From	Eystein Jansen	Date	Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:17:31 +0100
To	Laurent Labeyrie, Keith Alverson, Keith Briffa, Rick Battarbee, didier.paillard@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr, Dominique Raynaud, jean jouzel, Chappellaz Jerome, Gerald Ganssen, Jean Marc Barnola, Ralph Schneider
CC	martin.miles@geol.uib.no, b.balino@uib.no
Subject	FP6 - NoE Dynamics of Climate Changes (DOCC)
Dear friends, I assume many of you have followed the development of the work programme for FP6, which have been quite dramatic at times for our field. The end result is not particularly good, and the whole area of Global Change has been cut by comparuison with FP5. I talked with Anver Ghazi last week, and what I know stems from this and from the Nov. 18 version of the work programme. The will be no opening for climate dynamics in the first call (Dec. 17). The second call due in June /July with a deadline in October 2003 will include some paleoclimate openings: - STREPS for novel paleoreconstructions methods (i.e. a few of the normal projects of previous FPs) - but remember: 75% of funding goes to New Instruments: Integrated Projects and NoEs). - Hot spots in the climate system, including the thermohaline circulation and the Arctic. Brussels will not issue anything now about the thrird call, but according to Ghazi they plan to invite for either an NoE or an IP in climate dynamics with emphasis on past climate change at that point. Call will be in 2004. But things can change with this call. Thus we have quite some time to discuss if we shall go forward with DOCC or go for IP. The overall size of the IPs have been substantially reduced, so if we try an IP or an NoE either will need to be more focussed in terms of science and in terms of partnership than our Expression of interest. Ceers, Eystein -- ______________________________________________________________ Eystein Jansen Professor/Director Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Dep. of Geology, Univ. of Bergen Allégaten 55 N-5007 Bergen NORWAY e-mail: eystein.jansen@geol.uib.no Phone: +47-55-583491 - Home: +47-55-910661 Fax: +47-55-584330 ----------------------- The Bjerknes Training site offers 3-12 months fellowships to PhD students More info at: www.bjerknes.uib.no/mcts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------