EU research funding opportunities

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For further details and assistance for all EU research funding opportunities please contact Ross Dowsett on ext. 8238 or by email R.L.Dowsett@sussex.ac.uk.

Post-doc (cat.30) fellowships

Two year post-doc fellowships/ applicants to go to a research centre other than in their country of residence.

Deadlines:

• within the Improving Human Potential programme (all scientific disciplines/ applied social sciences): 13/03/00, 13/09/00
• within the Quality of Life programme: 12/04/00, 11/10/00
• within the Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development programme: 22/03/00
• within the Competitive and Sustainable Growth programme: 22/03/00, 18/09/00

For application forms consult www.cordis.lu/improving

Socio-economic key action

Approx 75 projects will be funded (total available budget for this call: 55m euros / £33m) for collaborative research proposals.

Partnership: Minimum of two partners from two EU/associated/acceding states.

Deadline: 28 April 2000

Funding: 100% of all additional costs (plus overheads)

Research priorities for this call are:

1. Towards improved management of societal change
2. Individual and collective strategies in a changing world
3. Employment and unemployment in Europe
4. Towards social cohesion in Europe
5. New perspectives for learning
6. Governance, citizenship, and the dynamics of European integration The challenge of EU enlargement

For an information pack and work package, consult: www.cordis.lu/improving

The Commission is also offering informal advice/feedback on project outlines.

UK Evaluators needed

The Commission are still seeking evaluators for the Fifth Framework programme, particularly for the Quality of Life programme and for the socio-economic elements/key action. The involvement of peer review evaluators helps the quality of the review process and gives invaluable insight into the process of the EU's RTD programme.

Interested individuals have to register their own details with a CV via: www.cordis.lu/expert-candidature/index.html.