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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IS link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kæru ÖRFÍ meðlimir<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Meðfylgjandi er fréttabréf FEMS í nóvember. Einnig eru hér fyrir neðan upplýsingar um styrki til ungra vísindamanna.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Með kveðju,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Stjórn ÖRFÍ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt'>******************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-transform:uppercase'>FEMS Congress Grants for Young Scientists <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 3.85pt 3.85pt 7.7pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Deadline for submission of application for grants: </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>January 14, 2011 </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>FEMS provides approximately 200 grants for <b>European Young Scientists</b> to support their attendance at the<b> </b>4th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, June 26-30, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>About 20 grants are provided to support <b>non-European Young Scientists</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The amounts of the Grants are 400, 500 or 600 EURO (depending on the travel distance). </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>A special FEMS Congress Award (including a Certificate and an additional 500 EURO) will be awarded to five Young Scientists for the best presented papers. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>FEMS will organize a special Reception for all grantees. Further details will be available on this website shortly. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>