Dear all, (01)
Let me record below the (incomplete) proposal I made some time ago, but
that has not yet been discussed except for the amounts. some elements
may be relevant as starting points for the policy. (02)
right now, the decision is that a max of 3000E has been allocated to the
summer school for grants and a max of 2000E for FOIS (plus 700E as fee
waivers for the program chairs). (03)
my personal opinion is that a global IAOA grant policy should apply to
all main IAOA events, and so both the summer school/institute and FOIS,
and have an educational orientation. (04)
of course, for FOIS the procedure to select the grants might
favour paper (student) authors, which is inapplicable to the summer school. (05)
as Leo proposes, such a global policy may be then suggested
as a departure point to SIGs, but probably the Ed. Com should handle
grant distribution only for main IAOA events (so not future SIGs events). (06)
Laure (07)
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Sujet: [iaoa-council] scheme for IAOA grants this year
Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:23 +0100
De : Laure Vieu <vieu@xxxxxxx>
Répondre à : IAOA Executive Council <iaoa-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Pour : IAOA Executive Council <iaoa-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
IAOA Education Committee <iaoa-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (08)
Dear all, (09)
I propose to discuss on-line the grant scheme IAOA will adopt for the
two IAOA events FOIS and the summer school this year, in order to take a
decision at our EC meeting next week. (010)
NB: I do not know if a grant scheme is needed also for the
OntologySummit symposium, below I'm assuming it's not. Peter? (011)
I'm adding the Education committee in the loop, as I think its views are
relevant. (012)
Facts: (013)
1- IAOA has now about 15000E in bank
Some more is expected for late renewals, and for those new members who
will join to attend the summer school (required) or FOIS (encouraged by
the reduced fees). Guessing, at least 1000E more. (014)
2- There is not yet any provisional budget for 2012 (due in april).
We need to keep enough money to be able to face potential losses at IAOA
events (FOIS and summer school) and support other activities like SIGs,
and maintain a small capital for next year. (015)
3- the provisional budget of 2011 included 2500E of grants for the
summer institute, that we didn't spend (we actually gained almost 500E
in memberships sponsorized by the Vespucci institute). (016)
4- current proposed fees for FOIS only, student, IAOA member, early: 195E. (017)
5- estimated early fees for summer school: 150E students - 200E regular
(latest news!!) (018)
6- other institutions/companies may be sponsorizing grants for FOIS and
the summer school - not sure when we will know (019)
Proposals to be discussed: (020)
a- Spend max 5000E on grants this year (021)
b- Mainly offer grants in the form of fee waivers to IAOA student members (022)
c- Preference given on the basis of country (see country classification
for IAOA membership) (023)
d- Open additional possibility to request special fundings to cover
fee/accommodation/trip for a few motivated special cases (024)
e- Deadline for grant applications: April 8 (1 week before the deadline
for early FOIS & summer school registration) (025)
e- the Education committee handles the applications for grants and
decides to whom to give them (026)
f- number of fee-waiver grants (b) based on 1, 2 and a:
15 for the summer school + 12 for FOIS, for a cost of 4590E (027)
f'- another possibility is 10+10 for a total of 3450E, keeping the rest
for special grants (d) (028)
g- special grants (d) given on the basis of sponsorship available at the
time and updated estimate of registrations (ie, expected benefits or
losses and accordingly increasing or decreasing the limit in a) (029)
Best,
Laure (030)
Le 13/03/12 17:49, Stefano Borgo a écrit :
> you are right, Leo. I'm pushing this because of time constraints. I
> must add that in my view this committee has the authority to decide
> on these issues within the IAOA :-) Cheers -S
>
>
> On 13 Mar 2012, at 17:44, Obrst, Leo J. wrote:
>
>> Stefano, Claudio,
>>
>> I think we suggested that the Education Committee should begin to
>> establish some policy about this.
>>
>> Education Committee chairs: any thoughts about grants for the
>> Summer School? The IAOA can provide some, with a provisional budget
>> of 3000 Euro.
>>
>> Werner: what kind of information did you request last year for
>> grant applications? Also, how/who decided the grants?
>>
>> Also, concerning the handling of grants, it may be that the SIGs
>> will wish to assume their own decision-making for their events. But
>> probably we want to establish general guidelines/policy.
>>
>> Thanks, Leo
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From:
>> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Stefano Borgo Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:59 AM To: IAOA
>> Education Committee Cc: Claudio Masolo Subject: Re:
>> [iaoa-education] IAOA summer school: preliminary budget
>>
>> Dear Ed. Com. pls comment on this
>>
>>>> On a second issue: which documents should we request in the
>>>> website for the assignment of grants? Claudio and I take it
>>>> that the EC is in charge of the grant distribution... The
>>>> registration will open in two days so we would appreciate a
>>>> quick discussion/decision
>>
>> thanks -Stefano
>>
>>
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