21.10.2010: Applications for funding for scientific exchanges are now closed. Please check this site again February 2011 for the next funding call.
Exchange visits funded to date
| Grantee | Topic | Length of stay | Host Institute |
| 2010 | |||
| A Pengerud (NO) | Long-term exchange visit at the Bioemco Laboratory | 1/5/10 (8 weeks) |
BioEmCo (FR) |
| J De La Rosa (PT) | Environmental study of the Guadiana river basin and adjacent shelf: by using lipid biomarkers and humic fractions | 1/4/10 (12 weeks) |
J González Pérez (ES) |
| P Renforth (UK) | Breakdown of organic acids in high pH waters | 14/2/10 (2 weeks) |
Mid Sweden University (SE) |
| PJ Hatton (FR) | Tracking the incorporation of 13C tracer derived from labelled glycine and beech litter in amino-sugars entrapped into aggregates or coating mineral particles by the use of Liquid Chromatography coupled to Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (LC-IRMS) |
09/08/2010 (4 weeks) |
Ghent University (BE) Faculty of Bioscience Engineering |
| A Andreetta (IT) | Cutin and suberin as plant biomarkers in Mediterranean forest soils | 01/06/2010 (4 weeks) |
BioEmCo (FR) |
| S De Baets (BE) | SOC composition and large-scale ecological dynamics resulting from land degradation | 01/11/2010 (4 weeks) |
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| U Hamer (DE) | Stabilization of root derived carbon and organic matter recycled by microorganisms in pasture soils of the South Ecuadorian Andes | 13/10/2010 (9 weeks) |
BioEmCo (FR) |
| S Höfle (DE) | Microbial degradation of permafrost soil organic matter | 07/06/2010 (4 weeks) |
Ghent University (BE) Faculty of Bioscience Engineering |
| A Piedra Buena (ES) | Effect of soil management in the microcompartimentation | 1/2/10 (4 weeks ) |
BioEmCo (FR) |
| S Norström (SE) | Characterization of soil solution and stream water DOC | 1/8/10 (5 weeks) |
B Strobel (DK) |
| O Duboc (AT) | Analysis of soil lignin contents and its stable carbon isotope signature in samples from three experimental sites and from translocated soils, on an altitudinal transect in the Austrian Limestone Alps | 11/1/10 ( 4 weeks) |
BioEmCo (FR) |
| 2009 Grantees | |||
| Anna Andretta | Sources and distribution of ester-bound lipids in mediterranean forest soils |
BioEmCo (FR) | |
| J.A. Gonzalez Pérez | |||
| Silke Höfle | Microbial degradation of permafrost soil organic matter | Ghent University (BE) Faculty of Bioscience Engineering | |
| André Hilscher | Degradation of potential markers of pyrogenic organic matter in humic substances | Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla | |
| Phil Renforth | Degradation of low molecular weight organic acids in high pH solutiohns - Scientific Report | Mid Sweden University | |
| Olivier Duboc | OM degradation in the Austrian Limestone Alps (EU-funded project CLISO (2006-09)) | BioEmCo (FR) | |
| Dr. Ana Piedra Buena Díaz, | Effect of soil managment in the microcompartmentation patterns of stabilized C and N forms in soils | BioEmCo (FR) | |
| Johan Weijers | Seasonal Dymanics of tetraether membrane lipids in a grassland soil | North Wyke Soil Research Institute, Devon, UK | |
| Dr. Alexander Dumig, | Evidence of lignin preservation in the organomineral fraction of soils with andic properties from compound-specific d 13C analysis | ||
Applying for funding for an exchange visits
Criteria for short-term visits:
- Duration of up to 15 days
- Work must be related to the MOLTER programme
- Mainly directed at senior researchers
- Stay is in a country other than the country of origin (contributing countries preferred)
- Accompanying documents:
- description of the proposed work (ca. 250 words) and aim of the visit
- applicant’s CV (two A4 pages)
- full address details of the prospective host
- proposed starting date
- estimated travel costs
Applications for short-term visits can be submitted online via the ESF application form.
Criteria for long-term exchange visits:
- Duration from 15 days to six months
- Work must be related to the MOLTER programme
- Mainly directed at PhD students and young researchers
- Stay is in a country other than the country of origin (contributing countries preferred)
- Accompanying documents:
- description of the proposed work (ca. 1000 words) and aim of the visit,
- applicant’s CV (two A4 pages),
- list of five recent publications,
- letter of recommendation (e.g. applicant’s supervisor), 5) letter of acceptance from the host institution,
- full address of the prospective host,
- proposed starting date,
- estimated travel costs
Applications for long-term exchange visits can be submitted online via the ESF application form.
Researchers benefitting of a travel/exchange visit grant are required to return to their home institution after completion of their stay.