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- [2012-10-15] Request for participation closes
- [2012-09-01] Request for participation opens
- [2012-01-30] First announcement
Application to attend the school is now closed (Oct.16th, 2012), and results of the selection process were disclosed on Nov.1st 2012.
The number of attendees will be limited to about ninety, for practical purposes and also with a view to promote a good interaction with the lecturers. Due to the number of requests for participation usually exceeding this figure, registration will proceed in two stages. First a call for requests for participation will be launched. Requests will need to be supported by a motivation letter and a letter from an advisor or recommending person. About 90 potential participants will then be selected from the requests, and a waiting list will be created. In a second stage only those applicants selected will be invited to register.
We have been able to keep the registration fees to a moderate level thanks to many supporting institutions. In very rare and well motivated cases scholarships may be granted to partly or fully waive these fees, when cost of registration would clearly prevent attendance.
Important dates
| Date (2012) |
Event |
| Sep 1 | Second announcement - Registration opens. |
| Oct 15 | Deadline for application to attend. |
| Nov 1 | Notification of acceptance or placement on waiting list. |
| Dec 15 | Deadline for payment of fees (non-payment will result in the transfer of the offer to the waiting list).
|
Request for participation
The request for participation consists of four steps:
- Fill-in a request for participation form. If you wish to present a poster, simply provide a title in the registration form. No abstracts are required.
- Prepare a short motivation Letter.
- Ask your adviser for a recommendation Letter
- Send the registration form to the ESM office, along with the motivation and recommendation letters. The latter may also be sent to the School office directly by the adviser.
At this stage, you should not proceed to payment of the fees.
Eligibility and selection process
Everybody is eligible to request participation. The selection will be based on the requests received by Oct 15th 2012. A number of criteria will be used to select participants, such as country of residence, work topic, number of applicants from a given institute, motivation letter and advisor support. Acceptance for selection and waiting list status will be notified by Nov 1st 2012. Later acceptance from the waiting list will be notified starting Dec 15th, the deadline for selected attendees to proceed to payment.
Registration fees
The fees cover local collective transportation between Ajaccio and Cargèse, accommodation (arrival Feb 25 evening, departure March 8th morning), lunches, coffee breaks, excursion and social activities. Travel costs to and from Corsica remain at the charge of the attendees.
Note that breakfast and dinner is not included. All accommodation is equipped with kitchen facilities, and the village of Cargèse has a number of cafes and restaurants.
- Reduced fee: 400€ (PhD students and post-docs).
- Regular fee: 600€ (all other attendees).
Form for requesting participation
You may either:
- (Preferred) Fill-in the Word or LibreOffice/OpenOffice request form and send it back
by email to , along with a motivation and recommendation Letter.
In order to minimize administrative work, the registration forms make use of macros (scripts) to automatically analyze the form sent by email. Notice however that enabling the macros is not required for filling the form. Please fill in the .doc template and save it as .doc with Office, or fill in the .odt template and save is as odt with LibreOffice/OpenOffice, otherwise the scripts may be lost during conversion.
- (Not preferred) Fill in the PDF request form, and send it back to or fax to (+33) 4 76 88 11 91, in either electronic or scanned form.
Payment details
No payment should proceed unless you have explicitly been notified of your acceptance. If and only once you have received notice of acceptance you should proceed to the payment of the fees as soon as possible. If the payment has not been received by December 15th, your participation will be cancelled for the benefit of applicants in the waiting list.
Details may be found in the
rules of payment document. Please mention "ESM2013" and the name(s) of the participant(s) with the bank transfer.
Poster presentations
No abstract is needed for making a poster presentation, and none will be processed if submitted.