10 Dec 2020
As we draw to the close of an unprecedented 2020, the SYNTHESYS+ Management Team hope you are keeping well and safe. This news post gives an update on our Transnational Access activities and plans for 2021.
This update covers a huge amount of logistical planning, so please find the contents below:
05 Oct 2020
19 SYNTHESYS+ partners are offering Virtual Access (VA) to their collections. Researching a collection often requires being present in the collection itself. Virtual Access aims to remove the reliance on physical access by piloting a 'Digitisation on Demand' (DoD) model. In Call 1, c. €500,000 was allocated to pilot digitisation projects, where collection items will be digitised on behalf ...
20 Mar 2020
SYNTHESYS+ funds a world-class 'Transnational Access' (TA) programme, which provides funds to researchers from all over the world. Funding allows researchers to complete short research visits at our world-class science institutions.
The spread of COVID-19 'Coronavirus' across the globe has caused museum closures and the need to self-isolate. We recognise that at this time, ma...
06 Mar 2020
SYNTHESYS+ funds a world-class Access programme, which allows researchers to undertake short visits at our partner institutions across Europe and Israel.
The SYNTHESYS+ Management Team are working with our partners to monitor diruption and health concerns in the wake of the emerging Covid-19 ('Coronavirus') presence.
We still encourage applications to apply to our Transnatio...
04 Feb 2020
This SYNTHESYS+ activity aims to support cooperative activities with collections and stakeholders in regions that are disproportionately under-represented in current activities: With this call, SYNTHESYS+ offers co-funding for projects jointly realized by one or more SYNTHESY...
29 Jan 2020
This report analyses the Proposals received and highlights areas for development in the ongoing Virtual Access (VA) pilot. The report also includes general feedback and guidance for those considering to apply for Virtual Access C...
06 Jan 2020
The SYNTHESYS+ Management Team is pleased to announce the dates for the SYNTHESYS+ Access programme. For the first time ever, this year there will be two types of Access: Trasnational Access (TA) and Virtual Access (VA). Each Access format has different dates and offers different resources to researchers.
29 Nov 2019
Prior to our Virtual Access (VA) Call opening in 2020, an ‘Ideas Call’ ran between October – November 2019, offering potential proposers the chance to outline their ideas for collections digitisation across the S...
10 Oct 2019
For the first time, SYNTHESYS will be offering virtual access to collections through digitisation. The Virtual Access (VA) programme is not a direct digital parallel of Transnational (physical) Access (TA) - proposals for digitisation will be prioritised and carried out based on community demand, and data must be made openly available. A key feature of Virtual Access is that, unlike TA, it does...
01 Feb 2019
1 February sees the first Access call of SYNTHESYS+ go live. Submissions will be open until 12 April 2019, 17.00 UK time.
SYNTHESYS+ project funding enables scientists (Users) based in European Member and Associated...