Dear Chairs,
The OGF Student Scholarship program has been expanded (thanks to OGF-Europe
and CoreGRID) and currently includes travel funding for students to engage
in group activities at OGF23 as well as typical administrative tasks that
are asked of the scholars. Please forward the details below to students
that are currently engaged in your group activities but are not likely to
obtain funding from their organizations to attend OGF23.
Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information.
Regards,
Julie
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The 23rd Open Grid Forum - OGF23
Student Scholarship Program
Barcelo Sants Hotel
Barcelona, Spain
June 2-6, 2008
OGF, CoreGRID and OGF-Europe are pleased to offer a limited number of
student travel scholarships for OGF23.
Travel scholarships include travel reimbursement (approximately
800EUR/$1000USD per student) and registration costs. Exact reimbursement
amount to be communicated with selected students.
To apply for the OGF23 Student Travel Scholarship, contact Kristi Hamilton
via email at <mailto:khamilton@ogf.org> khamilton(a)ogf.org by April 18,
2008, and include the following information:
. Name
. Country of Citizenship*
. Name/location of school currently attending*
. Areas of study related to Grid Computing (including references to
scientific publications if any)
. Name and email address of advisor
. Brief explanation of your motivation to apply for the scholarship
including:
o Brief explanation of how you think your attendance at OGF23 will be useful
to your research or career.
o Intended participation in specific groups and sessions with information
whether or not you will be making a presentation at OGF23.
o How you intend on staying involved in grid related activities after the
OGF23.
. If you were involved in OGF activities to date (e.g. discussions on
mailing lists, comments concerning specifications, provided input etc.),
please specify names of OGF groups or specifications.
Selected scholars will be notified of their acceptance on or before May 2,
2008.
Selected OGF23 scholars must agree to the following:
. Attend a mandatory training session onsite, before the meeting begins.
. Assist in set up of meeting rooms, registration area, etc.
. Provide administrative help to onsite OGF staff during the week.
. Provide a post-event report to OGF-Europe if engaged in group activities.
This report should include information about participation in OGF23 and
future plans related to grids (a template will be given to scholars)
Failure to perform within these guidelines will result in a forfeit of
travel, lodging and registration fees waived. If you disagree with any of
the above, please do not submit an application.
Thank you to CoreGRID and OGF-Europe for supporting the student scholar
program!
*It is necessary to distinguish citizenship of applicants due to various
funding sources.
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