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Dear Dr. Dalton: Would that I could apply! Here in New Zealand, there is virtually no funding available to allow us to even contemplate such things. The queen may still be on our coinage, but with the establishment of the EU, far-off parts of the old commonwealth seem to have fallen off the map. Cheers, Julie Vry >Applications are invited for access to the EU Geochemical Facility >at Bristol University, supported by the European Commission Access to >Research Infrastructures action of the IHP Programme. The aim of the >Facility is to provide access to modern analytical equipment >for research groups who do not otherwise have free use of such >equipment in their own country. > >The Geochemical Facility contains a number of modern analytical >instruments for geochemical studies. These include electron probe >microanalysis, ICP-MS, laser ablation ICP-MS, XRF, ICP-AES,XRD >Mössbauer (Fe3+/Fe2+), Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectrometry (CO2 & >H2O), LECO (bulk C & S), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Scanning >Electron Microscopy with qualitative EDS. Analysis of surfaces can be >performed using Auger Electron, Secondary Ion Mass and X-Ray >Photoelectron Spectrometers. Four well-equipped experimental >geochemistry laboratories allow users to carry out investigations that >simulate a wide variety of geological conditions. > >Access is restricted to research teams from institutions in EU >countries (except UK) plus Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic >of Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, >Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. > >The Facility will pay all reasonable travel and subsistence >expenses. > >Visits are usually expected to last between 1 week and 1 month. Only >research teams who are entitled to disseminate, or arrange to >disseminate, the knowledge they have generated during the project are >eligible to benefit from access to the Facility. Priority will be given >to research teams who have not previously used the infrastructure and >who do not normally have access to such facilities. Selection of >projects will be on the basis of scientific merit taking into >account the interests of the Community. > >The next deadlines for applications are 15th March 2001, 15th June 2001 >and 15th September 2001. > >Application forms can be downloaded from: >http://eugf.gly.bris.ac.uk >or are available from the address below. > >For further information see http://eugf.gly.bris.ac.uk > >or contact: >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] > >Prof. Bernard J. Wood >Department of Earth Sciences >University of Bristol >Wills Memorial Building >Queen's Road >Bristol BS8 1RJ >U.K. > >Tel: +44 117 954 5422 >Fax: +44 117 925 3385 -- Julie Vry Senior Lecturer - metamorphic petrology School of Earth Sciences Victoria University of Wellington P.O. Box 600 Wellington, New Zealand *** note: phone number change*** (originally 495- now 463-, else same) phone: +64 4 463 5233 ext. 8940 NO VOICE MAIL (don't believe that machine!) fax: +64 4 463 5186 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.vuw.ac.nz home: +64 4 576 0463