World Association of Young Scientists

adhesion and friction at the nano level and energy considerations will be the main area of discussion in the confrence going to be held in 25 to 28 of October 2010.it can be useful for the studnets and scientist of the concerned area to participate into it. more informatin is given on the web link

http://www.esf.org/activities/eurocores/running-programmes/fanas/events/...

German student exchange service DAAD offers various scholarships to the intentaional students for studying in differnet fields at master and doctrate , post doctorate level. the eligibility criteria is different depeanding upon the coure being selected. for having detailed information about appliaction procedure, available fields and deadline the following web link can be consulted. Please note that it is a searchable database.

http://www.daad.de/stipendien/en/index.en.html?

The alternative source of enery is important area of modern reserach in chemistry, material environment and energy sectors, Application of nanotechnology, fuel cell and catalysis may play an important role to meet the forthcoming challenges of the fuel and energy needs. First international confrence on material for energy has been orgnized in Karlsruhe, Germany July 4-8, 2010. where there will be key notes and poster presennation of the recent advances in this field. for mor informaiton visit the following web link.

http://events.dechema.de/en/enmat2010.html

The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) is currently executing three Fellowship schemes to promote the South-South and North-South cooperation in science and technology;

a) Joint NAM S&T Centre – ZMT Bremen (Germany) Fellowship in Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Tropical Coastal marine Systems

b) Joint NAM S&T Centre – ICCBS (Karachi, Pakistan) Fellowship in Natural Products Chemistry, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

c) NAM S&T Centre Research Fellowships in Any Scientific Field (Exclusively for the Scientists from the Member Countries of the NAM S&T Centre

This Fellowships schemes aim at supporting the deserving young scientists and researchers in the developing countries to upgrade their academic and research skilss and invites applications from suitable candidates for the year 2010.

Details please visit www.namstct.org.

Dr. M. Akhyar Farrukh

such is the title (roughly: "Research today - collaboratively, it works better") of a talk I am going to give in Munich tomorrow at a workshop on networking amongst young researchers in Germany. My presentation is embedded below. It can be annotated here.

Are You a Green Talent?

In February 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education has launched an initiative to invite talented young researchers from throughout the world to visit the leading environmental technology location Germany. 

The 'Green Talents' competition under the patronage of Research Minister Dr. Annette Schavan addresses excellent young researchers and engineering scientists in the field of environmental technologies to apply for participation in the 'International Forum for High Potentials in Green Technologies'.

The International Forum will take place in August/September 2009. For one week, the selected participants will travel through Germany, visit leading universities, research institutes and companies, gather specific information about research activities on site and learn about the possibilities of cooperating with German partners. Individual meetings with experts and the presentation of their own research will be part of the forum - as well as a cultural program and a meeting with Minister Dr. Annette Schavan as a special highlight.

APPLY NOW for a seat on the Green Talents International Forum, if you want to meet Germany's leading environmental scientists and get to know one of the world's largest technology exporters.

Further information on the competition and an application guideline are provided on the 'Green Talents' website http://www.research-in-germany.de/greentalents.

Please give this information also to other interested persons.

Contact:
Dr. Marion Mienert, International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research; e-mail: greentalents@research-in-germany.de  

Travel Grants for Young scientists for Xenopus Conference 2008 at Germany

Young scientists are cordially invited to participate at the Conference. Travel grants for young scientists (diploma/master and PhD students and postdocs) are made possible. They are intended to partially cover travel expenses (excluding hotel, meals and registration fee) to a maximum of 70% depending on request. To receive a grant, you must register for the symposium. Only one application per laboratory will be accepted.

Application Process

To apply for a grant, send an email to the committee member Doris Wedlich:
doris.wedlich@zi2.uni-karlsruhe.de
with the subject line "Xenopus Conference 2008 Travel Grant".

The body of the message (or a attached pdf-file) should include:

• Your name (Family name, first name)
• Male or female
• Your date of birth
• Your status (diploma student, master student, doctoral student, postdoc)
• Your work address
• Your advisor's name
• Whether you are a autor or co-author of a submitted abstract (please give the title and author list of the paper as well) and wether you will be presenting the paper
• A brief statement from your supervisor how you would benefit from attending the conference and why it is important for you receiving a travel grant. You must attach this letter of recommendation as a pdf-file.

Application deadline for travel grants is May 10th, 2008.

The awardees are selected by the organizing committee and will be notified of the grant within 6-8 weeks after the deadline date. If you have any questions regarding the travel grant, please contact Doris Wedlich doris.wedlich

Website: http://www.uni-ulm.de/12thxenopus/index.html