Marie Curie Grants for Participation in ECCM-11:

ECCM 11 has been approved as a "Marie-Curie Large Conference". This means that the Marie-Curie scheme will provide 40 training scholarships for participation at ECCM-11. These grants will be split into 30 placements for early stage researcher and 10 placements for experienced researchers.

An Early stage researcher should have at the time of his/her attendance, no more than four years (full time equivalent) research experience since obtaining the first diploma and does not have a doctoral degree. An experienced researcher should have at the time of his/her attendance, a doctoral degree or a (full time equivalent) research experience of 4-10 years since obtaining the first diploma.

Marie Curie will be covering all expenses (ECCM-11 fees and full subsistence/ accommodation) for all forty participants. Finally all Marie Curie participants will be funded with the amount of up to 150 Euro for early researchers and 267 Euro for experienced researchers towards their travel expenses. These can be claimed upon presentation of a valid ticket and associated proof of payment.

The successful applicants are required to: (1) attend all four plenary papers and (2) participate in two training sessions chaired by well known composites scientists. In particular, the Special Training Event-1 is entitled "Business and Management Opportunities in the Field of Composites". The Special Training Event-2 is entitled "Modelling the Physico-mechanical Behaviour of Composites".

Please note that the Marie-Curie scheme aims to provide training to researchers irrespective of their nationality (European or not). Hence, any interested "early" or "experienced" researcher is welcome to apply regardless of his/her prior involvement with the conference.

If you are interested in receiving a Marie-Curie grant, please e-mail your full CV and any other relevant information to the conference secretariat: eccm11@iceht.forth.gr or fax it to +30 2610 965 223 by 1st of March 2004, the latest.

Note: All registrants to the conference who apply for a Marie-Curie grant will not be charged until the outcome of the selection procedure.