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INVITATION LETTER / CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE:

The Organizing Committee will send letters of invitation to persons wishing to take part in the Conference. These letters will be provided to help participants raise conference attendance funding and to obtain visas. A certificate of Attendance will be issued for the registered participants upon request. A receipt of the registration fee and accommodation will be given to all participants.

GRANTS:

A limited number of grants is available for young researchers. The grant covers the conference fee (participation fee, accommodation and meals). It does not cover the travel expenses and excursion. The applicants for grants have to send:

(a) the APPLICATION FORM FOR GRANT,
(b) a short curriculum vitae (including age and relevant experience)
(c) the abstract of the paper they want to present.

The documents and abstracts should be sent to ESNA secretary in Brno and also to the chairperson of the appropriate ESNA working group before 15 March 2008. The basic criteria for the grant are: ESNA membership, age and quality of submitted paper. Priority GRANT applications will be able via e-mail. The ESNA secretariat will select acceptable applicants in co-operation with the chairpersons before 15 May 2008. The ESNA President, Prof. S. Grego will give his final approval and send the list of selected grantists to the Local Secretariat. The Conference secretary will set up the final list and the order of the grant receivers in June 2008.

Any applications for grants submitted after the deadline (15 May 2008), and those that do not meet all the required criteria, will not be accepted. After receiving the grant, the grantists are urgently requested to inform the Local Secretary by e-mail or fax immediately that they accept the grant and that they will attend the Conference. If they fail to do so, their grant will be cancelled.

BORKOVEC TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP:

To commemorate our late General Secretary, Vladimir Borkovec, a travel fund towards the cost of travel has been established to provide some support for young scientists who are members of ESNA and are presenting a paper at one of our annual meetings. Application should be made on the APPLICATION FORM FOR BORKOVEC TRAVEL GRANT including a short curriculum vitae and abstract of paper they want to present, and sent to the Secretariat in Brno for consideration before 15 March 2008. The number of travel grants is dependent on the very limited means of the sponsors and donors. Priority BORKOVEC TRAVEL Grant Applications will be enabled via e-mail.