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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dear Christos,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Please can you circulate the below information to members of the MedOBIS Discussion Group (Annelida).</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Many thanks<BR>
Gemma</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT FACE="Arial">Final Call Deadline; 28<SUP>th</SUP> March 2008</FONT></U></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">The SYNTHESYS Office is pleased to announce the Eighth and<B> final call</B> for proposals under the European Commission's FPVI European-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. SYNTHESYS Project funding is available to provide scientists (Users) based in European Member, Associate and Candidate States to undertake short visits to utilize the infrastructure (namely the collections, staff expertise and analytical facilities) at one of the 20 partner institutions (see full list below) for the purposes of their research. The 20 partner institutions are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">organised</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> into 11 national Taxonomic Facilities (TAFs). TAF Users will be hosted by a TAF staff member.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">The 11 TAF institutions represent an unparalleled resource for taxonomic research offering: Collections amounting to over 337 million natural history specimens, including 3.3 million type specimens, internationally renowned taxonomic and systematic skill base, and chemical analysis, molecular and imaging facilities. Proposals will be welcomed from high</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">calibre</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> researchers seeking access for short-term visits.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">SYNTHESYS is able to meet the Users' costs for:</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">· Research costs*<BR>
· International travel<BR>
· Local accommodation whilst based at the TAF<BR>
· A per diem to contribute towards living costs</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">* Research related costs including: bench fees and consumables (including molecular biology at some TAFs).</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">See </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.synthesys.info"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">www.synthesys.info</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> for more information or contact </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:synthesys@nhm.ac.uk"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">synthesys@nhm.ac.uk</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">This is the last opportunity for SYNTHESYS funding, so please circulate this information amongst your colleagues. </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">SYNTHESYS Partners:<BR>
GB-TAF Natural History Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="es"><FONT FACE="Arial">ES-TAF Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Real Jardín Botánico Naturales.<BR>
DK-TAF The Natural History Museum of Denmark.<BR>
FR-TAF Museum</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">National</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="es"><FONT FACE="Arial"> d'Histoire Naturelle.<BR>
SE-TAF Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet.<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"><FONT FACE="Arial">NL-TAF University van Amsterdam, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, National Natural History Museum Naturalis.<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Arial">DE-TAF Museum fur Naturkunde, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum.<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">AT-TAF Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien.<BR>
HU-TAF Hungarian Natural History Museum.<BR>
PL-TAF Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences.<BR>
BE-TAF Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Koninklijik Museum voor Midden-Afrika, National Botanic Garden of Belgium.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">1 The SYNTHESYS Partners are inviting applications from researchers based in the Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom plus the Associated Countries of the EU: Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway and Candidate Countries of the EU: Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Turkey.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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