Connected with the reform of the Financial Regulation the Members of European Parliament Dr. Ingeborg Graessle (D/EPP) and Borut Pahor (SLO/PSE) have elaborated for the EP's Committee on Budgets and Committee on Budget Control a Working Document on grant application procedures and the Financial Regulation in connection with the Sixth Framework Programme for Research. Both MEPs critize long time-to-contract periods, the complicated internal procedures

The European Commission has just published the last call in the Research Training Networks (RTN) scheme of Marie Curie in the 6th Framework Programme. The call has a budget of 220 Mio. EUR. Deadline for an outline proposal will be September 28, 2005 (2-stage submission; deadline for full proposal: February 14, 2006). Proposals from all areas of scientific and technological research of interest to the European Communities are welcome. A Research Training

The recently founded Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) is establishing a research programme „International Climate Policy“ with a focus on the UNFCCC-Process / the Kyoto Regime and on EU climate policies (see www.hwwi.org). It is built up from the existing group in international climate policy with eight researchers with different national backgrounds and from different disciplines (see www.hwwa.de/climate.htm) at the Hamburgisches

1 Postdoctoral/senior researcher, "International (Environmental) Relations/ Global Governance" (for 3 years) 2 PhD candidates "International (Environmental) Relations/Global Governance" (for 4 years) Deadline for applications is 31 July 2005. PROJECT OUTLINE The Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for three new positions for an interdisciplinary research programme that will investigate

Chatham House is one of the world's leading independent research institutes dedicated to analysing and promoting the understanding of major international issues. The Sustainable Development Programme is looking for a dynamic, self- motivating, researcher with sufficient experience to take overall responsibility for developing, fundraising and overseeing cutting-edge research on climate change. You will also be expected to place particular emphasis

The collaborative research centre (Sonderforschungsbereich 590) "Inherent and adaptive differentiation processes" invites applications for the position of the leader of an independent Research Group (BAT Ia). The candidate should hold a PhD, passed no longer than six years ago, and should have an excellent scientific record. The SFB provides a collaborative research environment with a focus on the analysis of cell differentiation in organisms from

Mathematical Sciences, within the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, are seeking to recruit a Research Fellow to join the newly established research team in representation theory of groups and associative algebras. The successful applicant will work primarily with Professor Meinolf Geck and Professor Geoffrey Robinson to develop research in modular characters of finite groups. Applicants should hold a PhD, or be about to obtain a PhD, in

Pending project approval from the Volkswagen Foundation, we are looking for two researchers from Central and Eastern Europe to work on the following project: International Support for Democratization Processes in Central and Eastern Europe: The NGO Sector The researchers will be based at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany. More information about the Center and the project can be found under www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

The "European Molecular Biology Organisation" (EMBO) awards "Long-term Fellowships" (LTF) for postdoctoral biologists. Closing date for applications is 15 August 2005. Focus of the fellowships is advanced training by doing research. The applicants who can apply for prolonged visits (12 to 24 months), must hold a PhD (or equivalent) and will only be considered with a maximum of four years postdoctoral experience (exceptions due

The joint initiative "Pro Geisteswissenschaften" was established by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation, in cooperation with the Zeit-Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius and the Stifterverband f|r die Deutsche Wissenschaft. "Pro Geisteswissenschaften" offers three possibilities of funding: Dilthey-Fellowships Up to ten fellowships per year are awarded to excellent researchers. Outstanding young post-doctorate scholars are able