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11th Call for Applications for Short Term Scientific Missions
1 Oct to 31 December 2017

All STSM activities related to the 11^th call must occur in their entirety within the dates specified above. 

The deadline for applications is 1st December 2017, but applications can be submitted before and will be assessed soon after they are received.
Download our information sheet.

The overall aim of NEOH is to enable appropriate evaluations of One Health activities and hence comparison of initiatives as well as informed decision-making and resource allocation.

Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are aimed at supporting individual mobility and at strengthening the existing networks and fostering collaborations by allowing scientists to visit an institution in another participating COST country or an approved NNC or IPC institution.

STSMs in NEOH should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and / or methods not available in their own institutions / organisations, in particular of relevance for developing and performing evaluations of One Health activities.

Highest priority should be given to encouragement of early-stage career investigators (ECIs) participation in the COST Action activities. An applicant can be considered as being an ECI when the time that has elapsed between the award date of the applicants PhD and the date of the applicants first involvement in the NEOH COST Action does not exceed 8 years (or researchers late in their PhD). Inclusiveness Target Countries will be given high priority.

This 11th STSM call aims to attract applications from researchers wishing to contribute to the tasks of Working Groups 1, 2 or 3, i.e. to contribute to refining, reviewing, revising or expanding the handbook for evaluation on One Health , apply and critique the index and/or protocols (metrics) from the handbook, and/or to perform comparative studies (‘meta-research’) in WG3.

In total, at least 4 STSMs are available in this period to assist the working groups in their progress.

For more information on the work in WG1, please contact Simon Rüegg (simon.rueegg3@uzh.ch) For more information on the work in WG2, please contact Sara Savic (sara@niv.ns.ac.rs) For more information on the work in WG3, please contact Vladimir Grosbois (Vladimir.grosbois@cirad.fr) For more general information on STSMs, please contact Semra Čavaljuga (NEOH.STSM@gmail.com).

The applications will be assessed by the STSM Committee members within 10 days since application is submitted via eCOST, decision forwarded to Grant holder automatically who sends Grant notification letter to the applicant.

For more details regarding the regulations related to STSM, please refer to the COST Vademecum (http://www.cost.eu/participate).

The following event has been added to the NEOH website recently:

Food & Health Winter School

Date: 29th January to 10th February 2018.

Location: Padova, Italy

Organiser: The University of Padova (Italy) and the University of Sydney (Australia)

Find out more at: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/food-health-winter-school/

This would be an ideal opportunity for PhD students to disseminate NEOH results:

One Health Congress: Open Call for Congress Fellowship Applications

The 5th International One Health Congress offers early career scientists a unique opportunity to present their latest work, and to meet and foster collaborations with the international One Health community in a four day high-level congress.

The Open Call for Congress Fellowship Applications was launched on 1 August 2017. The competition is open to participants from all over the globe. One Health Fellows will receive financial support to cover the registration fee, accommodation for the duration of the conference, and travel (economy class).

If you’re interested in applying for the One Health Fellowships, check the eligibility and application guidelines and download the application form from the congress website. Deadline for submitting your application is 15 October 2017.

Learning not only “to do things better” but also “to do better things”

Written by George Lueddeke PhD, Chair of the One Health Education Task Force.
Published in the Africa Health Newsletter:
https://africahealthnews.com/learning-not-things-better-also-better-things/

‘Resource shortages, demographic realities, and planetary boundaries’ (1) along with the threats of ideological extremism necessitate a redirection towards well-being and sustainability. While the survival of all species is wholly dependent on a healthy planet, urgent research and policy action at the highest levels to address large-scale problems are needed to counter the thinking that perpetuates the ‘folly of a limitless world’ and largely ignores the socioeconomic and geopolitical effects (or plight) of present-day scenarios on the daily lives of most people on the planet  in particular the young, the poor and the marginalised (2).  Severe socioeconomic impacts are likely to be felt most by those living in global coastal regions (three-quarters of the world’s mega-cities!) where ‘climate change will increasingly threaten infrastructure and food supplies especially in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South East Asia’ (3), and most recently in the Caribbean islands. Another major global threat to millions is posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to infections caused largely by crowded sub-standard living conditions (affecting more than half the world’s population of  c.7.6 billion) and antibiotic overuse (4). Incorporating technology – artificial intelligence, big data, robotics – into our daily lives as a public good rather than as a threat, for example, replacing people with robots –  presents a  major challenge not only for  developing and low middle income countries  but also for those in higher income nations, some of which appear to be facing industrial decline in the next few years . The gap between  individual aspirations and socioeconomic realities has already widened for many given the rise of  youth unemployment (over 50%) in many regions  across the world – Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, SE Asia

Read the rest of the article at:
https://africahealthnews.com/learning-not-things-better-also-better-things/