Level of Grants to participants
The cost of the School per participant comprises three components:
The Fees: 300 Euros
The Living Expenses: 1000 Euros
The Travel Expenses to and from the school location
Part or all of the Fees and Living Expenses above, as well as part or all of the travel costs may be reimbursed to participants eligible for grants that CERN has obtained from the European Union 6th Framework Programme.
The level of reimbursement of Living expenses and Travel expenses depends on the nationality of the participant. |
Principles of reimbursement per type of expenses
Fees | The totality of the Fees, that is 300 euros, will be reimbursed to EU-eligible participants |
Living expenses |
A fraction ranging from 50% to 100% of the Living Expenses will be reimbursed to EU-eligible participants, depending on the nationality of the participant.
See below for the table providing the reimbursement fraction per country category. |
Travel expenses | A fraction ranging from 0 to 100% of the real travel
expenses
will be reimbursed to EU-eligible participants, depending on the
nationality of the participant. See below for the table providing the reimbursement fraction per country category. Maximum amounts See below the table of maximum travel allowances from EU-FP6 Marie Curie Actions rules. Proof of expenses Eligible expenses The travel eligible for funding must be from and to the place of activity (nearest airport/station) at the time of the school and Dubrovnik airport/station. If the place of activity at the time of the school is different from the place of activity declared at the registration time, selected participants should contact the school administration before making any firm reservation. |
Reimbursement levels per type of expenses and country of citizenships
Country of citizenship |
Travel allowance |
Living allowance |
Fees |
100% of reimbursement |
50% of reimbursement |
100% of reimbursement |
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100% of reimbursement |
100% of reimbursement |
100% of reimbursement |
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100% of reimbursement |
100% of reimbursement |
100% of reimbursement |
Maximum amounts of reimbursement for travel expenses
Distance+ (km) | Maximum contribution (€) |
< 500 | 250 |
500 – 1.000 | 500 |
1.000 – 1.500 | 750 |
1.500 – 2.500 | 1 000 |
2.500 – 5.000 | 1 500 |
5.000 – 10.000 | 2 000 |
>10.000 | 2 500 |
+ Direct distance (as the crow flies) based on latitude and longitude between your place of activity and Dubrovnik, Croatia.
To find this distance, you may use distance calculator tools available on the Internet, such as the "How far is it?" service from Indo.com (and indicate Dubrovnik as destination) . Beware to provide the distance in kilometers, not in miles.
Categories of country of citizenship relevant to determine the level of grant |
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Conditions for reimbursement
The sum of the Fees plus the Living Expenses, that is 1300 Euros, should be paid to the account below prior to the school by participants. This amount covers tuition, lunch, two daily coffee breaks at the Importanne Resort, accommodation and evening meal at the same place, from dinner on Sunday, 19 August to breakfast on Saturday, 1 September 2007. Some social activities, of which details will be given at a later time, will be organized at no extra cost.
Reimbursement or Fees, Living and Travel expenses will take place by bank transfer approximately three months after the school on the condition that the participant actually attends the school.
For such bank transfers, the details (name of Bank, address of Bank, account number, IBAN number, SWIFT code) of the bank account to which such reimbursement should be made must be noted in the Certification form (PDF version | Word version) which should accompany the application to the School.
Notification of level of reimbursement
All applicants will be notified whether their application to attend the school has been accepted.
The selected applicants will be notified whether they are eligible and of the reimbursement level that they can benefit from, provided that they attend the school.