SYNTHESYS3: Funding available for short term research visits - 4th and final Access call now open
SYNTHESYS invites applications from high-calibre scientists in any technical discipline seeking access to any of the listed partner institutions for short-term research visits (average duration 15 days). The 18 partner institutions are organised into 11 national TAFs (Taxonomic Access Facilities). TAF Users will be hosted by a TAF staff member (Host). The 11 TAFs represent an unparalleled resource for taxonomic research offering: - Collections amounting to over 390 million natural history specimens, including 3.3 million type specimens - Internationally renowned taxonomic and systematic skill base - Facilities including molecular and imaging and chemical analysis For more information on the participating institutions, please see www.synthesys.info/access To submit an application, please do so through the application portal at http://application.synthesys.info/synthesys3/(opens in new window) SYNTHESYS is able to meet the Users' costs for: - Research costs (bench fees and laboratory consumables) - International travel & local accommodation while based at the TAF - A per diem contribution towards living costs So far throughout SYNTHESYS 1, 2 and 3 over 48,000 researcher days have been funded via 3,800 projects resulting in 4,500 research outputs. This is the last chance to receive funding under the SYNTHESYS Access programme. Our participating institutions are as follows: AT-TAF: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien BE-TAF: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & Royal Museum of Central Africa CZ-TAF: Narodni Muzeum, Praha DE-TAF: Museum fur Naturkunde, Botanischer Garten Und Botanisches Museum, Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung & State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart DK-TAF: The Natural History Museum of Denmark ES-TAF: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales & Real Jardin Botanico Naturalis (CSIC) FR-TAF: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle GB-TAF: Natural History Museum (London), Royal Botanic Gardens Kew & Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh HU-TAF: Hungarian Natural History Museum NL-TAF: Naturalis Biodiversity Center SE-TAF: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Eligibility: The SYNTHESYS TAFs are inviting Access applications from scientists working in the Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Plus the Associated Countries of the EU under FP7: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of Moldova Republic of Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey.
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Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom