Opportunities
Here you will find a collection of all the opportunities submitted by members of the LifeWatch ERIC community.
Do you wish to share ideas, flag discussions, look for project partners, promote events, or advertise fellowships and job openings?
You can submit your input filling in the form at the bottom of this page. LifeWatch ERIC community managers will evaluate your request and publish your input.
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ESSI2.2 – Powering Environmental Research: Success Stories of Collaboration and Data Sharing Across Disciplines
Convener: Angeliki Adamaki | Co-conveners: Jacco Konijn, Magdalena Brus, Anca Hienola, Marta Gutierrez
Focus: Technical and scientific advancements in data integration, interoperability, and collaboration.
Ideal Contributions: Case studies, tools, and practical solutions showcasing innovations within the ENVRI community.
The 7th edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be held from November 17-20th 2026 (WCMB 2026) in Bruges, Belgium, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The conference has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event.
On 17 December 2024, the call for session proposals has opened. Each session proposal needs to be linked to one of the conference sub-themes. A session may be constructed around a network, project, initiative or a specific, clearly defined scientific topic or question of broad interest within the field of marine biodiversity and in connection with the chosen sub-theme. Sessions can be constructed as presentations only, or a combination of presentations and discussions.
Session proposal details: https://www.wcmb2026.org/call-session
Submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Feedback on submissions: 15 May 2025
Online submission form: https://form.vliz.be/en/WCMB2026_Sessions
Do you operate a living lab (LL) or a research infrastructure (RI) that is actively contributing to the agroecology transition? Are you interested in connecting with similar initiatives to learn, grow, gain visibility, or cooperate?
The Agroecology Partnership has opened the first wave of membership applications for the European Network of Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures.
Members of the Network get access to extensive connections with agri-food stakeholders, learning resources and data sharing between living labs and research infrastructures. They also get to cooperate on international projects and participate to the co-creation of process improvements.
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Info: https://www.agroecologypartnership.eu/news/applications1stwave
The DiSTeBA of University of Salento invites applications for a Research Fellow who will contribute to the development of a training framework for research software excellence in pursuit of building a European network of Research Software Quality.
The EVERSE (European Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence) project aims to create a framework for research software and code excellence, collaboratively designed and championed by five interdisciplinary research communities (ENVRI Community, Life Science RI, ESCAPE, PaNOSC, SSHOC) and their emerging use cases in environmental sciences, life sciences, particle physics and astrophysics, photon and neutron science, and computational linguistics.
Call for applications (IT/EN): https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/67507252
Deadline: 3 January 2025
My name is Omobola Eko, a PhD student from the University of Tuscia, Italy, working on the terrestrial biosphere environmental domain. I am conducting a survey that intends to capture the perceptions of the users of environmental network data, with the goal of identifying the barriers that could limit the accessibility to environmental RI data and enabling factors that could promote data integration.
Your feedback will be invaluable in helping me understand how data are used and how we can improve its accessibility and usability.
This online survey includes 11 sections and should take about 20 minutes to be completed:
- Kindly click the link to participate: https://forms.gle/oZRBWh4uUzvVvyMm9
- Alternative link on SurveyPluto: https://surveypluto.com/q/e5DNuxTaR
Your feedback is invaluable to advancing this research, and I sincerely appreciate your time and input.
The BioDT School and Hackathon, to take place from March 3-7, 2025 in Lecce, Italy, is a unique event designed for students, early-career researchers, and professionals interested in unlocking skills in digital modelling, and interested in latest innovation practices in biodiversity. It is the perfect opportunity to engage with leading experts and learn how digital twins are developed.
More information and registration details at https://biodt.eu/events/bioDT-school-hackathon
ENVRI at EGU 2025: Join Us in Vienna!
ESSI2.2 – Powering Environmental Research: Success Stories of Collaboration and Data Sharing Across Disciplines
Convener: Angeliki Adamaki | Co-conveners: Jacco Konijn, Magdalena Brus, Anca Hienola, Marta Gutierrez
Focus: Technical and scientific advancements in data integration, interoperability, and collaboration.
Ideal Contributions: Case studies, tools, and practical solutions showcasing innovations within the ENVRI community.
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity - Call for Session Proposals
The 7th edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be held from November 17-20th 2026 (WCMB 2026) in Bruges, Belgium, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The conference has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event.
On 17 December 2024, the call for session proposals has opened. Each session proposal needs to be linked to one of the conference sub-themes. A session may be constructed around a network, project, initiative or a specific, clearly defined scientific topic or question of broad interest within the field of marine biodiversity and in connection with the chosen sub-theme. Sessions can be constructed as presentations only, or a combination of presentations and discussions.
Session proposal details: https://www.wcmb2026.org/call-session
Submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Feedback on submissions: 15 May 2025
Online submission form: https://form.vliz.be/en/WCMB2026_Sessions
European Network of Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures: 1st wave of applications
Do you operate a living lab (LL) or a research infrastructure (RI) that is actively contributing to the agroecology transition? Are you interested in connecting with similar initiatives to learn, grow, gain visibility, or cooperate?
The Agroecology Partnership has opened the first wave of membership applications for the European Network of Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures.
Members of the Network get access to extensive connections with agri-food stakeholders, learning resources and data sharing between living labs and research infrastructures. They also get to cooperate on international projects and participate to the co-creation of process improvements.
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Info: https://www.agroecologypartnership.eu/news/applications1stwave
Research fellowship at DiSTeBA / University of Salento - EVERSE project
The DiSTeBA of University of Salento invites applications for a Research Fellow who will contribute to the development of a training framework for research software excellence in pursuit of building a European network of Research Software Quality.
The EVERSE (European Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence) project aims to create a framework for research software and code excellence, collaboratively designed and championed by five interdisciplinary research communities (ENVRI Community, Life Science RI, ESCAPE, PaNOSC, SSHOC) and their emerging use cases in environmental sciences, life sciences, particle physics and astrophysics, photon and neutron science, and computational linguistics.
Call for applications (IT/EN): https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/67507252
Deadline: 3 January 2025
The perceptions of users with a view to improving access to environmental RIs: fill in the survey
My name is Omobola Eko, a PhD student from the University of Tuscia, Italy, working on the terrestrial biosphere environmental domain. I am conducting a survey that intends to capture the perceptions of the users of environmental network data, with the goal of identifying the barriers that could limit the accessibility to environmental RI data and enabling factors that could promote data integration.
Your feedback will be invaluable in helping me understand how data are used and how we can improve its accessibility and usability.
This online survey includes 11 sections and should take about 20 minutes to be completed:
- Kindly click the link to participate: https://forms.gle/oZRBWh4uUzvVvyMm9
- Alternative link on SurveyPluto: https://surveypluto.com/q/e5DNuxTaR
Your feedback is invaluable to advancing this research, and I sincerely appreciate your time and input.
BioDT School and Hackathon - Registrations Open!
The BioDT School and Hackathon, to take place from March 3-7, 2025 in Lecce, Italy, is a unique event designed for students, early-career researchers, and professionals interested in unlocking skills in digital modelling, and interested in latest innovation practices in biodiversity. It is the perfect opportunity to engage with leading experts and learn how digital twins are developed.
More information and registration details at https://biodt.eu/events/bioDT-school-hackathon