lisbeth Fajstrup

 

JOBS IN ABERDEEN

 

The College of Physical sciences at the University of Aberdeen has now formally advertised the recruitment drive I wrote to the list about a few weeks ago. An advertisement had been placed with the Times Higher Education Supplement (http://www.thesjobs.co.uk/rs6/cl.asp?action=view_ad&ad_id=41457), and a related initiative now appears on the University website on behalf of the College of Physical Sciences http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/newblood.shtml.

 

This initiative is quite unique in its nature. Applications are invited without a specified closing date. The competition is open across all science disciplines, but we hope to be able to make several appointments in mathematics under this scheme. Appointment can be made at all levels from lecturer to professor. The scheme includes a reduced teaching load for the first 5 years. Currently normal teaching load in the department is two courses per year on average.

 

Mathematicians who are interested in applying for a position in Aberdeen are asked to send a covering letter and their CV to Human Resources, King’s College, Aberdeen AB24 3FX or by email:

humanresources@abdn.ac.uk. Please specify in your letter that you are applying in response to the “College of Physical Sciences ‘New Blood’

Lectureship” advert. At the same time applicants are encouraged to email their CV to Michael Weiss at m.weiss@maths.abdn.ac.uk, along with a covering letter expressing their interest in a position. Please include the names of three mathematicians who have agreed to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. You do not need to ask your referees to send their letter to us at this stage.

 

We emphasize that appointments may be made at all levels, not only at the Lectureship level.

 

Review of applications by the department will start immediately with the first interviews expected as early as January. We will be happy to answer any informal questions people may have.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael Weiss

Head of Mathematical Sciences

A Program of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University

Have you heard of “Women and Mathematics”, Program of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University?

The program brings together research mathematicians with undergraduate and graduate students for an intensive 11-day workshop on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Study which is designed to address issues of gender imbalance in mathematics. Founded in 1994, the program includes lectures and seminars on a focused topic, mentoring, discussions on peer relations, an introduction to career opportunities and a women in sciences seminar.

The program for 2008 will be announced soon.

More information can be found on http://www.math.ias.edu/womensprogram/

We would like to highlight “A Personal Profile of Karen K. Uhlenbeck” and “A note from Karen Uhlenbeck”:

In past years, most of the students who have come to the Women’s Program have wondered, “Why are they having this program?” and “What will I get out of it?”

There is concern in many quarters that women are not succeeding in the mathematics community at the expected rate. Those concerned include research mathematicians, women who studied in the l960’s and 1970’s and expected larger numbers of women to follow, and those who view the scene from institutional perspectives. This program is an effort to address this gender imbalance. In accordance with the principle that mathematics should be inclusive, not exclusive, the activities of the program are open to all, regardless of age and gender. Funding is provided.

Many female students and young researchers have encountered discrimination in certain situations and have concerns about entering a field with few senior women visible. The atmosphere in classes and seminars can be unappealing, and nearly all young women have practical questions about managing a career and personal interests. Often women have not had the opportunity to work with other serious women in their profession or listen to more than an occasional lecture or course given by a woman. The network formed through contacts with women functions like any other network in giving opportunities, support, and inside information to its members.

The Program for Women and Mathematics is supported by the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University. The program is held on the Institute’s campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The Institute is an intellectual center for research in mathematics as well as physics, historical studies and social science. Senior female mathematicians are invariably pleased to contribute to the program when available.

Participants at every level in the Women’s Program find the experience of working with other serious women and gaining access to the network of female mathematicians not only rewarding and useful, but enjoyable as well.

I hope you will join us.

Karen Uhlenbeck