A message from someone interested in finding funding for, and pursuing
research on, cycle lanes. Please get in touch with Jason direct, if
interested.
Dave
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Kirkpatrick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:27 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [activistscholarship] researchers wanted for funding proposal
> >
> >
> > hi folks!
> >
> > I'm looking for possible research partners, so if interested, read on,
if
> > not, delete this.
> >
> > Aside from helping with TCFC III, IV and V, I've been recently working
to
> > find a grant for a PhD I want to undertake. My goal has been to do a
> > comparitive analysis that seeks to find out why some cities invest more
in
> > cycle ways/paths and others less. (Of course, this is a drastic
> > oversimplification.)
> >
> > My most recent application has been with the Irish Environmental
> > Protection
> > Agency (EPA), and I made the first cut but didn't pass the second
> > round, so
> > my PhD idea is still unfunded.
> >
> > However, this week a lecturer/professor colleague of mine suggested that
I
> > look at another Irish EPA grant where they want to fund larger
partnership
> > groups to do bigger research projects. These are related to the Urban
> > Environment in General, and specifically towards:
> > Urban Air Quaility
> > Urban Biodiversity/Ecology
> > Climate Change in the Urban Context
> > Urban Sustainable Development
> > "Green City" Case Studies
> >
> > Details are here for grants from 50,000euro up to 1million euros:
> >
> > http://www.epa.ie/EnvironmentalResearch/FundingAwards/EPARD2005-I/
> >
> > The deadline is 26 August, which is extremely tight. However, if anyone
> > connected with any research institutions in Europe want to work with me
on
> > the grant, I have a lot of time for it right now.
> >
> > Jason Kirkpatrick
> > Berlin, Germany
> > Tel: +49 (0)30 2944 9124
> > Handy/Mobile/Cell: +49 (0)179 929 6216
> >
> > --
> > Jason
> >
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