The aim of the programme Exploration France, funded by the Embassy of France to Japan, is to allow researchers based in Japan to discover and explore the French research landscape in their specific field, thereby encouraging the establishment of new French-Japanese collaborations. All scientific disciplines are eligible to apply. This programme is designed to help Japan-based researchers conduct scientific exploratory visits to France in 2019;...

About the Marie Curie Alumni Association MCAA has nearly 11,000 registered members in our web portal. Members engage in networking, career development and public outreach through our 29 regional chapters and 10 working groups. In addition, our working groups also develop original content for webinars, workshops and conferences, develop communications strategies for MCAA, and lead science policy initiatives. MCAA is governed by an 11-person Board...

Born and raised in New Jersey, I did my undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After 3 years as an IT consultant, I moved to London in 2003 with the intention of completing a 1-year master’s program in Computer Science at University College London, and then going back to the US. But then life happened, and after 2 more years at UCL as a research assistant, I moved to Dublin...

Interview of Andrea Giammanco, work package coordinator; and Hiroyuki Tanaka, coordinator on Japanese side of the ‘INTENSE’ project   Andrea Giammanco obtained his PhD in particle physics in 2003 at Scuola Normale Superiore, in Pisa (Italy). He is now a Senior Researcher at UCLouvain, where he works since 2005 at the Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology. After his PhD he became a member of the CMS experiment at the CERN's...

The RISE scheme promotes international and cross-sector collaboration through exchanging research and innovation staff, and sharing knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa). The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services or processes. The deadline to the 2019 call is 2 April 2019 (...

  Norway’s primary objectives The Government has set out three primary objectives in the long-term plan for research and higher education. To strengthen competitiveness and innovation capacity. To solve major challenges to society. To develop high-quality research groups.  The Norwegian government aims to strengthen its investment in research and development. Key goals for research policy is to support ground-breaking and high quality research,...

The EU and Japan has concluded a new agreement to encourage top Japanese researchers to join teams in Europe that are funded by the  European Research Council (ERC). The initiative is a collaboration with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and is the second of its kind for the ERC with a Japanese funding body. It is the eleventh such agreement aimed to help the ERC attract the brightest mind to Europe and to encourage cooperation.  ...

About Kazuya Koyama: Professor of Cosmology at the University of Portsmouth. His research interests lie in theoretical cosmology, particularly the origin of structure in our Universe and the late time acceleration of the Universe. He was awarded a PhD from Kyoto University. After moving to Europe, he received an ERC Starting Grant (2008-2013) and is currently supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant (2015-2020). This piece was originally published...

==== Japanese version below ==== My name is Ferran Marti and I am working in AIMPLAS a research centre in Spain. We are very active in EU H2020 projects (see attached document). We are involved in the preparation of a new project related to the topic NMBP-25-2019 Photocatalytic synthesis (RIA, deadline 22/01/2019 Stage 1). http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ce-nmbp-25-2019.html and we are...

Nerd Nite Tokyo (NNT) is a monthly science/tech/art communication event held in Tokyo. Nerd Nite is “the Discovery Channel with beer”, a worldwide monthly event series that mixes presentations, performances, trivia, demos, music, and of course drinking. Nerd Nite Tokyo events are held in English. NNT grant scheme is intended for Japan-based projects in science, art, technology, culture, making/hacking, etc; rewarding projects that "expand our...