LifeWatch Italy supports SItE 2021 Congress

From 25 – 27 October, the Italian Society of Ecology and the Italian University of Salento are organising the XXX Congress of the Italian Society of Ecology (SItE), with the support of LifeWatch Italy.

The initiative will take place on the Microsoft Teams platform, with free access and mandatory registration.

The Congress will be divided into round tables and sessions, following the topic “Ecology for an ecological transition”, and will address the theoretical, experimental and methodological bases of ecology, taking into account the challenges of the Green Deal, the Ecological Transition and the 2030 SDGs.

The round tables will be attended by international experts, who will discuss issues such as managing chemical impact on the health of ecosystems, ecosystem services for human wellbeing, and fostering climate resilience through landscape ecology.

During the event, the winners of three awards will be announced: the Luigi & Francesca Brusarosco Prize and the Antonio Moroni Prize, both to be given to young researchers in Environmental Sciences, with the chance to study and work abroad in a research centre for 3 – 6 months, and the Giuseppe Montalenti & Riccardo Cattaneo Veietti Prize, which recognises members of the Italian Society of Ecology at the start of their career.

For information: https://www.congresso.ecologia.it/

LifeWatchPlus Call for research grant “fundraising” at Unisalento

The University of Salento opened the call for applications for the LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project. This call is for a research grant in SSD BIO / 07 entitled, “Analysis of the national and international funding sources for the National hub on biodiversity and ecosystems”. The grant lasts 12 months and be extended for additional 12 months.

The principal investigator is Prof. Alberto Basset.

Applications close 15/09/2021.

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Research fellowships and grants in LifeWatch Italy

CNR, INFN, University of Bologna and University of Salento opened a series of vacancies as part of the  “PNIR – National Programme for Research Infrastructures” Reinforcement of human capital of research infrastructures, LifeWatchPlus CIR01_00028 project.

Find below the positions currently open and click on the links for more information and application instructions.

InstitutionTitleDurationDeadlinePlaceInfo
University of SalentoHarmonization of data on the energy characteristics and behaviour of use of space for individuals, populations and speciesMax. 3 yy15/09/2021LecceClick
University of SalentoDevelopment and management of cloud and HPC infrastructuresMax. 3 yy15/09/2021LecceClick
University of SalentoDevelopment of geospatial models supporting web services for the study of biodiversity and ecosystem change scenariosMax. 3 yy15/09/2021LecceClick
University of SalentoSemantic technologies for biodiversity and ecosystem research to support the LifeWatchPLUS distributed Data Center and the LifeWatch ERIC communityMax. 3 yy15/09/2021LecceClick
University of SalentoAnalysis of the national and international funding sources for the National hub on biodiversity and ecosystems (Research grant)Max. 2 yy15/09/2021LecceClick

Pre-announcement call of BIODIVERSA+

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.

LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at University of Bologna (n. 1674)

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.

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Click here to see the other positions currently opened for LifeWatch Plus.

LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at CNR IGG

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.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at INFN

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.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at University of Bologna

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.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at CNR NANOTEC LE

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.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at University of Salento

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

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