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
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 khamilton@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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