Objective
The overall objective of KEYBIOEFFECTS is to provide new generations of scientists with the skills needed to assess the effects of pollution on European Rivers' biodiversity.
The scientific objective of this project is to provide a better understanding of t he causes of ecological quality loss and the cause-effect relationships of pollution and to derive from this knowledge practical tools for water quality assessment.
The development of complementary tools is crucial to achieving this objective: the identification of key toxicants, the quantification of the influence of environmental conditions on toxicant bioavailability, the assessment of these effects at the organism, on populations, on communities and ecosystems, and testing in micro- and mesocosms will result in the description of cause-effect relationships and allow the modelling of toxicant effects on the biota. This RTN will achieve the training and scientific objectives as well as the Transfer of Knowledge to end-users by providing training in the required competences and abilities to early-stage researchers (ESR) and by the participation of water agencies and SME in research, training and the elaboration of "case-oriented guidelines for assessing pollution effects in European Rivers".
The trainees will achieve the required competences by training through research in different institutions, in courses covering the basis of fundamental and applied research issues and by a practicum in a water agency or an enterprise involved in water pollution assessment. For each ESR, a senior researcher will assume the role of a tutor responsible for a clear definition of the working plan, for the supervision of training through research activities and the coordination of the ESR mobility plan. Twelve [12] PhD projects and five [5] post-doc projects covering the specific objectives and corresponding tasks of research, training and transfer of knowledge of KEYBIOEFFECTS are proposed.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes wastewater treatment processes
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences hydrology
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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Keywords
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Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2005-MOBILITY-1
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
GIRONA
Spain
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