Interested in organizing a short course sponsored by the European Association of Geochemistry?
Short courses for PhD students and postdocs are expected to be 3-5 days in length with at least 10 participants and are focusing on special topics or techniques from the broad field of geochemistry. Courses can be sponsored by the EAG with a total amount of up to 5 000 Euros for EAG members participating or presenting at the short course.
If you are thinking of developing an EAG short course for the year 2011, your proposal should be submitted to the Chair of the EAGProgram Committee by October 31st, 2010 via the EAG business office atoffice@eag.eu.com. This will give time for the committee to consider your proposal and make their recommendation to the EAG Council. If all goes well, your proposal will be approved before December 1st.
For proposal submission, briefly describe the goals of the short course, a proposed short course schedule, list of suggested presenters, and information regarding the location and infrastructure.
A first short course on “Advanced Tools in Environmental Biogeochemistry - Opportunities and Limitations” will be held from August 7-11, 2011 at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. This course is organized by Andreas Kappler (Tübingen), Thomas Borch (Colorado State University, USA), and Ruben Kretzschmar (ETH Zürich). The course will be co-sponsored by the EAG and by the European Science Foundation sponsored Research Network ProgrammeFIMIN and focuses on the application of spectroscopic and microscopic techniques in environmental biogeochemistry (STXM, XANES, EXAFS, SEM, TEM, Mössbauer, Raman). Information regarding applications will be available shortly.