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New €18.5 million HERA Joint Research Programme “Cultural Encounters” Call for Proposals is now open, for researchers in social scoences and humanities. Deadline for submission of Outline Proposals: Friday 4 May, 14:00 Central European Time/13:00 Greenwich Mean Time.

This year’s Euroscience Open Forum – ESOF, coming to Dublin from the 11^th to 15^th of July 2012 will play host to keynotes such as Craig Venter speaking on synthetic biology, Rolf Dieter Heuer on the quest for understanding particle physics, a fireside chat with James Watson on genetics, Mary Robinson discussing ‘equity and climate science’ and understanding the revolutions and concerns in immunology with Jules Hoffmann. To see a snapshot of many more of our award winning speakers please go to http://esof2012.org/speakers/

In 2012, NordForsk, in collaboration with the Academy of Finland; the Swedish Research Council; the Research Council of Norway; the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Iceland; the Danish Council for Strategic Research; and the Nordic Council of Ministers, will be issuing calls for proposals under the newly-established Nordic programme Education for Tomorrow.

The Icelandic Research Fund and FP7 Marie Curie Actions announce a call for START postdoctoral fellowships for the grant year 2012. The deadline is 15 June 2012 (17:00 hours).

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The next deadline for applications for the Student Innovation Fund is 8 March 2012.

An information meeting will be organised on 3 February at 8:30-10:00 in Borgartún 35 (6th floor) in connection with the next deadline of the Technology Development Fund, 15 February 2012. 

An interview with Hallgrímur Jónasson, Rannis' General Director, was recently published in International Innovation, a magazine published by Research Media Ltd.

Opportunities for cooperation and grants within EU programmes will be promoted at Háskólatorg on 12 January at 15-17:30.