Network of Research Infrastructures …

                    Network of Research Infrastructures
                        for Earthquake Seismology
                            http://neries.knmi.nl


                     Grants for Access to
             European Seismological Infrastructures
The European Commission, through the EC FP6 project NERIES (Network of Research
Infrastructures for European Seismology) will support grants for access to European
seismological centres and infrastructures for periods of research and joint technical
developments.

The infrastructures selected for access through NERIES are characterized by specific scientific
and technical facilities as well as for their capacity to provide adequate scientific, technical and
logistic support to external users:

ETHZ/SED (Switzerland) operates the most homogeneous and dense regional broad-band
network in the European-Mediterranean region and specializes in the development of tools for
data assimilation, data mining and hazard assessment. Contact: Annemarie Christophersen
(annemarie@sed.ethz.ch) www.seismo.ethz.ch
CEA/DASE (France), experts in detection and verification seismology provides access to an
extensive database of bulletins and waveforms (seismic / infrasound). A large spectrum of
software tools is available for specific studies and benchmarks (source inversion, depth
estimation, AI classification, etc.) and access to our large parallel computing infrastructure can
also be provided. Contact: Jocelyn Guilbert (jocelyn.guilbert@cea.fr) www-dase.cea.fr
INGV (Italy) hosts the SISMOS scanning and digitalization facility, the most advanced facility for
the preservation and the analysis of paper recordings of historical earthquakes through digital
scanning. Contact: Alberto Michelini (michelini@ingv.it) Web: http://sismos.rm.ingv.it
NORSAR (Norway) is the premier seismological array facility in Europe and a leader in array
seismology and automatic on-line data processing. Contact: Johannes Schweitzer
(johannes.schweitzer@norsar.no) www.norsar.no/seismology/NERIES.html
ZAMG (Austria) runs the underground Conrad Observatory, a well equipped, ultra-quiet facility
for research, testing and calibration of seismic instrumentation and acquisition electronics.
Contact: Wolfgang Lenhardt (wolfgang.lenhardt@zamg.ac.at)
www.zamg.ac.at/conrad_observatory/

Grants will cover travel and living expenses for periods of 1 week to 2 months, and are primarily
open for researchers and network operators from the EU Member States and Associated
States. Nevertheless, visitors from other countries can be accepted under specific conditions.
Grants will be evaluated four times per year (deadlines: 15 March, 15 June, 15 September, 15
December). Grants will be available until mid 2010.

Applications, including a short scientific proposal and the CV of the investigator(s), should be
submitted to the contact for each infrastructure. Additional information and links will become
available through the NERIES project pages: http://neries.knmi.nl.




                               NERIES; EC Contract Number 026130.