Call for Travel Grants for the 2016 PhD Winter School on Participation & Communication at Jinan University
The 2016 PhD Winter School on participation & communication will provide a limited number of individual travel grants for PhD Winter School participants.
A travel grant covers the travel cost to and from Guangzhou, and is funded by the College of Journalism & Communication of Jinan University.
Requirements:
1. In order to apply for the travel grant, please send your travel grant application, together with your application for participation in PhD Winter School, to jnwinterschool2016@126.com. This needs to be done before the application deadline of 10 October 2016.
2. The application for a travel grant consists out of two documents:
A./a motivation letter, in which you explain why the travel grant should be awarded to you, and in which you mention whether you will be able to attend the PhD winter school in the case that you would not receive a travel grant.
B./a separate document listing your 1/name, 2/date of birth, 3/country of birth, 4/gender, 5/country of residence, 6/nationality(ies), 7/university affiliation, and 8/the starting date of your PhD studies.
3. The selection of travel grants will be based on the quality of the abstract submitted to the PhD Winter School, and on participant diversity. In order to qualify for a travel grant, the application for participation in the PhD Winter School needs to have been approved as well.
4. If your travel grant application has been approved, the winter school will contact you asap in order to proceed with the travel arrangements. You will be asked to confirm your attendance. Jinan University also reserves the right to request travel grant awardees for additional information, in order to ensure Winter School participation.
5. In all travel grant relevant matters, Jinan University holds the final decision, but will use that right responsibly and respectfully.
6. Because of the limited number of grants and the high level of competition, we strongly advise you to apply for financial support from your university or through other channels, even if you apply for a Winter School travel grant.
Detailed information about the PhD Winter School on Participation & Communication can be found at http://iamcr.org/s-wg/PCR-winterschool