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\section{Travel funds for European\newline
 astronomers}

IRAM participates in the RadioNet project,
an initiative funded by the European Commission within the FP6
Programme to improve and encourage communication among astronomers of
the European Community and associated countries. Transnational access
(TNA) is the largest RadioNet programme and provides %fundings
funding for travel expenses incurred
by eligible users for carrying out their observations or reducing
their data. As a partner of RadioNet, IRAM has now some limited
TNA funds to pay
travel expenses for eligible users. Detailed information %to user
about user eligibility, TNA contacts, policies and travel claims
for the IRAM 30m
telescope and Plateau de Bure Interferometer can be found on the
RadioNet home page at {\tt http://www.radionet-eu.org}.

As the FP6 Programme comes to an end this year and the terms of its
successor FP7 have not yet been finalized, the TNA support which IRAM
can provide is uncertain after December 2008. This caveat therefore
concerns the bulk of the coming winter semester. Eligible users will
be contacted directly when the new terms are available.
 
Observers requesting TNA support will be asked to provide the
necessary personal and professional information to IRAM.
Funding through RadioNet should be acknowledged in publications
resulting from TNA supported observations.
\signed{
R.~Neri \& C.~Thum}
