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SoilCritZone Introduction Vamos Workshop near Chania ESR Training September 2008

SoilCritZone Introduction Vamos Workshop near Chania ESR Training September 2008. Vala Ragnarsdottir. Importance of Soil Research. Young people will inherit the Earth It is imperative that there is a strong community world-wide that works on soil restoration

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SoilCritZone Introduction Vamos Workshop near Chania ESR Training September 2008

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  1. SoilCritZone IntroductionVamos Workshop near ChaniaESR TrainingSeptember 2008 Vala Ragnarsdottir

  2. Importance of Soil Research • Young people will inherit the Earth • It is imperative that there is a strong community world-wide that works on soil restoration • This is why we have here 50 young soil scientists • The future of this planet is up to you! • There are not many jobs on Earth that are more important!!!

  3. Is this you? Problems arise when people loose sightof the “big picture”

  4. New paradigm for soils: a sustainable system Work with nature Work against nature Healthy soil Soil restoration Soil problems Vision Baseline Backcasting Steps Silo/box thinking Holistic/cyclic thinking Everything in system linked… Degradation, salinisation, erosion…

  5. Looking for a pos doc • Search on the web • Ask people you like at conferences whether they have a position • www.jobs.com • http://www.findaphd.com/ • EU portal • Marie Curie individual fellowships • ESR programmes

  6. EU portals • FP7 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html • People – Has all Marie Curie Programmes • Individual fellowships • Initial Training Programmes • Cooperation • Environment (including climate change) • Energy • Nanosciences • Socio-Economic Sciences • Food, Agriculture, biotechnology • Health

  7. Marie Curie opportunities • http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/opportunities/opportunities_en.html

  8. Other Framework 7 programmes • Ideas • European Research Council • Capacities • Infrastructure • International cooperation • INCA

  9. Writing an EU proposal • Marie Curie individual fellowships • Environment programme

  10. Individual Fellowships • Decide where you would like to go and to work for whom • Email to him/her and ask whether their institute will host them • Find a place if you can where there already are EU funded post docs • Quality of institution is important

  11. Individual fellowships • Follow the guidelines very carefully • Find a successful proposal through contacts and write a better one! • Read the evaluation criteria BEFORE you write the proposal – also DURINNG and AFTR • Ask trusted colleagues to read the proposal for comments • Don’t write the proposal at the last minute • Your host institution has to submit proposal

  12. Environment Programme • 7th framework – 2007-2012 • Calls every year in June • Read the overview of the programme to anticipate what may come next • Workprogramme • Guide for applicants • Formulate a team of people that are fun, reliable and you get along with • Check European assistance within your institution

  13. Environment Programme • Best if the team can meet • Follow the guidelines carefully • Choose a coordinator who is organised • Read the evaluation criteria • Join the review team – by filling in your details on the 7th Framework website • Split work into work-packages giving roles to partners • Make sure that partners interact

  14. Evaluation • Proposal evaluated by 3-4 people • Evaluation in Brussels or remotely • Then meeting in Brussels to discuss proposals write a evaluator reports • Each proposal has a rapporteur • Report sent to applicants

  15. Successful Proposals • Contract negotiations • Based on application and comments from evaluators • Partnership agreement • Annual reports • Scientific achievements • Partner activities • Partner meetings • Management • Accounts audited

  16. Its fun!!!!!

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