GRANTS SECRETARY REPORT37th FEMS Council meetingPrague Czech RepublicPrague , Czech Republic,

September 24th, 2010

Members of the Grants Board (GB):

Dr Vaso Taleski (Grants Secretary /MK)Dr Vaso Taleski (Grants Secretary /MK)Dr Bernhard Schink- (FEMS Vice President /Deputy GS/DE)Dr Jaroslav Spizek – (member /CZ&SK)Dr Helge Holo – (member / NO)

FEMS Central Office:FEMS Central Office:Marlies Jander (Grants Administrator)Barbara Dartee (FEMS General Manager)

Grants Board activities 2010

1. FEMS Meetings Grants (FMG) 2011;2. FEMS Research Fellowships (FRF) 2010;3. FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants (FVSG) 2010;4. FEMS-ESCMID Joint Fellowship 2010; 5. FEMS Meeting Attendance Grants (FMAG) 2010;6 FEMS Congress Grants 2011;6. FEMS Congress Grants 2011;7. FEMS Advanced Fellowships (FAF) 2010.8. New FEMS Grants8. New FEMS Grants

Nov 15th May 15th

1. FEMS Meetings Grants 2011 (Deadline March 1, 2010)

2011 budget = 150 000 EUR 2011 budget 150.000 EUR.

Eighteen (18) applications received in FEMS Central office by the deadline one workshop and 17 meetingsoffice by the deadline, one workshop, and 17 meetings.

Total requested sum for 18 meetings was 212.600 EUR total approved sum EUR 145 000EUR, total approved sum EUR 145.000 (Appendix -1).

Change: On a request of the organizers total grant can Change: On a request of the organizers total grant can be used to support YS only.

2. FEMS Research Fellowships 2009 /1+2 round(Deadlines: December 1st, June 15th)

2010 budget = 120 000 EUR; Grant maximum EUR 4.000;Changes:

10% (12 000) f h i ti i l b t f E 10% (12.000) for research in prestigious labs out of Europe; Applicants to be a members of a FEMS member society at

least one year before applying;y pp y g; Total grant for 40 fellows was EUR 119.970,

average: EUR 2.999 per fellow, EUR 909 per month for living.

(Append. 2+3).

3. FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants 2010

FEMS provides a limited fund for Visiting Scientist Grants to i l i ifi i bi l i i hi hsupport special, scientific, microbiology meetings within the

European Area (which are not supported with a FEMS Meeting Grant); );

One Visiting Scientist Grant can be awarded for one outstanding European scientist per meeting. The Visiting Scientist cannot be from the same country where the meeting takes place;

Visiting scientists grants Regulations are available at FEMS web.

3 FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants 20103. FEMS Visiting Scientists Grants 2010(Deadlines: December 1st, June 15th)

2010 budget = EUR 5.000; Maximum of the grant is EUR 600, minimum EUR 300;

Th t i d ll th t d (EUR 600 h) Three requests received, all three supported (EUR 600 each):

1.Professor Colin Hill B.Sc M.Sc Ph.D D.Sc MRIA, Microbiology Department, , gy p ,National University of Ireland, Cork, member of SGM and SfAM.

2. Dr. Thomas R. Neu, Department of River Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany.

3. Prof. Borkhsenius Sergey N., Ph.D., D.Sc., Institute of Cytology, Russian Acad. Science, St. Petersburg , Russia,

4. FEMS / ESCMID Joint Fellowships 2010 (EUR + 1.000, App. 6 2004-2010 FEMS fellows)

FEMS fellow:D id P F D t t f A li d Ch i t d Mi bi l David P. Fewer, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki , Finland

He has published 21 scientific papers in 16 international p p pjournals since 2002.

Research project: “Mining the Nodularia spumigena genome for new natural products and genes encodinggenome for new natural products and genes encoding biosynthetic pathways”.Host Laboratory: Prof. Enrique Flores, Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville , Avda. Sevilla , Spain

4. FEMS / ESCMID Joint Fellowships 2010

ESCMID fellow: Corine Geurts van Kessel, MD PhD, Principal

investigator, Department of Virology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, the NetherlandsRotterdam, the Netherlands

Hosting Institute: Laboratory of Immunoregulation, University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium

Research project: The role of dendritic cells in bronchus associated lymphoid tissue formation following influenza virus infectionfollowing influenza virus infection

David P FewerDavid P. Fewer

Corine Geurts van Kessel

5. FEMS Meeting Attendance Grants 2010(Deadlines April 1st, September 1st)

2010 budget = EUR 20.000; Grant maximum EUR 600, minimum EUR 250;

MAG 2010 \1st d 39/ f 43 YS T t l EUR 15 000 MAG 2010 \1st round: 39/of 43 YS, Total sum EUR 15.000;

MAG 2010 \2nd round: 6/6 YS Total sum EUR 3 300; MAG 2010 \2 round: 6/6 YS, Total sum EUR 3.300;

MAG 2010 total: 45 YS, Total grants sum, EUR 18.300., g ,

6 FEMS C G t 20116. FEMS Congress Grants 2011Geneva, Switzerland

Total budget 100.000 EUR;

The amounts of the grants 400, 500 and 600 EUR;

Special registration fee of EUR 350;p g ;

Five best papers awards (EUR 500 each);

S i l ti f ll t Special reception for all grantees;

Regulations and application for online;

Deadline January 2011.

7. FEMS Advanced Fellowship 2010(deadline 1st October 2009)

Total grant EUR 70.000, 6-24 months period;

2006 - 5 candidates (not selected); 2007 - 4 candidates (selected: Ruth Serra Moreno,

Spain, excellent candidate, canceled FAF (accepted post-doc position at the Harvard University);

2008- 5 candidates – one selected. 2009 – 5 candidates – one selected.

7. FEMS Advanced Fellowship 2010

FAF Board: – Milton da Costa-President– JC Piffareti-member – Cesar Nombela- member– and Vaso Taleski \Grants Secretary selected two best candidates, 9 applied.pp

Celia Murciano, Department of Microbiology and Ecology,

• Cinzia Borgogna University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro“ , N It l

gy gyUniversity of Valencia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain,P j t titl “ E ith li l t ti

Novara, Italy,• Project title: “Epidermodysplasia verruciformis as a human model to elucidate beta-papillomavirus life

Project title: “ Epithelial protection mechanisms against mucosal fungal pathogens,

Host lab: Department of Oral

e uc date beta pap o a us ecycle and their role in skin cancer development”.• Host lab: National Institute for Medical Research The Ridgeway Host lab: Department of Oral

Immunology, King’s College London, United Kingdom.

Research duration: 24 months,

Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom• Research duration: 12 months, grant amount: EUR 20.800.

grant amount: EUR 41.000.g

TOTAL grants sum for both fellows of EUR 61.800.

8. New Grants starting in 2011– starting in 2011,

after Council approval

8.1. FEMS National & Regional Start-up Grants (budget EUR 30.000)

8.2. FEMS/ASM Exchange Program for Junior F lt (b d t EUR 4 000)Faculty (budget EUR 4.000)

8.3. FEMS & EMBO Grants (MAG)