European Consortium of Microbial Resource Centres - EMbaRC
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Training and Outreach Programme - Transnational Access Grants
APPLICATION FORM
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Transnational Access Grants offered by the partners of the EMbaRC Training and Outreach Programme are organised to promote a more intensive collaboration between the European Microbial Resources Centres and researchers studying microbial diversity in the EU or Associated States.
They are assigned to researchers or groups of researchers holding at least a bachelor’s degree and having relevant experience in research.
These grants, given for short combined research and training period, concern the sector of microbiology, with specific topics set by the members of the EMbaRC according to their research programmes. The various themes and fields can be viewed on EMbaRC project website:
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www.embarc.eu.
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The amount of the grant covers travel, subsistence, insurance expenses and bench fee for the scientists concerned.
The research activities are carried out on a full-time basis and reported upon at the end of the stay.
Applications are to be introduced by the candidate user supervisor or head of unit via E-mail and confirmed by letter countersigned by the director of the home institution of the candidate. Please read the Information Note for more details.
E-mail shall be sent to:
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Letter shall be sent to:
Philippe Desmeth, BCCM c/o Belgian Science Policy, avenue Louise 231, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
User-Project:
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Important note: Only the grey fields are modifiable. Please type text or use drop-down menus on these fields. Please do not use the “Enter” key in the grey fields, nor attempt to modify the other parts of this form.
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A USER-PROJECT
The user-project refers to the experiments you intend to carry out at the EMbaRC host institution during your stay, which aim at helping your overall research project.
1. User-Project Acronym (choose it, max. 20 characters, no blanks nor special characters):
2. User-Project Title (choose it, max. 255 characters):
3. User-Project Objectives (short-term, medium and long-term objectives; max. 250 words):
4. Number of users applying within this user-project, user group Leader included (the maximum number of users per user-project depends from the session chosen, please refer to the TOP list to check this number): 1
5. In case of multiple users mentioned in point 4 above, please:
- List here the names of all candidates and indicate which one will be the user group leader:
- Fill an additional user form for each candidate. Additional user forms are available only upon request to:
B USER
B1 PERSONAL INFORMATION
6. Gender:
7. Family Name:
8. First name(s):
9. Permanent work address:
10. Phone: +
11. Fax: +
12. e-mail:
13. Join a photo (separate file named this way: ‘FamilyName.jpg’)
14. Present work address (if different from 8):
15. Birth year (yyyy):
16. Country of birth:
17. Nationality:
B2 SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION
18. University certificates and diplomas: degree, date, institution, distinction obtained:
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19. Knowledge of languages of use in the European Union:
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20. Other previously obtained grants: place, duration, granting office, purpose:
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21. Have you already made a professional stay or a study tour in a foreign country? Where and for how long?
(if different from 20):
B3 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
22. Previous duties: institution, position, period:
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23. Your present occupation:
Institution name:
Institution place (town and country):
Position held:
24. Which scientific societies are you a member of?
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25. List of your publications: co-authors, titles, dates, journals, pages:
Provided on a separate sheet in annex and listed as follows:
a) articles in journals with peer review,
b) proceedings of symposia, workshops, colloquia, ...
c) abstracts,
d) editor of books, book chapters
e) other…
26. Description of the research you performed and are presently involved in (max. 400 words):
C EXPECTED TRAINING & RESEARCH SESSION
C1 EMbaRC PARTNER
27. Session reference (EMbaRC host institute as mentioned in TOP list of opportunities):
If you choose a combination of sessions, please indicate the opportunities chosen as a free text in field 30 below.
28. Is it your first use of this infrastructure?
29. Does a similar infrastructure exist in your working country?
C2 TRAINING & RESEARCH PROJECT
30. Explain accurately how the session and duration chosen are relevant to your research activities (e.g. indicate the name of the organisms, the number of strains to be studied or the number of culture media to be tested during the stay, etc.). Have you already collaborated with one of the EMbaRC partners? (max. 250 words):
31. Duration of stay requested, in weeks
It must be a multiple of 1 or 2 weeks according to the opportunity chosen. Please refer to the TOP list of opportunities to check this information. For stays longer than 6 weeks please indicate a rationale as a free text in field 30 above.
32. Starting date proposed by the candidate (dd/mm/yyyy):
The host institution may suggest another date according to availability of the infrastructure.
33. Added value of the stay and prospects for further collaboration (max. 300 words):
D REFERENCES
34. Additional facts or data which may facilitate the task of the User Selection Panel (max. 250 words):
35. Document to be added (see info note):
- Recommendation letter by the director of the home institution of the candidate describing the added value of the stay and confirming the possibility for the candidate to return.
The outcome of the User Selection Panel will be forwarded to the EMbaRC partner (access provider) who will inform the user group Leader. The holder of a Grant must start his/her research in within 3 months after the deadline of the application.
Place and date
Signature of the user:
The candidate certifies that the information above and in the documents attached to this application is complete and true.
Place and date
Signature of the user’s Supervisor / Head of unit:
Following the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, translated in the National Law of the European Union member countries, these data sent to the EMbaRC consortium are protected and only used for the handling of the candidate's file. At every moment you can ask, let correct or/and cancel the data concerning yourself.
APPLICATION QUICK CHECK
I read the Information Note to check whether this application is eligible.
All the fields of the Application Form above are filled in properly.
If more than one user applies, the document ‘Additional_User_form.doc’ has been filled in.
A photo is included for each applicant (format: FamilyName.jpg).
A cover letter by the user’s supervisor / Head of unit is included on a separate sheet.
A list of publications listed as requested above is included on a separate sheet for each applicant.
I chose a session as described in the Information Note.
A recommendation letter from the Head of my institution is included.
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Frame restricted to the internal use of EMbaRC
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Installation: <choose>Name of the signatory / Place and date
Signature / Stamp of the organisation
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