08-02-08

URBAN-NET issues a first call for research proposals on sustainable urban development from 15 January to 15 April 2008. URBAN-NET is a network of fifteen research funding and coordinating European organisations and UN Habitat. The goal of the consortium is to structure and coordinate research on urban sustainability in Europe by identifying and addressing trans-national requirements for research and the sharing of good practice.

Researchers from universities, research institutes and other research institutions from Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Turkey are invited to develop new ideas and contacts and submit joint proposals. The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 April 2008.

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