Resultats 1a fase de les Starting Grants (ERC)

El Consell Europeu de Recerca (ERC) ha finalitzat la primera fase de l’avaluació de les “Starting Grants”. De les 9167 propostes rebudes, 559 han estat seleccionades per a la segona fase del procés d’avaluació. Fa pocs dies, els candidats seleccionats van rebre les cartes d’acceptació corresponnets, on se’ls convida a enviar les propostes completes abans del 17 de setembre. Els candidats que no han estat seleccionats en aquesta primera fase rebran una carta, així com l’informe de l’avaluació, a principis d’agost.

Conference on open access

From CORDIS:

A conference entitled ‘Berlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact: Consequences on Knowledge Dissemination’ will be held in Padova, Italy, from 19 to 21 September.

The aim of the conference is to bring together the various initiatives and key players within the Open Access movement in order to:

- maintain the enthusiasm of all people involved in the Open Access field;
- provide an overview of the developing tools that sustain Open Access in scientific data and cultural heritage dissemination;
- develop effective strategies that can contribute to the construction and implementation of this new paradigm of the scholarly communication world.

More information here.

Convocatòria de projectes de cooperació

La Direcció General per Educació i Cultura de la CE ha publicat la convocatòria de “Projectes pilot de cooperació entre instituts tecnològics europeus”. El termini per presentar sol·licituds finalitza el dia 15 d’agost de 2007.

Podeu trobar més informació aquí.

Building knowledge in communities

From CORDIS Events:

A conference entitled “Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens’ science and university engagement” will take place from 30 August to 1 September in Paris, France.

The conference will provide a forum to discuss and share information on community-based research, carried out in both community and academic settings.

The conference will address the following themes:
- university engagement with communities;
- citizens’ science and social movements;
- research policy – from local to global;
- innovation and citizens – added value for communities;
- participatory processes in science and technology;

More information at the Living knowledge and the conference websites.

Universities and the market

From CORDIS Events:

An international symposium entitled ‘The University in the Market‘ will take place from 1 to 3 November in Stockholm, Sweden.

The symposium will address the challenges and opportunities arising from the increased pressures on universities to develop open interfaces with the business world, and increased competition between the universities themselves as a market for students.

The participants will debate such questions as: Are the old values now outdated? If not, how can they be reconciled with these new ‘values’? How can university ‘business’ reconcile a real need for income with concepts of academic freedom, productivity, and the pressure for the institution to contribute to economic growth of society?

The symposium is organised by the Academia Europaea.

Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium

From CORDIS Events:

Kaleidoscope, a European research network in the field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), will hold its 2007 symposium in Berlin, Germany on 26 and 27 November.

The event will bring together Europe’s leading scientists in the field of technology-enhanced learning with a diverse set of stakeholders including policy makers, industry representatives, and end-users. At the two-day event participants will discuss the latest developments and future research priorities relating to the use of technology in learning. The symposium serves to demonstrate the impact, excellence, key synergies, and value of research in the field.