Bolsa de viagem à Noruega

Trondheim 09.09.2008 : Vindkraftforsker John Olav Tande pΠSINTEF Energiforskning. Foto: Thor Nielsen

A maior Universidade da Noruega convida um grupo de jornalistas para participarem num debate cientifico sobre energias renováveis.

A Universidade Norueguesa de Ciência e Tecnologia promove de 16 a 17 de junho um seminário, que inclui visitas aos laboratórios, e para o efeito “paga” as viagens a 20 jornalistas, para isso é preciso preencher, até 16 maio, às 17:00, o formulário de candidatura no site da Universidade. As bolsas serão anunciadas a 23 de Maio.

De acordo com o comunicado, em Inglês, “journalists from all over Europe are invited to apply for an intensive workshop on renewable energy research at Norway’s largest university, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and SINTEF, Scandinavia’s largest independent research institute. The workshop will begin on the evening on 16 June with a dinner and informal meeting with researchers, followed by a formal programme and field site visits on 17 June. Twenty fellowships covering accommodation on 16 June in Trondheim, all food and travel to attend the workshop are also available.

O programa pode ser consultado aqui

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LINDAU 2016 – Encontros com Nobel

Estão mais uma vez abertas candidaturas para que os sócios da ARCA possam participar no encontro de LINDAU (www.lindau-nobel.de). As candidaturas tem que ser enviadas até dia 1 de abril para a organização do evento, na Alemanha.

Aqui ficam informações em inglês sobre o encontro de 26 de junho a 1 de Julho de 2016:

66th Lindau Nobel laureate Meeting – Travel & Accommodation Grants
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the European Union of Science Journalists´ Association (EUSJA) have agreed to support the participation of EUSJA member journalists in the
66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting at Lindau (Germany)
26 June – 1 July 2016.
Apply now!

30 Nobel Laureates and Vinton Cerf (ACM A.M. Turing Award 2004) have confirmed their participation in this unique meeting that will be dedicated to physics. They will meet approximately 400 aspiring undergraduates, PhD students, and post-docs from 80 countries. Numerous lectures, panels, discussion sessions, and master classes, as well as a diverse programme of social functions and events will account for an inspiring week of exchange and networking.
Journalists interested in covering the meeting may now apply for funding of their travel and accommodation. Besides participating in the programme events, journalists may mingle with the meeting participants, arrange interviews and visit 1-4 press talks (panel discussions featuring Nobel Laureates and young scientists with subsequent Q&A round).

Conditions

EUSJA members – employed as well as freelance science journalists – interested in covering the Lindau Meeting are eligible to apply for funding of their travel and accommodation. The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will cover the costs of a return-flight in economy class to a nearby international airport (transfers not included) and a three-night’s stay at a hotel in or around Lindau (additional nights may be booked at one’s own expense). Additional expenses, e.g. train tickets/taxi costs/boarding/etc., will not be refunded.

Application Process
Please send your application consisting of a short CV and a motivation letter indicating your specific journalistic interests by email to the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting by 1 April 2016 (deadline).

Contact
Gero von der Stein, Project Manager Communications
Phone: +49 (0)8382 277 31 26
Email: gero.vonderstein@lindau-nobel.org

Bolsa para jornalistas na Cimeira do Clima em Paris

 The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), has announced fellowship opportunities for journalists to attend the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France, this December.

As part of the fellowships, the CCMP will cover travel, lodging and daily subsistence expenses, arrange press accreditation at COP21, and provide other support services.

During the COP 21, the fellows will benefit from a series of specially designed activities, including an orientation session, daily breakfast briefings, a field trip and a media clinic.

The application is now open until the deadline of July 31st, 2015.

https://internews.org/our-stories/project-updates/cop21-fellowships#

Congresso da dor em Viena de Áustria – 8 Bolsas para EUSJA

De 2 a 5 de Setembro de 2015 realiza-se na capital austriaca o congresso da dor, para o qual temos 8 bolsas para candidatos da EUSJA.

Juntamos o comunicado em Inglês:

Most of you should remember that in 2013 EUSJA sent its journalists to participate the prestigious European biannual congress “Pain in Europe”. This interesting scientific meeting always attracts science journalists since is giving a good chance to meet famous researchers and world’s leading pain experts. We’ve got many applications to attend the Congress and a good feedback from our members.

I am happy to inform you, that EUSJA, like I promised to General Assembly, continues the collaboration with the organizers of the Congress. This time the meeting will be in Vienna (September 2 –5). See the preliminary programme to http://efic.kenes.com/. Some outstanding scientists are already announced among the speakers: Andrew Moore (UK), Ralf Baron (Germany​), Michaela Kress (Austria), Rebeccah Slater (UK), Liesbet Goubert (Belgium), Michele Sterling (Australia). Kris Vissers (Netherlands) Luana Colloca, Vania Apkarian (both – USA) and others.

We have 8 slots. The organizers will cover 4 night accommodation (starting from September 1), the journalists must take care of their traveling.

Duas bolsas da EUSJA para Heidelberg

Quem estiver interessado faça chegar as suas candidaturas à ARCA até dia 20 de Junho de 2015. A data limite para entrega na EUSJA é no dia 22. O encontro de Heidelberg realiza-se de 23 a 28 de Agosto.

