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Travel Grants for the SCAR Open Science Conference
3 - 6 August 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Applications are sought from students, post-doctoral researchers, and other early career investigators for travelling to and attending the SCAR Open Science Conference. Applications are particularly sought from countries with less developed Antarctic programmes. Travel grants will provide full or partial support for travel and related expenses to attend the Conference to be held at Buenos Aires from Tuesday 3 August to Friday 6 August, 2010.
Eligibility: Applicants must either be current students or early career researchers. Successful applicants must present a talk or poster at the Conference.
Submission of Application and contact for further information: Completed application forms in MS Word format (NOT Adobe PDF) must be submitted by e-mail to Renuka Badhe (rb302@cam.ac.uk). Please direct any further queries to the same email.
Deadline for Applications: 17:00 GMT on 15 April 2010, extended to 1 May
New Grant Available from PROANTARTIDA Foundation
The PROANTARTIDA Foundation of Argentina offers to cover the difference between early and regular registration fees for those who register before 26 July 2010. Applicants for this grant should send an email to the Foundation requesting this special support including the title of his/her abstract to the OSC or the letter of acceptance and their full personal data (name, lastname, Institution, address, country).
Those requiring a grant to cover the full registration cost should write to the foundation in the same terms of the former but including a signed statement explaining why are requesting the total grant.
The email address is fundacionproantartida@gmail.com for ALL further contact. The Secretariat has no further information on these grants.
Results of Travel Grant Awards
The results of Travel Grant Awards are now available. The people on the list should look out for an email advising them of the amount of grant, and the procedure for claiming it. All emails with additional information included have now been sent, please check in the email address you provided on the application form, as well as in your Spam folder. You should confirm your intention to take up the grant to Renuka Badhe (rb302@cam.ac.uk) by 1 July at the latest.
Due to the large volume of applications, we apologise for not contacting each applicant personally.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a query about your travel grant award and how to complete the expense claim form to receive the grant, please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) sheet before contacting the Secretariat. The answer to your question will probably be found there.
Travel Grant Application Form (to be returned in MS Word format)
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