Outgoing researchers News

Grantholder contracts are aimed at developing training, career development and mobility opportunities for researchers throughout their careers.

The Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) calls for 10 postdocs to be funded in its "omics at VIB" postdoc program, a COFUND-project of Marie Curie.

For all information www.vib.be/postdoc.

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) is seeking an experienced science-policy project manager for a one-year contract.

 Supporting an international scientific planning committee to prepare the programme of a major international science conference in London in March 2012 to bring together several communities around the goal of global sustainability

• Supporting and engaging the IGBP research community in the transition to a new international structure for global sustainability research
• Supporting the preparation of white papers and policy briefs to contribute to the UN Earth Summit (Rio+20) in June 2012
• Engaging the international global-change research community, particularly those from developing countries, in the conference and in providing input to Rio+20
• Communicating and engaging with stakeholders in the conference, for example, policymakers, resource managers (end users), industry, NGOs, media and the public.

• Preparing and supporting scientific workshops on global-change research, and their outputs

Research Fields: Communication sciences - Science communication

Career Stage: Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)

The Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation announced an open grant competition to support scientific research projects to be implemented under the supervision of leading scientists (of any nationality) at Russian institutions of higher education. For further information.

Around sixty PhD positions are now being advertised in the field of petroleum and natural sciences at University College Dublin. For further information see here.