Special Symposium at the 3^rd Chemistry EuCheMS congress

August 29 to September 2, 2010

Nuremberg, Germany

 

 

ERA-Chemistry is a European network of national funding agencies and is involved in the development and implementation of funding instruments for trans-national collaboration in chemistry. During the 3^rd EuCheMS congress it will hold a symposium on funding mechanisms for trans-national collaboration in Europe. During the first two hours representatives of major funding bodies will present their programmes with special emphasis to chemical research. This event aims at receiving a feedback by chemical scientists about the appropriateness of European (International) funding programmes and to unravel the requirements for chemical research in an international context. During a one-hour panel discussion the participants of the EuCheMS congress have the opportunity to comment on the programmes and concepts introduced and give suggestions to the funding agencies. The symposium will be guided along the following questions:

 

Are the available funding programmes useful for chemical research?

Are the programmes available to the chemists and are they reasonably conceived?

Which are the requirements for trans-national collaboration in chemistry?

Which additional programmes or improvements could be established?

 

 

The following speakers have confirmed their attendance:

 

Hans-Joachim Freund, MPI Berlin & ERC                                                               

Alexander Hansen, DFG                                           

Neil Williams, ESF                                                    

Erwin Arzel, COST                                                    

Zeev Rosenzweig, NSF                                              

Georg Bechtold, DFG

Giovanni Natile, EuCheMS