Aqui fica o comunicado da EUSJA em inglês:

Like the last year EUSJA offers to its members the opportunity to meet the world’s brightest mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg. The Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) offers 15 travel grants to science journalists from all over the world enable them to meet famous researchers and report this very interesting meeting. 2 from these 15 grants are given to EUSJA.

These 2 participanrs will be selected by our community. However one may try to apply directly to HLFF and stand for competition, all the needed information is below. But we have reserved 2 slots for European journalists and EUSJA will name these 2 participants. Please spread a word and let us try to find 2 intelligent, active science journalists who are interested to meet outstanding mathematicians and computer scientists and write good articles. The meeting will take place in Germany, Heidelberg, August 23 – 28. The Foundation fully covers the trip: travelling, accomodation and meal.

Please send your candidates: name, media, e-mail, mobile with a SHORT MOTIVATION LETTER to show the real interest towards the topic.

Visita de Estudo à Estónia

Biodiversidade e alterações climáticas:uma visão da Estónia. É este o tema que leva um grupo de jornalista a esta republica do Báltico entre os dias 20 e 22 de Maio, de 2015, a convite da Associação Estoniana de Jornalistas de Ciência.

“With half of its land covered with forests, and a sea territory dotted with more than 1,500 islands, Estonia can boast of a strikingly abundant biodiversity”, pode ler-se no comunicado enviado para a ARCA.

“On the three days of the trip, you will be meeting a number of outstanding Estonian ecologists and other environmental scientists, as well as experience Estonian nature first-hand on a visit to the wooded meadow of Laelatu, one of the most species-rich places in Europe.
Programme itinerary at a glance:
· Tuesday, 19 May: Arrival in Tallinn; Welcome Dinner
· Wednesday, 20 May: Tallinn University; Tallinn University of Technology (presentations on
the TUT’s research vessel Salme, cruising the Tallinn Bay)
· Thursday, 21 May: visits to the Laelatu wooded meadow and the Tartu Observatory
· Friday, 22 May: University of Tartu; Estonian University of Life Sciences; return to Tallinn
· Saturday, 23 May: Departure (or start of the weekend in Estonia on your own!)
Presentations (more to be added)
· Shinya Sugita, Tallinn University. Environmental history in the Holocene: why does it
matter?
· Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology. Using aquatic robots to protect the
environment
· Urmas Lips, Tallinn University of Technology. Eutrophication and hypoxia in the Baltic
(includes demo observations on board the research vessel)
· Rivo Uiboupin, Tallinn University of Technology. Satellites and advanced marine monitoring
· Anu Reinart, Tartu Observatory. Monitoring biodiversity from space
· Leho Tedersoo, University of Tartu. The global biodiversity of fungi
· Meelis Pärtel, University of Tartu. Dark biodiversity
· Raivo Mänd, University of Tartu. Potential effects of a warming climate on forest birds in hemiboreal Estonia
· Ülo Niinemets, Estonian University of Life Sciences. The role of plants in climate change
· Tiiu Kull, Estonian University of Life Sciences. Orchids, symbols of beauty and mystery
· Steffen Noe, Estonian University of Life Sciences. SMEAR Estonia – integrated ecosystem
and climate research on large scale
· Kalev Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences. The impact of climate change on the
migration routes of the Eurasian crane

Practical information

Accommodation for four nights (May 19–23), meals, and transportation during the trip will be covered by us, the organisers. You will be responsible for your travel expenses to and from Tallinn, including airport transfer. However, in case your association or media organisation is not able to pay for your travel, you are eligible to ask EUSJA to cover 50% of the cost of your plane tickets. Applications will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, depending on the availability of funds.
If you like, you can stay over for the weekend after the study trip, or even longer. A great idea would be to take a trip to an Estonian island, or even to spend a day or two in Tallinn, world famous for its red-roofed medieval Old Town. We can help you book your hotel, etc.

Please send your application via your national association by 2nd of March, 2015 to Priit Ennet(priit.ennet@err.ee). In the application, you should include your name, e-mail address, and the media
outlet that you work for.

Trabalho na EUSJA em Estrasburgo

Termina a 24 de Outbro o prazo para responder ao anuncio de trabalho da EUSJA.

The European Union of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA) needs an experienced administrator for management of EU projects and administrative work for the organization.

Workplace will be at the EuroScience office in Strasbourg.

EUSJA was founded in 1971 in Belgium by seven national associations of science journalists, EUSJA now represents more than 2000 science journalists around Europe. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 there was an upsurge of interest from Eastern European countries that now play an active role in EUSJA’s activities.

The main goals of EUSJA are truly barrier-breaking by aiming to improve communication between the international scientific community and society and to promote contacts between journalists in the field of scientific and technical communication.

More about EUSJA can be found on the website: http://www.eusja.org/

Qualifications:

•proven track record and experience on managing administration and handling accounts of EU-
projects, FP7 a big plus

•understanding science communication in general and science journalism specifically
•networking abilities with good writing skills for correspondence
•able to do independent work
•languages: English as working language, good French and other languages as plus
•good computing skills
•Master´s or BA is an advantage
We can offer:

•salary level, depending of qualifications around 4250 € incl. social benefits according to French law
•permanent contract after 6 month probation period
•possibility to be flexible and a part time job, too
Please send your CV and a cover letter of maximum 1 page to Jens Degett, Mail: jens@degett.org

If you have any questions you are welcome to call: +45 88433059 or Skype: jensdegett

Deadline for applications is 24th October.