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EUSJA Study Trip to Prague

14 Mar 2011

On the Verge of International Year of Chemistry was the theme of the first study trip for European journalists united in the European Union of Science Journalists’Association (EUSJA) organized by the Czech Science Journalists Club, the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB ASCR). The purpose of the three-day meeting (November 29 – December 1, 2010) was to improve communication between the Czech scientific community and society and to promote contacts between journalists in the field of scientific and technical communication. The study trip was supported by the ASCR Centre for Administration and Operations.

Brain awareness week

13 Mar 2011

During the Brain Awareness Week, held worldwide annually in March, the neuroscientists and other brain scientists inform the wide public on their research activities and their achievements to advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. The Brain Awareness Week was created in USA by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in 1996, the European activities are coordinated by the European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB). In 2011, the thirteenth year of the Brain Awareness Week in the Czech Republic is taking place from Mach 14, 2011. The main events are held in the main building of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The organizers are: Institute of Experimantal Medicine, v. v. i., ASCR, Czech Neuroscience Society and Media Communication Department, ASCR.

The conference Universities in Central Europe

4 Feb 2011

The conference Universities in Central Europe – Crossroads of Scholars from all over the world (Prague, 29 September 2011 – 1 October, 2011, Charles University, Czech Republic) will follow up on an international meeting dedicated to the issue of Scientists in Exile and the Dictatorships of the 20th Century, which will take place in Prague on May 24‒26 (see http://www.science.usd.cas.cz/cs/aktuality.html) While the May conference focuses on forced migration, the September conference deals with voluntary migration of scientists.

New Round of Newton International Fellowships

4 Feb 2011

A new round of Newton International Fellowships - an initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers - has now opened. The Newton International Fellowships are funded by the British Academy and the Royal Society and aim to attract the most promising early-career post-doctoral researchers from overseas in the fields of the humanities, the natural, physical and social sciences. The Fellowships enable researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution with the aim of fostering long-term international collaborations.

Invitation to the Conference

31 Jan 2011

May 24-26 2011 will take place in the Prague National Technical Museum the international conference SCHOLARS IN EXILE AND DICTATORSHIPS OF THE 20TH CENTURY organized by the Centre for the History of Sciences and Humanities, Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the National Technical Museum in Prague and the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Applications can be sent before March 15, 2011 to the contact address nytrovaz@vcdv.cas.cz.

Institutes of the ASCR received support from Research Support Fund

25 Jan 2011

The National Training Fund organized a meeting on the occasion of finalizing the research subprojects, which received the grants from the Research Support Fund. Among the invited guests were Norwegian Ambasador to the Czech Republic His Excellency Jens Eikaas or Josef Syka, the member of the Steering Committee of the Fund.

110th Anniversary of formulation of the Max Planck quantum theory

7 Dec 2010

For decades, physicists had been trying to understand the surprising results they continued to measure from heating black bodies (a surface that absorbs all frequencies of light that hits it). Try as they might, scientists could not explain the results using classical physics. On December 14, 1900, German theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858–1947) discovered an equation that explained the results of these measurements.

New International Competition Focuses on Early Career Scientists

7 Dec 2010

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is launching an international competition to select up to 35 early career scientists working at academic institutions in 18 countries including the Czech Republic.

Interview with the new Director-General at DG Research

8 Oct 2010

The European Commission has appointed Robert-Jan Smits as new Director General for Research on 2 June 2010. He has a lot of experience in many areas, especially in coordination research programmes and moves to get small and medium-sized enterprises into the Framework Programmes. Previous assignment of Robert-Jan Smits was in JRC as a Deputy Director General. He was also responsible for developing the European Research Council (ERC), the European Technology Platforms (ETPs) as well as for the shaping of the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI). His interview with CZELO office is focused mainly on the 7. Framework Programme and its results and future perspectives.

The world’s biggest technology prize is awarded by Finnish

10 Sep 2010

The Millennium Technology Prizes are awarded by Technology Academy Finland every second year as a tribute to life-enhancing technological innovations. The Winner of this prize receive 800.000 € and a prestigious trophy named Peak that is designed by Finnish sculptor Helena Hietanen. This year laureates were awarded within the Millennium Technology Weeks in the Finnish Opera in Helsinki on June 9, 2010. This was the fourth time that the award has been handed out.