[CivilSoc] Summer Schools for Scientists in CEE/NIS Region

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:03:34 -0700 (PDT)

>From  "Karen Grill" <[email protected]>
Date  Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:16 pm
To  <[email protected]>
Subject  [Scientist] INTAS Summer School Support
[Thanks to the Euroscience WG "East-West Cooperation" for this
announcement.]
INTAS, an independent International Association formed by the
European Community to promote East-West Scientific co-operation, has
announced a new program
           INTAS SUMMER SCHOOL SUPPORT
Call for the submission of letters of interest
1. Why a Summer School Programme?
2. Who are the partner organisations?
3. Which Summer Schools be supported?
4. How to submit a letter of interest?
5. How are the evaluation and selection of partners organised?
6. Where can I get additional information?
*BACKGROUND* INTAS is seeking ways to encourage increased
participation of NIS scientists, younger than 35 years (YS), in
international summer schools held throughout the year. The objectives
are to involve them better in the international scientific community
and to promote contacts between Ph.D. students and newly graduated
Ph.D. scientists from the NIS and the INTAS member states. INTAS is
thus looking for partner organisations that are running summer
schools of international acknowledged quality and that are interested
in working with INTAS to increase the participation of NIS YS in
their summer school programmes. To achieve this, INTAS has earmarked
an annual total amount of ? 250,000 to support such organisations.
Interested partner organisations are invited to submit a letter of
interest to INTAS by 30 November 2001.
Partner organisations:
- Can be any scientific institution or organisation from any NIS,
namely from Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgystan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine or
Uzbekistan,
or from the INTAS members, namely the European Community, one of the
fifteen EC Member States, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Icelnd, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.
- Must have at least three years experience in the organisation of
summer schools, and its statutes and aims should allow the
involvement of YS from all the eligible countries listed above.
- Must have a high scientific standing and the necessary technical
and organisational conditions, including English-speaking contact
persons and teaching staff.
- Must select individual YS scientists involved in the schools
according to transparent and public selection criteria, in particular
based on the scientific performance of an applicant, and must ensure
an impartial and equal treatment of all applying YS.
- Must announce publicly the summer school programme and the
opportunities of participation, and open it to all countries
mentioned above. In case the partner organisation is selected for
INTAS support, the additional funding opportunities arising out of
INTAS support shall also be announced.
Summer Schools that can be supported
- must be scientific teaching and/or training courses specialised in
topical pre- and post-doctoral teaching, providing up-to-date
coverage of fast-developing fields, thus being very conducive to
research, lasting approximately 1-4 weeks
- may offer courses in any scientific field
- must have a good international reputation in the scientific
community, and should have international participation of usually not
less than 30 % of the participants; the usual size of a summer school
should be not less than 25 participants.
*HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST?*
Interested organisations should send their letter with the following
information:
- contact address, telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet home page address
if available, person in charge for co-operation;
- short description of the organisation, links and contacts with
otherinternational and/or European organisations;
- established summer schools programmes and related information
(subject, date, duration, etc.);
- proposed seletion criteria and procedure for INTAS-supported YS;
- requested support from INTAS per NIS participant and, if needed, the
administrative overheads.
*ORGANISATION OF EVALUATION AND SELECTION*
An independent evaluation panel will review the letters of interest
of all interested organisations and recommend those summer schools to
be supported through the INTAS Young scientists Summer School
Programme. Upon final decision, INTAS will negotiate the terms and
conditions of the future co-operation via a suitable co-operation
agreement. Depending upon the particular needs of the partner
organisation, INTAS is prepared to support costs for the
participation of YS from the NIS via participants' fees covering
their participation including accommodation and meals, travel of NIS
YS, and also, to a limited extent, an administrative overhead for the
organisation.
The selection will be based on the following criteria:
a. scientific standing of the organising committee and involved
teachers;
b. reputation of the summer school, which must have been organised for
the last 3 years, and originality of the scientific programme;
c. expected international participation, including YS from the NIS, and
selection procedure applied for;
d. amount requested from INTAS per invited NIS-YS, taking into account
the school's own support to NIS YS such as low rates for accommodation
and meals, reduced participation fees, etc.
In its selection INTAS will ensure a fair distribution across the
scientific fields and countries. All candidate organisations will be
informed on the outcome of the competitive selection by the end of
February 2002.
If you need additional information:
Interested organisations may forward particular questions to
Prof. Federico Ferrini via e-mail
[email protected]
tel.: +32-2-549 01 46,
fax: +32-2-549 01 56
INTAS, 58/8 Avenue des Arts, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
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