Am Samstag, den 20. Februar um 19:30 Uhr im Restaurant "The Fish Market" 750 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. RSVP unter event@ostina.org.

Kostenlose Tagespässe (20. Februar) für europäische WissenschafterInnen, die am EURAXESS LINKS USA Workshop teilnehmen (siehe unten) und sich bei
folgender Email-Adresse von Izabella Zandberg mit vollständigem Namen, Titel, und Organisation registrieren: izabella.zandberg@euraxess.net.

Links:
The Fishmarket
EURAXESS LINKS USA Workshop

(via OST)

We just passed a major milestone in our Mentoring Project this past weekend: the inaugural “ASciNA Mentoring Kick-off Meeting”. The coldest weekend this winter didn’t stop all ASciNA mentors and mentees to meet up for a two day program in Boston. Melanie Csida and Stefan Eichberger of our partner, brainpower austria, flew in from Austria, as well as Philipp Marxgut of the Office of Science and Technology who made his way to Boston from Washington, DC. Thanks! During these two days we had some really interesting discussions about the value of mentoring relationships for effective career planning... Read more

The European Commission has launched a study to improve knowledge of mobility patterns and career paths of researchers. A consortium led by IDEA Consult is carrying out an 18-month study which began in December 2008 and is known as the MORE (MObility of Researchers in Europe) study. The aim of the survey is to build indicators on the mobility of researchers and to analyze the factors that inhibit or support international mobility of researchers focusing on the following groups of researchers:
· Researchers who have been educated in an EU country and have subsequently moved to work as a researcher in the US
· Researchers who have been educated in the US and have subsequently moved to work in an EU country as a researcher
· Researchers who have been internationally mobile between any other parts of the world.

The questionnaire remains open until 15th February.

Survey link: Researcher's Survey

EURAXESS Link: EURAXESS

The national extension of EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion which is an initiative of the European Commission and the countries participating in the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research.

The EURAXESS Austria portal contains on-line information for researchers moving to and from Austria. The EURAXESS Service Centres and EURAXESS Local Contact Points provide free assistance to mobile researchers and their families.

Link: Euraxess Austria

Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich den Preistraegern 2009: Gerlinde Wernig (Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine/Stanford University); Peter Winzer (Bell Labs/New Jersey) und Martin W. Hetzer (Salk Institute for Biological Studies/La Jolla).

Link zu Photos: ASCINA Preis 2009

Sechs Spitzen-NachwuchsforscherInnen in das prestigeträchtige START-Programm aufgenommen.
19.10.2009 - Wissenschaftsminister Johannes Hahn gab heute im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz die diesjährigen Wittgenstein- und START-PreisträgerInnen bekannt. Insgesamt werden in den kommenden fünf bzw. sechs Jahren den acht ForscherInnen rund 9,8 Mio. EUR für ihre wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zur Verfügung stehen.

Link: FWF

We are excited to announce the launch of a pilot ASCINA Mentoring Program. This program seeks to develop a mentoring framework, where established Austrian scientists/scholars and professionals provide guidance, experience and wisdom to early career researchers from Austria. The pilot is currently open to mentoring pairs located either on the east coast (Boston, New York) or the west coast (San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles) only. In addition, we are collaborating with brainpower austria to support three long-distance mentoring pairs. Upon successful completion of the 12-months pilot phase we will implement a North America wide mentoring program.

ASciNA vergibt 2009 an österreichische WissenschafterInnen jeglicher Disziplinen, die in Nordamerika (USA und Canada) forschen,

einen „Young Scientist Award“ (Zielgruppe Studenten und Postdocs)
und

einen „Junior PI Award“ (Zielgruppe Junior Faculty ohne Tenure)

als Auszeichnung hervorragender wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. Der ASciNA Forschungspreis wird vom Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung finanziert und vom Bundesminister verliehen. Es gibt keine Einschränkung auf bestimmte Wissenschaftsgebiete.

mehr Informationen zur Einrichung...klicke linke Spalte ASCINA Award

Austria is pulling out of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), Science Minister Johannes Hahn announced Thursday, citing budget concerns.

Link: Physics Today
Link: Nature

"In a speech to National Academy of Sciences members gathered for the Academy's 146th annual meeting, President Barack Obama announced major initiatives to boost research funding and bolster math and science education. He said he was restoring science to its rightful place, and urged NAS members to join him in creative efforts to engage young people in science."

Link: NAS Video