International Fellowships Programme
The EU constitution may be on hold but at the grass roots level co-operation in archaeological informatics is ever increasing. In December 2004 the ADS joined `CHIRON' - Cultural Heritage Informatics Research Orientated Network - and international consortium funded under the EU Marie Curie programme for Early Stage Research Training. There is an international skills shortage in archaeological informatics, so the CHIRON partnership is providing a large number of fellowships for graduates at the start of their research careers. They focus on computer applications that support research, conservation, and presentation of tangible cultural heritage.
The network is led by Prof. Franco Nicolucci at PIN at the University of Florence. As well as the University of York, the partners are the University of the Aegean in Greece, Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, the Ename Centre in Belgium, the University of Brighton in the UK and the Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule in Zurich.
The programme began early in 2005, and because the centres have different strengths, the fellowships on offer vary in style and subject. In York there will be six fellowships in total: two each year for three
The University of York is offering a total of six CHIRON Fellowships for early stage researchers.
years. They last 12 months in total and provide an advanced training in the use of IT for preservation and access to digital cultural heritage. The ADS will be welcoming its first two CHIRON fellows in October: Holly Wright from the USA, and Caner Güney from Turkey.
The next set of CHIRON fellows at the ADS will be recruited in March 2006. To qualify, CHIRON research fellows need not be EU citizens, but they cannot have been resident in the country where they will undertake their fellowship for more than 12 months in the preceding four years.
For more on this programme and to find out about fellowships at other centres, and for details of how to apply and eligibility criteria see: http://www.chiron-training.net/
