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--></style></head><body lang=en-DE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=168 height=65 style='width:1.75in;height:.677in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DCBB0D.1CCF2A20"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>colleagues</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>,<br><br>We are pleased to announce the launch of the Global Light Commons Micro-Grant Programme, supporting work with light exposure and visual experience data.<br><br>The programme is part of the broader Global Light Commons (GLC) initiative, which aims to build an open, FAIR-aligned global infrastructure for light-related data. By bringing together diverse datasets across regions and contexts, GLC seeks to enable more comparable, interoperable, and reusable evidence to support research in health, environment, and human experience.<br><br>These micro-grants are designed to support practical contributions to this shared effort, including data collection, curation, harmonisation, and preparation for open sharing while lowering barriers to participation in global data infrastructure.<br><br>Two funding tracks are available:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSIdNRL-ESqL3kz_3h8DoNZgLZlTj2CFa9zO4CXrDND-X1Kg/viewform" target="_blank">Track 1 – Data collection & harmonisation in LMICs</a> (EUR3,000)<br>Supporting new datasets in under-represented regions, particularly low- and middle-income countries.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Funded by the <a href="https://daylight.academy/">Daylight Academy</a>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQv3vGEXMlG87fvXpJqw9MRp2lBeJ5347O9b3RFZxPBCXt0g/viewform" target="_blank">Track 2 – Harmonisation of existing datasets</a> (EUR1,500)<br>Supporting the curation, documentation, and alignment of existing datasets with shared FAIR data standards.<br><br>Applications are welcome from researchers, data scientists, practitioners, and institutions worldwide, including early-career researchers and teams with limited infrastructure.<br><br><a href="https://www.visualdiet.org/micro-grants" target="_blank">More information and application details here</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br>We would greatly appreciate you sharing this opportunity with your networks.<br><br>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Manuel</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Spitschan PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Manuel Spitschan PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Assistant Professor </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>for Chronobiology and Health</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Technical University of Munich<br>TUM </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>School of Medicine and Health</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUM-IAS Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Telepho</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ne: +49 (89) 289 24544</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de" title="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de"><span style='color:#156082'>manuel.spitschan@tum.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/" title="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/"><span style='color:#156082'>https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUMCREATE Principal Investigator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUMCREATE Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/"><span style='color:#156082'>https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Research Group Leader</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck Research Group <i>Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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