ESF: Call for Applications Research Networking Programme "Drugs"

Friday 26 February 2010

Contact at the FNR: Susanne Rick

The European Science Foundation (ESF) provides a platform for its Member Organisations to advance European research and explore new directions for research at the European level.

Established in 1974 as an independent non-governmental organisation, the ESF currently serves 79 Member Organisations across 30 countries.

Call Information:

"Standard Drugs and Drug Standards": A comparative historical study of pharmaceuticals in the 20th century (DRUGS)

DRUGS is a European Science Foundation (ESF) Research Networking Program ( http://drughistory.eu) Exchange Program.

Call for Applications for Exchange Grants for visits of 4 to 24 weeks to Network member institutions

The call is open to:

  • postgraduate students
  • post-doctoral researchers
  • early career researchers
  • established researchers

Call Deadline & Submission:

The deadline for submission of proposals is 1st May 2010

The application is a two-step procedure. First, the applicants should send their application to the Exchange Program Evaluation Committee, see details below.

The Committee will rank the applications and may propose modifications to the working plans. Following the evaluation stage, which is intended to be supportive and improve applications, selected applicants must complete the web-based procedure to join the ESF grant system at http://www.esf.org

Do not worry about the detail of this second stage, applicants that go through to that stage will be given advice.

For the initial stage, the following are required from each applicant:

  • A short description of the proposed research project (maximum of 1000 words)
  • The aims and rationale for each visit to a hosting institution(s).
  • Curriculum vitae of two A4 pages.
  • List of five most recent publications.
  • A letter of recommendation from someone familiar with the applicant's work.
  • A letter of acceptance from the host(s) at the receiving institution(s).
  • Full address details of the prospective host(s).
  • Proposed starting date.
  • Number of weeks to be spent on each visit at the host institution(s).
  • Estimated travel costs.

Applicants should submit all of the documents detailed above in one PDF file.

Applications must be submitted to:

Prof. Volker Hess, Chair of the RNP DRUGS
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin / Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Ziegelstrasse 5-9 - D - 10117 Berlin
Email: coordinator@drughistory.eu

Call Document
Contact ESF:

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Tel: +33 (0)3 88 76 71 00 • Fax: +33 (0)3 88 37 05 32