Beste Arjen,

Hieronder vind je een Call for Proposals voor de wedstrijd voor
onderzoekers "Enlighten Your Research Global". Deze wedstrijd
organiseert SURFnet samen met vier andere National Research & Education
Networks (NREN's) en is een aanvulling op de Nederlandse wedstrijd
"Enlighten Your Research 4".

Enlighten Your Research Global biedt onderzoekers de mogelijkheid voor
internationale netwerkverbindingen en support in de landen van de
organiserende NREN's.

Mocht je interesse hebben in het indienen van een voorstel voor deze
nieuwe wedstrijd dan ben je uiteraard van harte welkom. Zou je de CfP
ook willen doorsturen aan mogelijk geinteresseerden in je omgeving?
Alvast van harte dank.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Peter Hinrich

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*Enlighten Your Research Global competition - Call for Proposals.

deadline draft proposals, 24 june 2013*

Would your research benefit from international collaboration and the
sharing of large amounts of data? Then we have good news, because the
successful competition for researchers “Enlighten Your Research” in the
Netherlands now becomes International!

Modern science is generating large amounts of data and timely data
transfers are a crucial aspect for the emerging international scientific
collaborations. High-speed networks are an important enabler for the
sharing of these large amounts of data. In many cases, researchers are
unaware of the possibilities of such high-speed networks, offered by
their National Research and Education Networks (NREN’s). In order to
help researchers with their international collaborations and to further
promote the benefits of international-scale networking to researchers,
five leading NRENs are working together to create an exciting
opportunity for the research communities.

The Enlighten Your Research Global (EYR-Global) program is an
international competition that invites researchers and their
collaborators to submit proposals that highlight how access to
world-class research networks would significantly improve their research
and discovery process.

*Is your research ready for an international challenge?*

Join Enlighten Your Research Global and discover how our services can
help you get the most out of your research! We invite researchers from
any discipline to submit a proposal with challenging research
questions. The program is open to a wide range of research teams -
ranging from novice to expert in the use of information technology - to
support their research projects to participate in the competition.

*What are the benefits?*

The competition winners will have access to:

   World-class network infrastructure operated by the NRENs and their
partners.
   Support and advice on end-to-end network connectivity.
   NREN commitment to an agreed level of network resource provisioning
and support during the competition period.

We invite you to visit the official website, to read the supporting
documents and to get involved. Visit
http://www.enlightenyourresearch.net to find details of the competition,
its timeline and the procedure for submitting a draft proposal.

*Important dates*
Submission deadline draft proposal              Monday June 24, 2013
Notification 1st round winners                       Friday August 2, 2013
Consultation round for fine-tuning proposal
and technical feasibility                                 July 30 -
September 30, 2013
Submission deadline final proposal               Monday October 14, 2013
Announcement of the winners                       December 2013
Award ceremony                                            Early 2014
Implementation of services awarded             Early 2014

The first draft proposal submission is 24 June 2013, good luck!

Global Partners
ESnet (USA): http://www.es.net
Funet (Finland): http://www.csc.fi/english/institutions/funet/index_html
Internet2 (USA): http://www.internet2.edu
Janet (UK): https://www.ja.net/products-services/janet-research
SURFnet (NL): http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Pages/default.aspx

Please email info@enlightenyourresearch.net if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Peter Hinrich, Alexander van den Hil and Sylvia Kuijpers
SURFnet