Prigogine
Awards 2007. Call for Applications
For the fourth year running a special medal has been instituted
by the University of Siena and the Wessex Institute of Technology
(WIT) in honour of the late Professor Prigogine's Nobel Prize in
Chemistry. The University of Coimbra will also be providing its
support to this important initiative.
Weseex University. Awards. United Kingdom.
Publicated: 26-07-2007
Community
Initiatives Receive Awards for Innovative Approaches
Community initiatives funded through the GEF Small Grants Programme
(SGP) have recently been recognized with several prizes and awards
for their innovative and effective approaches to delivering global
environmental benefits, while at the same time generating sustainable
livelihoods for local communities.
Global Environment Facility. Newsletter.
Talking Points June 2007. USA. Publicated: 26-07-2007
Olympus
and PADI Asia Pacific Partner to promote the Digital Underwater
Photographer Specialty Course throughout Asia Pacific
SYDNEY – June 2007 – Olympus, the industry leader in
opto-digital technologies and pioneer in the digital camera market,
together with PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
announced today that they have partnered in support of the PADI
Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Course in Asia Pacific
– including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
PADI. Press Release. Australie. Publicated:
25-07-2007
CATHALAC
announces Latin American and Caribbean Water Prizes – PLACA
2007
July 31 is the nomination deadline for the 2007 PLACA Water Prizes.
The objective of the Prizes is to recognize and share innovative
solutions to some of the most demanding issues related to water
management and conservation in the region. Likewise, it seeks to
honor outstanding local, national and regional efforts and best
practices that serve as examples to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals, most of which are water-related.
CATHALAC. PLACA Water Prizes. Republic
of Panama. Publicated: 04-07-2007
Call
for scholarships for postgraduate studies, doctorate in the University
of Salamanca for Latin American students financed by Banco Santander
The mobility of Latin American students is a desirable component
in their university training and a means to improve the quality
of education and, therefore, generate benefits for the students
as well as for higher education institutions. At the same time,
it is an element that contributes to the integration and greater
cohesion with Latin American countries for it favors cultural and
linguistic contact.
University of Salamanca. Brouses. Spain.
Publicated: 03-07-2007
Position
Vacant: Heritage Specialist - Australia
Godden Mackay Logan provides high level heritage advice on major
development projects and undertakes benchmark heritage studies for
public sector clients. We offer innovative and responsible heritage
consultancy services of the highest quality. Our multi-disciplinary
in-house team of consulting staff has expertise in built heritage,
urban planning, archaeology, industrial sites and interpretation.
Australian heritage consultancy. Job Offers.
Australia. Publication: 28-06-2007
Tourism
Cares Offers Worldwide Grant Program
Deadline:October 1, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry Packets)
Tourism Cares, a nonprofit charity supported by the tourism industry,administers
the Worldwide Grant Program to support worthy tourism-related nonprofit
organizations working to preserve, conserve,and restore the world's
natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Primary consideration
is to fund projects and programs whose goal is capital improvements
that serve to protect, restore, or conserve sites of exceptional
cultural, historic, or natural significance; or the education of
local host communities and the travelling public about conservation
and preservation of sites of exceptional cultural, historical, or
natural significance. The 2007 Worldwide Grant Program goals for
grantmaking call for a balanced distribution to U.S. and non-U.S.
recipients. Based on merit and availability of funds, grants of
up to $100,000 each will be considered.
Tourism Cares. Grants. USA. Publicated:
28-06-2007
Consultant
required for an archaeological project in Perth (Australia)
Project Brief: Proposed Ground Sonar Testing of Cemeteries at Woodman
Point Regional Park, Western Australia. The closing date for submissions
is 30 June 2007.
Friends of Woodman Point Recreation Camp Inc was incorporated on
10 May 2001; its purpose is to preserve the buildings and heritage
of the former Woodman Point Quarantine Station, allowing community
access to the area for recreational purposes and to be enveloped
in the significant cultural heritage that is Woodman Point.
Friends of Woodman Point Inc. News. Australia.
Publication: 27-06-2007
MSc
Cultural Heritage Studies / Glasgow Caledonian University
The MSc Cultural Heritage Studies is a research-led post-graduate
programme, with a strong multi-disciplinary emphasis. The programme
combines the development of management skills with a broader understanding
of heritage contexts and policies. Its core aim is to produce graduates
who are equipped with high-level skills and competencies to allow
them to become active shapers of policy and practice in the heritage
field. The programme will also equip you to pursue further academic
study routes in heritage, if you wish. Based upon a strong theoretical
foundation, distinctive features include an emphasis on preparation
for professional practice, including 'live' case studies and the
organisation of an annual student conference. You will also be encouraged
to grasp and apply the potential of ICT developments for the heritage
sector.
Glasgow Caledonian University. MSc Cultural
Heritage. United Kingdom. Publicated: 27-06-2007
2008
Getty Research Grants for Scholars
Deadline for all Getty Research grants: 1 November, 2007.
- Grants for Residential Scholars: These grant categories apply
to scholars who are in residence at the Getty Center and the Getty
Villa in Los Angeles and
- Grants for Nonresidential Scholars : Nonresidential grants allow
scholars the flexibility to pursue their research wherever necessary
to complete their projects. Although grantees are welcome to use
the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute if their projects
bring them to Los Angeles, they are not required to work at the
Getty Center nor are living quarters provided.
The Getty Foundation. Grants. Los Angeles.
Publicated: 27-06-2007 |
