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Want to make a real-life impact on physical inactivity and health inequality in young people? This PhD project will work with the local government in one of the most deprived areas in Northeast England, using the systems approach to inform policy strategies and evaluate actions. An exciting opportunity to work within the policy environment to...

What are DE-PASS Short-Term Scientific Missions and Virtual Mobility Grants? COST Actions such as DEPASS offer grants to members to support researcher and innovator mobility, capacity building and transfer of knowledge through bilateral/multilateral collaborations. Two specific grants exist: 1) Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs, Max €4000) and 2) Virtual Mobility (VM, Max €1500): The grants support...

ITC Conference Grants Call Inclusive Target Countries (ITC) Conference Grants are aimed at supporting young researchers and innovators from participating ITC and NNC to attend international science and technology related conferences, events or activities topic relevant to the DE-PASS network, Work Groups and Deliverables. A Conference Grant is made which contributes to the overall travel,...

University of Parma seeking a potential candidate for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 application. The University of Parma (Italy) is offering the opportunity to participate at the initiative MSCA@UNIPR BOOTCAMP 2023 fellowship aimed at attracting motivated and talented researchers of any nationality who will choose the University of Parma as Host Organisation for...

DE-PASS Proof of Concept Training School, University of Limerick, Ireland, Jan 2023 – Dr. Kieran Dowd Between 9th and 11th January 2023, the University of Limerick hosted a Training School for researchers and national leads from 10 nations across the European Union, all of whom have committed to engaging in deliverable 4.5 of DE-PASS. The...

View the DE-PASS short animation video explaining the EU COST Action CA19101 ‘Determinants of Physical Activity in Settings’. DE-PASS seeks to identify, understand and measure the factors/determinants which promote, maintain or inhibit Physical Activity Behaviours (PABs) across the lifespan and in different settings. The Action aims to translate the knowledge learned to assist and inform...

DEPASS Short Term Scientific Mission and/or Virtual Mobility Grant Opportunity – “DE-PASS Data Management Protocol Development” Deadline 28th October 2022. DE-PASS (DEterminants of Physical Activity BehaviourS in Settings) is an EU COST Action which has a focus on identifying, understanding and measuring the determinants which promote, maintain or inhibit Physical Activity Behaviours (PABs) across the...

First published paper by DE-PASS, Best Evidence Statement (BESt): modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents aged 5–19 years–a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. This paper describes the protocol for producing this BESt through a series of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses . The BESt will identify modifiable determinants that...

Sports industry is a market where people, activities, businesses and organisations are involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organising any activity, experience, or a business enterprise focused on sports. It is the market where the businesses or products offered to its buyers are sport-related, and these may be goods, services, people, places, or ideas.1  Sport is a big part of our...

DE-PASS STSM / VIRTUAL MOBILITY CALL, June to October 2022. ‼️The application deadline for DEPASS Short Term Scientific Missions and Virtual Mobility Grants has been extended until Friday 24th June. Please contact us at info@depass.eu if you are interested and please submit your application prior to the 24th June. All details available at https://depass.eu/activities/stsms-and-virtual-mobility-grants/ ‼️ COST...