ESCMID Online News 7 March 2007

Dear ESCMID member
Dear member of an affiliated society


We are pleased to send you the most recent edition of ESCMID Online News with the latest information from ESCMID and updates on European funding opportunities.
For previous online newsletters please consult the ESCMID website on www.escmid.org/onlinenews.

From the ESCMID Executive Committee

  1. ESCMID Training and Career Centre
    ESCMID is delighted to announce the introduction of a new more individualised online platform for advertising and seeking job opportunities. If you have a moment, please take a look at how we are trying to make this platform useful for all our members, trainees and institutions at www.escmid.org/career.
     

Education

  1. 6th ESCMID Summer School, 1-6 July 2007, Suceava, Romania
    Please take a moment to have a look at the outstanding faculty of this one-week course dedicated to postgraduate and continuous medical education. Register online now.
     

Science

  1. ESCMID now supports 16 Study Groups
    ESCMID welcomes the Meningitis Study Group (EMESG) to the ranks of the ESCMID Study Groups. For those with a special interest in meningitis, please visit the EMESG website. The inaugural meeting takes place at the 17th ECCMID / 25th ICC in Munich.
     
  2. EU information session at the 17th ECCMID/25th ICC
    2 April 2007, 15:30 - 17:30, Munich, Germany
    An information session has been added to the programme of the ECCMID/ICC which will provide practical guidance about how to develop and submit a successful proposal to the following funding programmes:
     
    • Framework Programme 7 by A. Lönnroth, DG Research, European Commission, Brussels
       
    • Programme for community action in the field of health by F. Hoepner-Stamos, National Focal Point Germany, Ministry of Health, Berlin
       
    A personal view by G. Pozzi, DG Research, will conclude the session: How can the European Commission support drug research in the field of infectious diseases?
     
  3. European funding opportunities For details please click here.
     


Best regards,
ESCMID Executive Committee
 


European Funding Opportunities

 

Public Health Programme Work Plan 2007 The European Commission's Public Health Executive Agency (PHEA) has published the 2007 Work Plan and Call for Proposals under the Public Health Programme 2003-2008. More information about the public health topics for this year's call is also available on the presentation slides which have been presented during the Info Day by PHEA.
Deadline: 21 May 2007

FP7 Marie Curie: further call for proposals DG Research of the European Commission has published the call for proposals for Individual Fellowship Actions (Intra-European, International Outgoing and International Incoming Fellowships) and for Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways. These actions are aimed at strengthening training, career prospects and mobility of European researchers.
Deadlines: 14 August 2007 (Individual Fellowship Actions)
  31 May 2007 (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways)