In the previous months the first two workshops in the context of the European Nitrogen Assessment were organised. The European Nitrogen Assessment (or in short ENA) will be the major outcome of the NinE programme. Information about the structure of the ENA can be found here, while an outline of the ENA can be found here.

You are invited to get involved in the ENA process. As a start, please register to this site. During the login procedure, check the ENA-group option. You will then get access to a restricted ENA area on this site. More information about the future workshops will also become available via that area.

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The SC of NinE has agreed to support the development of a meta-database of nitrogen research in Europe. Phase I of the development is now completed and interested parties are invited to send in a proposal to conduct Phase II (Building of the mete-database). Read the full article for more information.

In the cycle 'Complex Systems and Changes' the first conference will be held on 29 - 31 October 2008 in Taormina (Sicily - Italy) and is entitled “Complex Systems and Changes: Water and Life” – a “Frontiers of Science”. This joint ESF-COST event is dedicated to the link between water and life in all its diversity and complexity.

From mid August to the beginning of October a chamber calibration campaign is organised in Finland. This campaign and a concluding workshop are co-funded by NinE. Groups from around Europe are invited to participate in this campaign.

More information and instructions how to register to the campaign can be found at:
http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/pihlatie/chamber_calibration.html

You are all invited to apply for a NinE travel grant. These travel grants are possible for Short Visits (up to 15 days) and Exchange Visits (up to 6 months).  

The purpose of Travel Grants offered by NinE is to encourage networking between scientists with a focus on developing an integrated quantification of nitrogen fluxes in Europe. To be considered suitable for funding, applications should match one or more of the Programme’s objectives. 

In October 2007 during the successful 4th Nitrogen 2007 Conference in Brazil, the Nitrogen Visualisation was presented.

All participants were challenged to become the best global nitrogen manager using the Visualisation tool and earn free entrance to the next Nitrogen Conference (room, boarding and registration, travel costs not included) to be organized in New Delhi (India) in 2010. The contest is closed now and the winner will be presented shortly. 

We want to make a first attempt to get a database compiled of everybody involved in Nitrogen related activities. This database will contain information about persons, institutes, fields of expertise and networks and will be extended in the future. In order to search the database your have to register to this site and fill in your own profile.

If you have any interest in other activities going on in the field of nitrogen don't hesitate to register, fill in your profile. In this way you may find others working in the large world of nitrogen and others may find you.