Wonderful news ! Klaas, I am really happy your funding came through and wish you lots of succes !
Nathalie >The research proposal that I submitted together with Klaas Chielens >on "Evolutionary Aspects of Language Spreading: A Quantitative >Research of Memetic Selection Processes in the Distribution of Virus >Hoaxes" <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/Project-Klaas.pdf> has been >accepted by the OZR. This means that Klaas will get a 4 year PhD >scholarship to work with me, starting on Oct. 1. Thus, Klaas can from >now on be considered as a full-time ECCO researcher! > >Unfortunately, two other proposals that I submitted with another ECCO >member, Andreas Loengarov, were not accepted, although his request to >be an FWO aspirant almost succeeded (the last person in line before >him, according to the VUB ranking, still got it). However, I am still >hoping to find some other funding to support his research, and that >of others (including a submitted GOA proposal that seems to have >impressed at least one referee, a potential sponsoring for Principia >Cybernetica work from the US, and two European projects together with >partners in Germany, to be submitted to the NESTand FET programs). >Andreas himself has also applied to PhD programs in Britain. > >It seems ECCO is close to the critical mass of sufficient funding and >full-time people to continue growing just on its own momentum: the >more people there are to do research, publish papers, develop >websites, make contacts, submit proposals, organize projects, etc. >the easier it will become to get more funding and to attract further >people... So, let's keep the (snow)ball rolling ;-) >-- > >Francis Heylighen >Center "Leo Apostel" >Free University of Brussels >http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html > >
