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 +++++ 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@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. +++++