COST 929:Training Course in
“Food and Environmental Virology”
University of Patras, Greece
The COST 929 Action “A European Network for Environmental and Food Virology” is organizing a Training Course in Food and Environmental Virology.
Objective
The objective of the course is to encourage the training activities of researchers who are interested in working on Environmental and Food Virology subjects in order to develop cooperation in these areas. The training course is aiming at strengthening the existing network by educating scientists in thedeveloping subject ofFood and Environmental Virology
Dates: Monday 10 May, 10.00 a.m – Friday, 14 May 14.00 p.m
Location: University of Patras, Greece
Candidates
The course is open to PhD students, post-doctoral students and researchers belonging to organizations within or outside the COST Network1, with priority given to early researchers (persons with less than 8 years scientific experience post-doctorate or post-graduate). The course attendance is limited up to 20-25 students.
Topics
During the training course the following topics will be covered:
1. Basic Environmental and Food Virology
2. Risk Assessment in Environmental and Food Virology
3. Methods in Environmental and Food Virology
4. Stability of viruses in Food and Environment
5. Virus outbreaks and epidemiology
What is available?
A student grant for a limited number of students (up to 12-15 students) will cover the travel costs to and from the applicant’s country to the host institute’s location (up to 350 €), plus subsistence costs for their stay.
How to apply?
Candidates who wish to apply for a grant are advised to first be informed by the website then send their application for evaluation and approval to Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis (contact details below).
The Full Application should contain:
The application form
A curriculum vitae of the candidate
A budget request with breakdown of the costs of the planned travel.
The candidate must however come from a COST Member State (see
The deadline for the application submission is the 20th of March 2010.
Evaluation Procedure
All grantrequests will be evaluated by the COST STSMs Committee and approved by the Action Chair. Evaluation will take into account the quality of CV of the candidate and the requested sum. The evaluation procedure will be rapid, and successful applicants will be notified by email, by April 5th. Brief details of successful applications will also be posted on the Action website (in Successful applicants may start to make their travel arrangements immediately.
Unsuccessful applicants will be given feedback from the evaluation, by April 5th.
Aftercompleting the training course the candidate must submit a 1 page summary of the scientific report to Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis by 20th May 2010. Dr. Vantarakis will notify the candidate of approval of the report, within a few days. The candindate must submit the Final Payment Request for to the COST 929 Administrative Officer Mrs Jeannette Nchung Oru () by 25th of May at the latest. Final payment requests received after this date may not be paid.
Contact us
Inquiries and applications may be addressed by e-mail to:
Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis
Ass. Professor,
Department of Public Health
Medical School,
University of Patras
26504 Patras, Greece
Tel/Fax: +302610969875
mob.+306945336243
email:
Important Deadlines
Application submission: March20th, 2010
Results notice:April 5th, 2010
Summary of Scientific Report submitted: May 20th, 2010
Submission of Final Payment Request: May 25th, 2010