The European Commission has approved the sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

In the Specific Programme on 'structuring the European research area' there is included a scheme to support researchers with Transnational Access to Major Research Infrastructure, like in the FP5 programme.

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Deltares (in co-operation with Delft University of Technology) is offering 9 unique experimental facilities, together forming a major research infrastructure in the field of hydraulics.

The Access Program will start in the beginning of 2004 and will have a duration of approximately 3 years. This programme offers research groups a free access to the Major Research infrastructure of Deltares. It also gives researchers 100% coverage of travel & subsistence costs during their stay in the Netherlands, for those coming from EU-Member or Associated States (other than the Netherlands).

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State-of-the-art measuring and recording instruments are available together with matching data acquisition and data-processing systems. In addition, the Deltares and Delft University of Technology Infrastructure can provide all modern support facilities, such as library, computers and processing & printing.

Scientists given access to the facilities will be working in a scientific intellectual environment, with assistance and guidance available from experts covering the wide spectrum of hydraulics and related topics.

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Presently you are invited to express your interest to make use of our facilities in the framework of the EC-supported programme of Transnational Access to Major Research Infrastructures.

If you consider making use of this programme, you are kindly invited to register this by sending an expression of interest containing:

• your name, name of your institute, address and E-mail address
• title of your research
• short description of the research proposed and the facility you want to use (approximately 10 lines)

Please send your expression of interest not later than January 15, 2003, to the following address (preferably by E-mail):

At the end of 2003 you will be invited to form a transnational research group and to submit a full length proposal, which will be judged by an independent users selection panel.