NOVA Newsletter - 2004-11-02

Welcome…
…to the very first NOVA Newsletter from NOVA University Network.
The NOVA Newsletter will contain only a few but punchy notes which will refer to the Nordic cooperation within the fields of NOVA. The Newsletters will be published sporadically according to supply of useful information.

Best regards,
Paul Jensén
NOVA Rector

The NOVA PhD-courses 2005
The NOVA PhD-courses 2005 are now available on the NOVA site
http://www.nova-university.org/eedu4_phd_f05.htm

We can also recommend a visit on NorFA search engine for research training courses. Here you will not only find the NOVA PhD-courses, but all kinds of courses in the entire Nordic region, including the Nordic and Baltic countries and North-West Russia. http://www.phdcourse.net/

NorFA Network within agriculture and forestry
The number of NorFA Networks has increased. Four networks, from a total of seven incoming applications within the fields of agriculture and forestry, have got grants from NorFA, and one - Agro-Biotechnology and professor Jari Valkonen, University of Helsinki - will get started as a BOVA-Scanbalt network.
Read more on http://www.norfa.no/ennyhet.cfm?id=267

NOVA working seminar
NOVA working seminar 2005, with the preliminary title "The base and core activities of NOVA", will preliminary be held at Tromsö, Norway, June 2-3. At the same time the NOVA board meeting will be held June 3 and the KUF meeting June 1.
Take a look at a summary of the working seminar 2004.
http://www.nova-university.org/konferens%2004