‘ERA Chairs’ Pilot Call for Universities and Research Institutions
The "ERA Chairs" are intended to help develop research excellence in low performing research and innovation Member States and regions*. Universities or other eligible research institutions with currently low levels of participation in the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, which have a demonstrated potential and concrete plan for research excellence, will be selected by the Commission to appoint outstanding research leaders: the "ERA Chairs holder" and his/her research team. This will be done by the successful research organisations through an open recruitment process and the publication of the job vacancy on the EURAXESS Jobs web-site. The "ERA Chairs" will permit these institutions to develop, in a particular field, the level of excellence required to successfully compete internationally and effectively widen participation. The deadline to submit proposals: 30 May 2013 (17.00 Brussels time).
For more information please visit http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/era-chairs_en.html
*To see the list of eligible countries and regions click here.
Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) Programme
The Fellowship Scheme as part of the Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) Programme has now launched. The BIRAX Regenerative Medicine Initiative is a 5 year programme intended to support quality research collaborations between the UK and Israel in the field of regenerative medicine.
The fellowship scheme will support research visits by UK and Israel researchers for up to six months to laboratories in the UK and Israel. It is an opportunity for researchers, with an emphasis on those who are early career, to further their research experience, establish or strengthen research links, learn new techniques and research methods that are not available in their home laboratories, and to facilitate collaboration between the home and host research groups.
The fellowship scheme will further deepen the academic collaboration between the UK and Israel to develop advanced regenerative medicine therapies. The fellowship programme follows the awarding of grants for seven new large scale research collaborations between scientists in the UK and Israel. The deadline for applications is 17 May 2013. Further information about the fellowships and details of the application process are available on the BIRAX website.
BIRAX (the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership) is an initiative of the British Embassy, Israel and the British Council.
Please also note the second UK-Israel Regenerative Medicine Conference will be held at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology on 13 – 14 November 2013
Euraxess Evaluation Survey – tell us your thoughts!
The European Commission is carrying out the evaluation of the EURAXESS initiative (2008-2012). The objective of this evaluation study is twofold: assessing the overall progress achieved after the re-branding and regrouping of EURAXESS Services and Jobs activities in 2008 and evaluating the impact of EURAXESS Links in the US, Japan and China on the networking of European researchers, so that the European Commission better understands how EURAXESS services can be tailored to fit researchers’ needs and plan future improvements.
The survey should only take 10 minutes and we would really value your feedback. Please complete it by 29 March.
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