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The IRP Helpdesk – answers your IP and IPR questions
The European IPR helpdesk gives professional advice and answers to IP and IPR questions. Free of charge the IPR Helpdesk provides a team of experienced lawyers to assist you in a straightforward way. All questions will be answered within 3 working days. Ways of contacting are: telephone, through the web site or fax. There is also a Newsletter and a Bulletin for regular updates. Further, the Helpline service participates in seminars and provides training in IP/IPR-related areas (web-based training, or webinar, are also organized). For more information and for contact: http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/frontpage

Transatlantic Cooperation in the European Seventh Framework Program for Research and Development. A Guide for U.S. Users - Brochure

Science, Technology and Education at the European Commission Delegation in Washington DC: http://eurunion.org/policyareas/science.htm

European Commission’s Directorate General for Research: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index_en.cfm

"What's New" in European Research: http://ec.europa.eu/research/whatsnew.cfm

7th Framework Program: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

International Cooperation in FP7: http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm

FP7 Research Enquiry Service where you can ask questions about EU:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries

Research and the FP7 Framework Program http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries

European Research Council (ERC): http://erc.europa.eu/

Marie Curie Actions: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/

Network of National Contact Points: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html

European Joint Research Centre (JRC): http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO): http://europa.eu/epso/

EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research: http://ec.europa.eu/research/biotechnology/ec-us/tf_en.html

National Contact Points. The NCP network is the main provider of advice and individual assistance in all Member States and Associated States. http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html

ENIC-NARIC (European Network of Information Centers-National Academic Recognition Information Centers): http://www.enic-naric.net/

Europe Direct: http://ec.europa.eu/europedirect/

BILAT-USA & Link2US: http://www.euussciencetechnology.eu/
Portal with information on science and technology (S&T) cooperation between the European Union and the United States

USA

National Institutes of Health Foreign Research Career Transition Award
National Health Institutes, Visiting Program for Foreign Scientists. The NIH Visiting Program provides opportunities for foreign scientists to train and conduct collaborative research at the NIH and is open to scientists at all career levels. Categories of this program participants are: Visiting Fellows who receive awards for research training, and Visiting Scientists who receive appointments to conduct research. http://dis.ors.od.nih.gov/visitingprogram/01_vpmain.html

National Postdoctoral Association (USA): http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/; http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/

MIT European Club: http://euroclub.mit.edu/

NIH Grants Information: www.grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

National Institutes of Health Foreign Research Career Transition Award Program. NIH currently has arrangements in place with Germany (Deutsche Forschungsgemeindschaft), France (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale) and Flanders (Research Foundation-Flanders) to bring foreign postdocs to NIH for research training and to provide for their career transition to junior faculty when they return to their home countries: http://fellowshipoffice.niddk.nih.gov/NIH-DFG/

Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. U.S. National Institutes of Health. http://www.fic.nih.gov/

GlobalHigherEd – weblog focused on the construction of Global Knowledge/Spaces for the ‘Knowledge Economy’: http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/about/

National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/

National Science Foundation, Guide to Programs/Funding Opportunities: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/azindex.jsp

Science.gov- Science Information from 12 Federal Agencies: http://www.science.gov/

EducationUSA - Official source on US higher education: http://www.educationusa.info/

EU Member States

Office of Science and Technology at the French Embassy in Washington (includes job opportunities in France): http://www.france-science.org/-Accueil-Francais-

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (includes Fellowship opportunities in Germany): http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/index.htm

German Information Center USA: http://www.germany.info/

Science Foundation Ireland: http://www.sfi.ie/home/index.asp

Polish Science Foundation: http://www.fnp.org.pl/ang/index.html

The Young Entrepreneurs Initiative, Office for Science and Technology Embassy of France in the United States: http://www.france-science.org/innovation/yei/index.html

Job opportunities at Karolinska Institute, Sweden: http://jobb.ki.se/external/general/starteng.asp

Vitae, UK. Vitae is a national organization promoting the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in UK higher education and research institutes. http://www.vitae.ac.uk/

Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, UK: http://www.vitae.ac.uk//concordat and http://www.researchconcordat.ac.uk/

FCT, Portugal: http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France: http://www.cnrs.fr/

Research Career Sites

Find Scholarships in Europe :
http://www.scholarshipportal.eu/

Find PhDs in Europe:
http://www.phdportal.eu/

Career.edu:
http://www.career.edu/index.php

Academic Jobs EU:
http://www.academicjobseu.com

The European Job Mobility Portal:
http://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=en

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO):
http://europa.eu/epso/index_en.htm

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), Non-permanent Posts:
http://europa.eu/epso/apply/today/temporary_en.htm

EuroBrussels:
http://www.eurobrussels.com/

Jobs at ITER:
http://www.iter.org/jobs

Brainpower Austria:
http://www.brainpower-austria.at/

Elsevier Jobs:
http://www.recruitment.elsevier.com/register/default.aspx

Office of Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the USA:
http://www.france-science.org/-Career-opportunities-.html

EURAXESS Jobs:
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm?l1=0&l2=1&CFID=1186077&CFTOKEN=60120530

The Chronicle of Higher Education Careers Service: http://chronicle.com/jobs/

Find A Postdoc: http://www.findapostdoc.com/

Career.edu: http://www.career.edu/index.php

Nature.jobs: http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html

Jobs.ac.uk: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/

Research Jobs in the Netherlands: http://www.academictransfer.org/org/

Euro Science Jobs: http://www.eurosciencejobs.com/

Science Careers: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer: http://www.eortc.be/Jobs/Default.htm

TalentScotland Live, Work and Study in Scotland: http://www.talentscotland.com/

Applied careers sites

The European Job Mobility Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=en

CleanEdge – Clean Technology Jobs: http://jobs.cleanedge.com

Resources

Mapping the Future of the EU-US Partnership: Policy and Research Perspectives
Proceedings from a January 2010 Conference involving representatives of the research and policy communities from Europe and the United States. The report contains a synthesis of the points that were made and prospects for future action.

Challenging Futures of Science in Society - Emerging trends and cutting-edge issues – Report from the Monitoring Science in Society Activities in Europe (MASIS) Expert Group, 2009

Funding Opportunities for Transatlantic Health Research - Booklet

European Research and Education Programs: What's in Them for You? A Resource for Researchers, Scholars, and Institutions in the USA - Booklet

Research in Italy: Land of "Hidden Gems"
Report on How and Where to Invest in Italian Scientific and Technological Excellence: Spin-offs and Start-ups for VCs and Corporate VC