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Location:
Certosa di Pontignano is a beautiful ancient monastery
close to Siena. As most of the monasteries, the Certosa
is secluded and located in a very quiet environment, the
closest town being Siena, at about fifteen minutes distance
by car. It is often location of small seminars and meetings
and is used by the University of Siena as Guest House.
The Certosa offers lodging facilities for up to 70 people
inside the Monastery and 30-40 people can easily lodged
in Hotels and Agriturismo located in the surroundings.
In the Certosa three lecture rooms are available for conferences
and some other rooms for small meetings, panel discussions
and poster exhibition. Poster exhibition can be held in
the cloister as well. The building is also endowed with
a large restaurant where all the participants can have
their meals together as well as coffee breaks. Some other
common rooms with chairs, television set and billiards
are available for free time in the evening.
For further information see: http://www.unisi.it/servizi/certosa/certosa_ingl/index.html
How to arrive to
Certosa by Bus from p.zza Gramsci - How to come back
from
Certosa by Bus to p.zza Gramsci
See also how to reach Siena
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Eligibility:
While scientists at any stage of their career may, in principle,
apply to attend the ASI/NeMeTOC, the School is aimed specifically
at postgraduate students and junior postdoctoral researchers.
The number of places is limited to 80. Selection will be based
criteria such as stage in research career, fitness of research
area, need for financial support (see below), and the requirement
to balance participating nationalities to satisfy NATO funding
regulations.
Since lectures will be delivered in English, candidates must
have an adequate knowledge of English. Also, if you are a
PhD student, you will be asked to provide a letter of reference
to be e-mailed to us at nemetoc@unifi.it.
The School is residential and all participants will be accommodated
in Certosa di Pontignano and the close surroundings.
Both lecturers and students are expected to arrive on Friday
October 14 and to attend the School for its whole
duration.
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Cost:
The full cost of attending the School is 650 € for academic
or governmental participants and 950 € for industrial
participants. This covers 9 nights of accommodation (14th
to 23th October, day of departure), all meals (including conference
banquet), lecture notes and a copy of the Proceedings when
these are published.
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Financial
support:
Partial or full financial support to cover the 600 €
fee and/or travel may be offered to selected successful applicants.
You are asked to indicate on the application form whether
you need such support, and, if so, the amount you are applying
for and the minimum amount that you will need to enable you
to participate. Note that the last two amounts are not necessarily
identical, and preference may be given to candidates requiring
lesser support to participate. We do expect that about at
least half of the participants will be fully self funded.
Students from Greece, Protugal and Turkey may be invited to
contact their national NATO Science Fellowships administrator
to check whether funds are available to support their participation
in this ASI/NeMeTOC
American applicants may check their eligibility
for one of a 5 possible bursaries which may be available.
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