Dear colleagues,
A consortium of European Natural History Facilities (CETAF) has been
encouraged to make a proposal under the 6th Framework program to create
a network of institutions holding important biological research collections.
The proposal is intended to provide access with financial support for visiting
researchers from the European Union and associates to the collections of
the participating organisations (see attached list). The proposal to the
European Commission has to demonstrate 'European Research Institution'
status of any museum, such as my own, the ZMA in Amsterdam. To obtain
this status we have to show (through letters of support) that there is a high
degree of scientific interest in having access to our museum and to the other
partners in the proposal. If for any future work you or a colleague should need
access to our museum (may I remind you that a.o. we hold the Siboga
collections), I kindly request that you send a letter of support (a template of
which is here attached; apologies to those of you not interested in this) to the
CETAF chair, Dr Henrik Enghoff at the Copenhagen Museum (e-mail:
henghoff at zmuc.ku.dk). If the grant is realized, there is no guarantee that
your future visit will be fully paid - this is subject to a prioritization process -
but we will certainly notice the help you gave in securing the grant. My
apologies if you already have received this from another source. Thanks in
advance
dr. Harry A. ten Hove
Zoological Museum,
University of Amsterdam
POB 94766, 1090 GT AMSTERDAM
TEL. 3120 5256906
FAX. 3120 5255402
http://www.bio.uva.nl/zma/http://www-zma.bio.uva.nl/departments/Coel/coeleng/harry.html
ANNEX: Example of Support Letter
To: Dr. Henrik Enghoff (Chair)
Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)
Zoologisk Museum
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhaguen OE
Denmark
Email: henghoff at zmuc.ku.dk
Fax: + 45 35 32 10 10
Dear Dr. Enghoff,
For my research on [subject / taxonomic group], I need access to
specimens [from the region X] held in the collections of {Please enter the
Zoological Museum Amsterdam and any other relevant museum from the
attached list].
Research visits are especially important as the [well
curated/unique/diverse/type] collections and the experts at the institutes are
crucial for the progress in my scientific work.
Training on [topic/technique, others] will also be important to improve my
future research/work.
I am looking forward to establishing cooperationships with the mentioned
institutes, and I support the initiative of your network to facilitate access to
their collection facilities.
Yours sincerely,
- - - - -
The infrastructures listed below are expected to be members of the
network to which Access grants for visitors will be applied for.
Country Infrastructures
Austria Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Belgium Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, BrusselsRoyal
Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren National Botanic Garden of
Belgium, Meise
Germany Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-
DahlemMuseum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Denmark University of Copenhagen, COBICE
Spain Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid Real
Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid
France Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Hungary Hungarian Museum of Natural History, Budapest
Netherlands Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam
&National Natural History Museum NaturalisNational Herbarium
Netherlands, LeidenCentraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht
Poland Museum and Institute of Zooology, PAS, Warsaw
Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
United Kingdom The Natural History Museum, LondonRoyal
Botanic Gardens, KewRoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
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