 Important Dates
Application submission deadline: 15 May 2008 / Registration is now closed !!!
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2008
Invitations and approximate level of financial support will be sent to accepted participants
Deadline for participant responses: 1 July 2008
Training period: 11-16 August 2008
Who is elligible?
Depending on the level of overall budget, the expected number of participants is around 40. The call will be for Ph.D students and early postdocs (less than 3 years after receiving their PhD) either working toward physical climate/oceanography, marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems or having recently completed a doctorate or showing strong interest in those topics. As this workshop is an international event, we encourage applications from developing countries.
Registration Fee and Financial Support
There is NO Registration Fee. But participants will have to cover their travel expenses.
Participants who will be able to cover their living expenses during the Summer School (e.g. through your studentship or from projects) are advised to indicate this on their application forms (in the part "Request for Financial Support").
For those who have no funds to support their living expenses, please complete the part "Request for Financial Support" including the budget and the amount requested. The organization will provide accommodation expenses and 25 Euros daily living allowance. Bursaries will be offered to as many participants as possible, selected according to the quality of the applications and to the restrictions imposed by the availability of funding.
!!! EUROCEANS Member funds for training attendance
As part of the EUROCEANS contract, member institutes receive set amount of money calculated from the number of Principle Investigators (PIs) in that institute. The money is transfered each year to that institute, and is designated to be spent on attendance of EUROCEANS sponsored/endorsed events (such as the E2E EcoModel Summer School). Thesis students and young post-docs in EUROCEANS member institutions are fully entitled to use that money and need to contact their institution administrators to find out how much is available, and/or remaining, for that institution.
Some information before tapping into that travel money:
-1- is my institute a member? - ANSWER on http://www.eur-oceans.eu/contact_members/index.php;
-2- how many PIs does my member institute have in EUROCEANS? - ANSWER on http://www.eur-oceans.eu/contact_members/index.php;
-3- how much money is potentially available to me? - ANSWER: each member receives total = 483euros+547*(Number of PIs), each year;
-4- how much of that is already spent, and how much can I use? ANSWER: your administrators can let you know.
How to apply?
1-Please review the eligibility requirements to decide if they apply to you.
2-Download the electronic application form HERE ( Word format). / CLOSED
3-Poster ABSTRACT Submission: Prepare your poster abstract. Abstracts MUST adhere to the proposed guidelines (template). All abstracts MUST be in English.
4-Carefully read all instructions on the application form. Complete and submit the application form (including your abstract) BY E-MAIL to Temel Oguz at oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr NO LATER than 15 May 2008.
Participant selection
The evaluation will be made by the organizing committee. Application will be judged upon 1) the level and suitability of qualification, 2) the relevance of study and interests to the themes of the summer school programme, 3) the quality of responses, particularly the personal statement of interest. The students are expected to demonstrate a strong motivation and a coherent scientific background. All proposals will be treated alike, irrespective of where they originate or the identity of the candidates. Gender balance will be considered. Individual notification of the results (selected, waiting list, rejected) will be sent 4 weeks after the call is closed (approximately mid-June).
How do I get more details?
Contact Temel Oguz at oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr |