[ Call for Applications ]

Application for SUMMER SCHOOL 2007

http://www.advance-project.eu

The ADVANCE project intends to promote the participation of women in science/research decision making and policy definition by supporting female scientists in acquiring research and career management skills and tools that help them build up their careers.
The project is carried out under the 6th Framework and is coordinated by the Danube University Krems, Austria, in cooperation with five European universities from Poland, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
The core of this project is a Summer School for training female scientists.

Participants welcome!

Your application is welcome if you …
have studied engineering, science, or technology and your career stage is pre- or post-doc
are interested in or pursuing a scientific career in academia or industry
? are aware resp. you have experiences concerning impediments (age, nationality, disability, etc.)
? are willing to plan and reflect your personal career
? are ready to work in heterogeneous groups (women from different countries with diverse backgrounds and expectations)

The Summer School 2007 will take place at the Danube University Krems, Austria, in English language.
The program consists of two modules, which cover topics concerning research setting in academia and industry, personal career development and visibility, and training of career relevant management skills.

The program is divided into two modules based on each other:
Module 1: 23.07.2007 - 03.08.2007
Module 2: 07.09.2007 - 09.09.2007

The participation is funded by the European Commission; there will be no attendance fee for the participation, travel and subsistence costs have to be compensated individually. Participants are requested to make their own travel arrangements to the venue. There is a possibility to apply for scholarship for travel and subsistence costs (see application form); the awarding will be done by the ADVANCE consortium along national and social criteria.

Application open!
http://www.advance-project.eu/application

We are glad to receive your application from now on until 30th January 2007.
The application records will be evaluated then by the consortium of ADVANCE in February 2007.