[astroCS] [AsU-info] International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS) (fwd)

[Jan Rybak]

Vazene kolegyne a vazeni kolegovia,

vdaka pomoci p. Kudelu (UeF SAV), p. Zverka (AsU) a dalsich
pracovnikov (British Councils v Prahe a Bratislave) Vam
sprostredkuvam nasledujucu spravu o moznosti prezentovat
svoju pracu na medzinarodnom SK-CZ-UK fore financovanom
prostrednictvom BC, o ucast na ktorom vyjadril AsU predbezne
zaujem.
 
Viac informacii : http://wave.asu.cas.cz/astro05/ a prilozeny
email z BC.

V pripade aplikacie na tieto podujatia ma prosim informujte
emailom.

Prijemnu pracu praje

Jano Rybak

TL, 11/10/2004

> > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 Helena.Sojkova at britishcouncil.cz wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Sirs,
> > > 
> > > I am writing to introduce a new British Council initiative supporting
> > > face-to-face meetings between young scientists from the UK, the Czech
> > > Republic and Slovakia.
> > > 
> > > The idea of the INYS initiative is to encourage and facilitate mobility and
> > > direct contact between the young scientists to enable them to exchange
> > > ideas, knowledge and information and thus build international connections
> > > that assist the innovation process. It is specifically targeted at
> > > final-year PhD students, post-doctoral researchers or people who have been
> > > tenured for five years or less. The intention is to avoid established
> > > collaborations and concentrate on new faces and encouraging new links with
> > > young researchers in other countries.
> > > 
> > > Throughout the year 2004, the British Council in the Czech Republic will
> > > organise a series of networking workshops in different topic areas. These
> > > workshops are held under the patronage of the Czech President of the Academy
> > > of Sciences, Helena Illnerova.  
> > > 
> > > The forthcoming international networking workshop with participants from the
> > > UK, Czech Republic and Slovakia will focus on the topic of astrophysics,
> > > because it is a national priority topic in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
> > > and a priority for the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
> > > (PPARC) in the UK who are contributing to the costs of the workshop - quote:
> > > "The principle of exposing young UK researchers to the research strengths of
> > > the eastern part of Europe is excellent in terms of the long term objective
> > > of generating a European astronomy research community."
> > > 
> > > We therefore invite interest in the workshop entitled: Many Faces of the
> > > Universe: from Solar System to Cosmology. 
> > > 
> > > The 2-day workshop is open for application to all young researches working
> > > in the fields listed below and who meet the following criteria:
> > > 
> > > *	Applicants must be citizens of the Czech Republic or Slovakia
> > > *	Applicants should be currently either studying for their Ph.D. or
> > > working as post-doctoral researchers with 5 or less years of experience
> > > *	Applicants must be fluent in both spoken and written English (the
> > > workshop will be conducted in English)
> > > *	Research areas are: solar physics, physics of stars and stellar
> > > systems (stellar atmospheres, stellar wind), physics of meteors, physics of
> > > galaxies, relativistic astrophysics (active galactic nuclei + gamma-ray
> > > bursts), minor bodies of the solar system + celestial mechanics (minor plan
> > > satellites).
> > > 
> > > Applicants will be considered by means of an assessment of written
> > > abstracts, which will be reviewed by two teams of international
> > > astrophysicists, one in the Czech Republic in collaboration with their
> > > Slovak colleagues and one in Britain. Some 12 applicants from the UK and 12
> > > applicants from the Czech Republic together with Slovakia will be chosen to
> > > take part. 
> > > 
> > > The workshop will take place from 30 January to 1 February 2005 in the Czech
> > > Republic, beginning with a dinner on the evening of Sunday the 30th and two
> > > days of workshops, with participants returning to the UK and Slovakia either
> > > on Tuesday 1 February evening or Wednesday 2nd during the day. Costs for
> > > Czech participants selected to participate in the workshop including travel,
> > > meals and accommodation will be covered by the British Council Czech
> > > Republic, travel for Slovak participants will be covered by the British
> > > Council Slovakia, accommodation and meals by the British Council Czech
> > > Republic. 
> > > 
> > > I would be grateful if you could bring information about the scheme to the
> > > attention of promising young scientists in your institution and encourage
> > > them to apply. During the workshop, each participant will be asked to make a
> > > 15-minute presentation of an area of their research. Applications and
> > > abstracts should be sent by 19 November 2004 online on
> > > http://wave.asu.cas.cz/astro05/ or by e-mail to barta at asu.cas.cz.
> > > 
> > > For more information please contact Helena Sojková, British Council,
> > > Politických vìzòù 13, 110 00 Praha 1, Helena.Sojkova at britishcouncil.cz,
> > > tel.: +420 221 991 114.
> > > 
> > > Attached please find an application form.
> > > 
> > > Yours faithfully
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ***
> > > Helena Sojkova
> > > Projects Officer
> > > The British Council, Czech Republic
> > > Bredovsky dvur
> > > Politickych veznu 13, 110 00 Praha 1
> > > Tel +420 221 991 114
> > > Fax +420 224 933 847
> > > Helena.Sojkova at britishcouncil.cz
> > > http://www.britishcouncil.org/czechrepublic/
> > > 
> > > The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural
> > > relations.
> > > Registered in England as a charity.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 

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