Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System (VOCBAS)

Short Visit Grants 2008 - Call for Applications

The ESF Scientific Programme "Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System (VOCBAS)" will implement, support and coordinate a series of research activities involving atmospheric chemists, plant biologists, pathologists, entomologists, agronomists and foresters, to determine how biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions affect the relationship between the biosphere and the atmosphere.  VOCBAS will bring together this outstanding scientific community who carries out internationally recognised research into the production and emissions of VOCs by plants in the context of global change and ecosystems from a wide range of disciplines.  It will span plant processes, genetics, and ecosystem functioning, environmental controls on VOC emission fluxes, flux measurements and modelling on the leaf, canopy, ecosystem and regional scales, and the emission of these compounds in the atmosphere.

VOCBAS is offering funding for a number of Short Visit Grants to take place in 2008 (up to 15 days) related to the scientific objectives of the Programme:

  • VOCs and the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere
  • VOCs in biotic interactions
  • VOCs in the plant-environment interaction
  • VOC biosynthesis
  • VOC modelling

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Eligibility

a) Undertake work applicable to VOCBAS

b) Apply to stay in a European country other than the country of origin

c) Return to the institute of origin upon termination, so that the applicant’s institute may also benefit from the broadened knowledge of the scientist

d) Acknowledge ESF in publications resulting from the grantee’s work in relation to the Exchange Grant

Priority will be given to applicants who come from and intend to visit countries that financially support the programme (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland Sweden and the United Kingdom).

Proposals of collaborative projects aiming to finalize results and/or conclude experiments carried out with previous VOCBAS support may be considered, provided the request for additional support by the programme is duly justified.

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Application Procedure

Applications should be submitted online : Application form.

Short Visit Grant 

Applications should include the following information:

- A short presentation of the proposed project work (around 250 words) and the aim of the visit

- A curriculum vitae of two A4 pages

- Full address details of the prospective host(s)

- Proposed starting date

- Estimated travel costs

Further information on payment procedures, reporting, ESF financial rules for the reimbursement of travel costs etc. can be found in the Guidelines for Grants (PDF 35.3 KB)

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Allowance

Short Visit Grants are reimbursed on a per diem basis of 85 EUR plus actual travel expenses up to a maximum of 500 EUR.

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Submission of Applications

 

All applications should be submitted online.  

 For further information contact:

EllenDegott-RekowskiE-Mail
Senior Administrator

BP 90015
1 quai Lezay Marnésia
67080 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Phone: +33 3 88 76 71 06
Fax: +33 3 88 37 05 32 

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