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Science: Czech Science Academy Threatened by Budget Cuts

27 Jul 2009

Scientists at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) are fighting for their reputation and the future of their institutes. A budget proposal announced last week by the Czech Republic government would cut the Academy's funding by nearly 20% next year and almost 50% by 2012.

Announcing the winner of the second edition of the Lewy-Bertaut prize of ECA-ENSA

16 Jul 2009

The prize committee set up by the two associations (European Crystallographic Association and European Neutron Scattering Association) has decided unanimously to award the Lewy-Bertaut prize, second edition, to Dr. Lukáš Palatinus.

Czech scientists might stage protests against planned budget cut

1 Jul 2009

Czech Academy of Sciences (AV CR) chairman Jiri Drahos said scientists might stage protests against the government's decision to cut the Academy's budget if the state showed no willingness to listen to their logical and convincing arguments against the plan.

Academy in Distress

30 Jun 2009

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic called EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY. Extraordinary Session took place on 30 June 2009 from 9.30am at National House in Prague's Vinohrady district. The main topic of the Meeting was to discuss the future of funding the science and research in Czech Republic in relation to the AS CR. The methodology that the Research and Development Council helped to create became the universal tool for distributing money to the whole Czech science. On the basis of this methodology, the institutional financial grant for the AS CR should be cut down about 20 % in 2009 and about 50 % in 2012.

Interview with Director of the Research Executive Agency Graham Stroud

5 Jun 2009

The Research Executive Agency (REA) is being set up in Brussels in order to manage a large part of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (FP7).

The conference Research Connection 2009

15 May 2009

Organized by the European Commission with the support of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports between 6-8 May in Prague and under the auspices of the EU Czech Presidency, Research Connection 2009 was one of the hottest tickets of the research year.

The conference FET09 Science beyond Fiction

12 May 2009

The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies. Leading scientists, policy-makers, industry representatives and science journalists were over 3 days discussing today's frontier science, tomorrow's technologies and the impact of both on tomorrow's society.

Interview with Ales Fiala from FET

26 Mar 2009

The European Future Emerging Technologies (FET 09) conference with the subtitle Science beyond Fiction is being organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Technical University in Prague and by the Future and emerging technologies research scheme of the European Commission, in Prague, Czech Republic, April 21–23, 2009. By this occasion we bring the interview with the Aleš Fiala from F.2: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) – Open.

FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award for 2009

17 Feb 2009

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced the election of Anne Houdusse from Institut Curie, Paris, as the winner of the 2009 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award. The award recognizes the exceptional achievements of a female scientist in life sciences research over the previous five years.

Czech scientists announce discovery in battle against ticks

4 Feb 2009

Scientists in the Czech city of České Budějovice have discovered a protein that may reduce the appetite of ticks for human blood. Ticks have become an increasing problem in the summer months, and can carry Lyme’s disease as well as encephalitis, both of which can prove very dangerous to human health.