APPROVED PROGRAMS July 2012
Bo Reipurth (University of Hawaii; visiting Yuefang Wu/Thijs Kouwenhoven):
10,000 RMB for his flight; 3-week visit
Tong Hao (Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory; visiting Renxin Xu): 16,200 RMB for
food/lodging; 2-month visit
Announcement for applications of September 2012
This announces a call for applications for the KIAA-DoA Visiting
Collaborators Program. The program is intended to help facilitate your
collaborations with people at other institutes by supporting >1 month visits to
PKU. Any faculty member or postdoc at the KIAA or DoA at PKU can apply.
Our next deadline is 6 September 2012. We are pleased to have supported two
programs in our previous call, with details above.
KIAA-DoA VISITING COLLABORATORS PROGRAM
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/Opportunities/visiting_collaborators_program.html
Goal: To facilitate collaborations between PKU astronomers (DoA and KIAA) and
researchers at other institutes. The visiting collaborator and host should be
actively working on a project that is expected to lead to publication.
Who can apply: DoA and KIAA faculty and postdocs. The visitor is expected to
be based in an office at the KIAA. Researchers outside PKU are encouraged to
contact DoA and KIAA faculty and postdocs for applying this program.
Funding: Expected to cover food and lodging. Train/airfare may be possible in
exceptional cases, with justification.
Length of collaborator visit: Expected to be at least one month. Partial
requests for more lengthy stays may be awarded.
Deadline: 6 September 2012. We will have four deadlines per year on 1 June, 1
September, 1 December, 1 March.
Responsilities of Proposer: If funding is awarded, a short summary is due
within 2 weeks of the end of the collaborator's visit and again 6-12 months
later; provide the necessary receipts; inform the VCP upon cancellation of a
visit that has been funded.
Visiting Collaborator Program Committee: Greg Herczeg, Zhuo Li, Thijs
Kouwenhoven, Renxin Xu, Sakurako Okamoto
Please submit application to gjh1@pku.edu.cn by 6 September 2012
APPLICATION:
Host:
Visitor:
Home Institute of Visitor:
Current Position of Visitor:
History of collaboration:
Approximate dates, length of stay:
Research and Publication Plan (1-2 paragraphs)
Itemized Budget (please include approximate cost of hotel and per diem)
