A PENS Neuroscience School.
August 7 - September 1, 2006
Arcachon, France
Instructions
Curriculum Vitae
All applicants must submit a detailed CV, indication their prior scientific experience. They must also explain exactly the benefits they expect to gain from the course.
So please fill in all information about your background and present formation accurately!
Project
One of the main features of the course is that all participants work on a research project during the 4 weeks, under the help and guidance of tutors and faculty members.
The research project must typically *not* be a plain continuation of the PhD or postdoc research subject of the candidate, although it may of course be related. The project should instead be complementary to the present research focus of the candidate.
Applicants must suggest a project, and in formulating it they should consider how it would provide substantial scientific benefits, which would be difficult to obtain without the course. For example, experimentalists may be interested in modeling their data, mathematicians in moving towards more biophysical approaches, cellular-level modelists in moving towards more systems approaches, etc.
The project idea will be assessed based on scientific merits. It should be described in terms that are general enough that neuroscientists specializing in other fields can appreciate it.How to fill the forms
The submission process is electronic. Applicants will receive copies of their submissions by e-mail, and will be able to edit or update them until the application deadline of April 10th.
Large text boxes have maximum size of 500 characters, small ones 80 characters. The system will not allow the maximum number of characters to be exceeded.
Since applications will be reviewed electronically, it is important not to use special characters which may not display correctly, including the amperes and sign ('&') in text fields.
Letters of recommendation
Applications are incomplete until two letters of recommendation have been received. These should be written by supervisors or other scientists with detailed knowledge of the applicant. The names and email addresses of the referees should be supplied; we will then contact them by email to solicit the references electronically.
Applicants should ensure that their referees have agreed to provide references *before* submitting their names. Applications without two references will be declined. Applicants can always check the arrival of references via the submission website - "letter received" will appear.
Due to spam-filters mails gets lost. You should know that:
- After submitting your application-form you should receive a mail with a copy of your application-data and one of your personal information (the last one only in case this was a new registration to our site).
- It is a good idea to check that mails send to referees arrive.
- There is no delay between the mail send to you and the request for a letter of reference. But this does not garant that the mails arrive at the same time, see also next point.
- Some mail-servers can get overloaded during peak-load periods, so it can take up to half a day before a mail reaches destination.
- You can always consult the mails send to you by following the link "View log from all mails sent to me." in your menu.
- Please contact us in case of failure.
Selection process
Due to the high demand we can accept only 20-25% of the applications.
Your application together with the letters of recommendation will be reviewed and scored by three faculty members.
Based on the those scores and taking into accounts a necessary balance of geographical, gender and educational background, a final ranking will be made by the course directors.To apply, please press button "login" and logon; if this is your first logon, please read the "read me first" file.