SCHOLARSHIPS
The COST Action CA21128 PROBONO (PROton BOron Nuclear fusion: from energy production to medical applicatiOns) offers the opportunity for a reimbursement grant to a few trainees of the school.
According to COST rules, trainees eligleble to recieve financial support are only:
Individuals affiliated to a legal entity in COST Full/Cooperating Member, Near Neighbour Countries (NNC) or to a European RTD organisation. (see https://www.cost.eu/Country_Organisations_Table).
COST Full Members: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary*, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, The Republic of North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. (* not eligleble for direct financial support)
COST Near Neighbour Countries (NNC): Algeria, Azerbaijan, [Belarus]*, Egypt, the Faroe Islands, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, [Russia]*, Syria, and Tunisia. (* suspended)
If you are able to fulfill the above requirement, you can follow the next steps to apply for a CA21128-PROBONO scholarship until 25th of May 2024.
- Participate in the Action ProBono, at least in Working Group 1, by following the procedure described at https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21128 (you need to have/create an account to e-COST)
- Request for financial support by sending an email with your CV and motivation letter to Dr G.A. P. Cirrone, at pablo.cirrone@lns.infn.it Use as subject "Request for scholarship" and you will recieve a confirmation reply.
- After 25th of May, you will be informed by email if you are selected for a scholarship.
- Afterwards, the awarded applicants will receive an official invitation from the e-Cost platform.
The reimbursement includes travel support and daily allownce amount.
The travel support is up to a maximum of 350€ for the long-distance travel expenses (>100km) from your location to Alghero (Italy) and return, and you will reimbursement for the amount you actually spent if it is less than 350€.
A daily allowance of 160€/day is provided to support trainees for the accommodation in hotel with full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
Please notice: reimbursement will be done after the school ends, which means that participants will need to pay in advance to be reimbursed afterwards.