[Fwd: ERC Advanced Grants - call and info event]

Dear colleagues,

Deadlines for the 2010 ERC Advanced Grant call are as follows:

Physical Sciences and Engineering - 24th February 2010 Life Sciences - 17th March 2010 Social Sciences and Humanities - 7th April 2010

An information and proposal writing event will be held in Edinburgh on 24th November. More information and a booking form are available at http://www.ukro.ac.uk/erc/events_ukro/index.htm.

ERC Advanced Grants allow leading, established researchers to carry out excellent, highly innovative research. Awards of up to EUR 3.5 million for up to 5 years are available.

Best wishes,

Sarah

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Conference Collected Wisdom Wiki

One output of WOWCS (the Workshop on Organizing Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia for Computer Systems) is a wiki to collect information on organizing conferences. I haven't looked at it in detail yet, but I'm putting the link here for future reference. Collecting experience in this way sounds like a good idea to me!

AHRC October 2009 Email Bulletin

The Arts and Humanities Research Council [AHRC] supports world-class research that furthers our understanding of human culture and creativity.

Closing dates:

22 October 2009

RCUK China Office Summer School Competition

29 October 2009

Collaborative Doctoral Awards

5 November 2009

Digital Equipment and Database Enhancement for Impact

12 November 2009

Knowledge Transfer Fellowship Scheme

13 November 2009

Digital Economy Researcher in the Wild

13 November 2009

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft of the Federal Republic of Germany

13 November 2009

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Consultation on European Commission ICT Work Programme 2011-2013 (D/139142)

2011-2013 (D/139142)

As you may be aware, the European Commission is now in the process of preparing the next ICT research Work Programme for years 2011-2013. In view of this, the Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures unit is updating the research community's vision for the area, identifying key technological challenges and research priorities, and establishing a research agenda for the coming years.

This is achieved through consultation with external experts, with industry and with academia, while additional input comes from a number of initiatives that are developing roadmaps and research agendas for Software and Services, such as "Future Internet" (http://www.future-internet.eu/ ).

The main objectives of this consultation are to identify the key technical challenges, the success factors, the expected impacts, and to derive a list of research foci and priority actions to be implemented. For this, a wide range of aspects should be addressed including technological issues, research challenges and standardisation approaches. The timeframe to be considered for this Work Programme is 2011 to 2013.

Information about the area can be found on: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/home_en.html

The text of the current Work Programme 2009 - 2010 can be found on: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/ict-wp-2009-10_en.pdf

We invite you to participate in this open consultation, providing your thoughts about (but not limited to) topics such as: Services and Architectures for the future Internet; Software Engineering; Service Engineering; Open Source Software; Virtualisation of ICT resources; Cloud Computing; Energy Efficient Software; Exploratory and long term research; or any other topic that you consider relevant. No specific question or "fill-in-the-boxes" format is provided, as we want to keep the consultation as open as possible, but please try to identify clearly the challenges and the expected impacts of what you propose.

The consultation is hosted by the site http://www.eu-ecss.eu/ and can be accessed at the URL http://www.eu-ecss.eu/contribution_list_2010

It will be possible to add contributions starting from 21/09/2009 until 02/11/2009; after this date, the consultation will be closed, and the resulting ideas and suggestions will be used as a valued input for the next research Work Programme.

We ask you kindly to limit each contribution to no more than 2500 characters, so that your ideas will be easy to read and understand; further details and longer contributions can be submitted in the form of a PDF file, which will then be published on the same web site.

Jesus Villasante, Head of Unit

Information Society & Media Directorate-General European Commission Web site: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/home_en.html

Small Project Grants

The application deadline for the next round of Small Project Grants is Friday 30th October at 5pm.

I would be grateful if you could forward the information below to any staff or students who you think might be interested in applying for a Development & Alumni Small Project Grant in the next round.

Small Project Grants are intended to promote new initiatives in teaching, research and student provision at The University of Edinburgh, especially where relatively small sums can achieve significant effect. We have £65,000 to be distributed to students, staff, clubs, societies and University support services for a range of research projects, teaching and student activities.

There are also a large number of air miles available for distribution. Please be aware that air miles cannot be awarded retrospectively and are for British Airways flights only.

The Small Project Grant programme exists thanks to the generosity of graduates and friends through their donations to the Edinburgh Fund. The programme is managed by The University of Edinburgh Development Trust, a charity set up to provide philanthropic support for the University.

Application forms are available at http://www.edinburghcampaign.com/Campaign/Default2.aspx?PageID=68 or by contacting the Development Office. Detailed guidelines are included with the application form, and a list of recentawards are also available on the website. Please be advised that all applications must be signed by an appropriate referee (refer to guidelines).

If you have any queries regarding eligibility or filling out the application form, please contact the Development Office on 0131 650 2240 or email development@ed.ac.uk

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