The pre-announcement of the first call of the European Biodiversity Partnership “Supporting the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems across land and sea” has been published on the BiodivERsA website.
Furthermore, an informative webinar will be organised addressing perspective applicants on 12 October 2021 from 11:00 to 12:30 CEST. Registration will open in September.
More information on the pre-announcement is available on the BiodivERsA website.
The University of Bologna has opened the call for applications to the research fellowship Harmonization and management of digital archives for the Italian flora and biogeographic analyses for LifeWatch Italy in the framework of the LifeWatchPlus and CIR01_0028 projects.
Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Chiarucci
Duration: 12 months (renewable for 12 more)
Deadline: 28/06/2021
Requirements for candidacy:
Master Degree / specialist or old system or equivalent in biology, physics, chemical sciences, natural sciences, forestry and environmental sciences and technologies, geological sciences and technologies, environmental and territorial sciences and technologies, mathematics, statistical sciences with at least three years of proven research experience on coherent topics with those of the announcement or research PhD on topics consistent with those of the call. with appropriate scientific and professional curriculum.
Competences/requirements laid down for candidates:
1. Research PhD on topics consistent with those of the call;
2. 3 years of experience in activities carried out in the priority areas identified within the National Strategy of Intelligent Specialization (https://bit.ly/2ULo25M) and the MUR programming for research in the period 2014-2020 (https://bit.ly/2SoEZI9);
3. Previous collaborations with public and private scientific institutions;
4. Proven research and development activity in the field of biodiversity informatics, ecoinformatics, or other areas of integration between biodiversity research to the management, development, analysis and synthesis of plant biodiversity data, with particular regard to these of species distribution;
5. Knowledge of opern access digital archives for research products (publications, data, software, etc.) and knowledge of the Opern Science paradigm (https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm) and the FAIR principles (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/);
6. Knowledge of the procedures for harmonizing data and metadata;
7. Knowledge of the main statistical analysis and modeling techniques;
8. Knowledge of written and spoken English.
Click here to see the other positions currently opened for LifeWatch Plus.
On 31 May 2021, the CNR IGG published a call for applications for the LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project. This call is for a research fellowship entitled “Use and management of the data resources on biodiversity and ecosystems available available within the National hub for the definition of scientific contents of the Virtual Museum on biodiversity and ecosystems” in Turin.
Scientific supervisor Dr. Pietro Mosca.
Deadline 18 June 2021.
The INFN published a call for applications for the LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project. This call is for a research grant entitled “Datacube tools development to manage Earth observation data in order to extract variables relevant biodiversity and the conservation status of ecosystems” in Bari.
Deadline 31/05/2021.
The University of Bologna published a call for applications for the LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project. This call is for a research fellowship entitled “Compositional and functional complexity of the Italian vegetation in the European context” in Bologna.
Scientific supervisor Prof. Alessandro Chiarucci.
Deadline 4 June 2021.
CNR NATOTEC published a call for applications for the LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project. This call is for a research fellowship entitled “Scientific and management support for the activities related to the the PON IR LifeWatchPlus and LifeWatch Italy” at the Lecce headquarters of CNR NANOTEC.
Scientific supervisor Dr. Gian Paolo Marra.
Deadline 11 June 2021.
The University of Salento on 15 April 2021 published one of the planned recruitment drives for the ‘LifeWatchPlus – Human Resources’ project.
This call for applications is for an SSD BIO / 07 research grant entitled “Harmonization of data on vertebrate fauna and analysis of the models of organisation of terrestrial and aquatic guilds in relation to climate change”.
Principal investigator Prof. Alberto Basset.
Applications close 15/05/2021
On 20 and 21 May 2021, LifeWatch ERIC will be hosting the online workshop “e-Science for NIS Research” with the support of the ENVRI-FAIR Project. The workshop will showcase the results of five validation cases into Non-indigenous and Invasive Species (NIS) conducted over the last eighteen months within the LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative. Registration is compulsory and free of charge. Click here to register!
The first day will be dedicated to the marine domain, with sessions focusing on the long-term monitoring of hard-bottom marine communities and marine/transitional NIS occurrence and trophic niches dynamics. LifeWatch ERIC and Distributed Centre staff will also be presenting workflows using photographic, metabarcoding and stable isotope tools to extract and analyse data of different typologies from varying sources.
The second day will be devoted to the terrestrial and freshwater domains, with a particular focus on the detection and monitoring of invaders through remote sensing and eDNA metabarcoding, and habitat vulnerability to NIS and impact on biotopes. Presenters will also showcase workflows involving the use of satellite, eDNA and occurrence data, combining different statistical and machine-learning algorithms to map the distribution of invaders and identify which habitats are most at risk.
Several round tables will enrich the workshop programme, covering hot topics within the biodiversity and ecosystem research community such as cooperation between Research Infrastructures, the impact of NIS on marine ecosystems as well as their impact on economy and society, disruptive technologies for NIS research and how open science and open access can benefit researchers.
As a follow-up to the workshop, a hands-on training session on the use of the five workflows and Virtual Research Environments (VRE) will be held on 4 June, subject to sufficient interest. The full programme and any relevant updates can be found here.
The University of Salento has just announced four fellowships for LifeWatch Italy in the framework of the LifeWatchPlus and CIR01_0028 projects.
Scientific Adviser, Prof. Alberto Basset
Deadline for applications 22-01-2021.
Click on the buttons for more information on each position.
Abstract submission is now open for the European Federation for Freshwater Sciences 12 (SEFS). Please find in attachment the call for the special session Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Invasive Alien Species In Freshwater Ecosystems.
The deadline for abstract submission is March 15th 2021.
The guidelines, terms and conditions regarding the Abstract Submission are available at SEFS 12 | Abstract and details of the Sessions can be found at Sessions | sefs12.