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Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution: results?

To: IAOA education <iaoa-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudio Masolo <masolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Stefano Borgo <stefano.borgo@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:19:26 +0200
Message-id: <8CF01790-FC02-4533-AF81-70C6C15C6FC5@xxxxxxxxx>
Thank you, Antony.
We are holding the message to Ali Rahnama. 
As far as I can say at this moment, Ali seems willing to stay in Trento from 
the time of the school.
Cheers
-Stefano    (01)

> Stefano,
> 
> (1) Here is our statement about the process:
> 
> "Applications were judged on the basis of qualification (as evidenced by the 
>applicant's background and statement of purpose) and economic need. 
> Five submissions were rated "strong accept" and 10 "accept"; grants were 
>awarded to all applicants of the former group and the strongest of those in 
>the latter as far as our budget would extend, allocating funding as far as 
>possible in accordance with what was requested."
> 
> (2) OK, fine.
> 
> (3) We suggest Camara as a reserve candidate
> 
> (4) Not sure. We haven't discussed this - we'll get back to you.
> 
> Antony
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefano Borgo
> Sent: 23 April 2012 11:33
> To: IAOA Education Committee
> Cc: Claudio Masolo
> Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution: results?
> 
> Dear Antony and all,
> thank you for all the work.
> 
> We have a few things to ask you:
> 1) will you make a short note to make the process transparent?
> we could add this in the answer to the applicants and/or as a note open to 
>IAOA members (e.g. how many applications where acceptable, what was taken into 
>account in the evaluation, how the lump of money was distributed)
> 
> 2) it seems more reasonable to us to count 6 nights at least for those coming 
>from a different continent (there is no airport in Trento and it is unlikely 
>one can arrive on Monday morning or leave right away on Friday evening). Also, 
>Nelcy asked for lodging and not for registration (she already paid for the 
>school). Then we could redistribute this part of the grants as follows:
> 
> Nelcy: accommodation only 160 Euro
> Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless: reg.+accommodeation 310 x 4 = 1240 Euro
> total: 1400 Euro
> 
> instead of
>> Reg. + Accommodation:
>>      Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 
>>                                          5 x 287.85 = 1439.25
> 
> 
> 3) we should have some other candidate in the case someone does not accept 
>the grant we propose.
> 
> 4) one of the students (Ali Rahnama) is planning to spend some time at LOA 
>after the school (this would be a 6-month stage within his PhD program). 
> Things are being discussed now and nothing has been fixed yet. In particular 
>we do not know if he will remain in Trento after the summer school or go back 
>to his country to come to Trento in the fall. In the first case (i.e. if he 
>will remain in Trento for some time) we leave up to you to decide whether to 
>cut the reimbursement e.g. to cover just half of the ticket.
> 
> Cheers
> Stefano and Claudio
> 
> 
> On 21 Apr 2012, at 14:18, Galton, Antony wrote:
> 
>> Stefano,
>> 
>> I think we've come up with a final decision now, as follows:
>> 
>> Registration only: Ruggieri                    150.00
>> Reg. + Accommodation:
>>      Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 
>>                                          5 x 287.85 = 1439.25
>> Reg + Accomm + Travel:
>>      Aysolmaz                                                   650.00
>>      Rahnama                                          1100.00
>>      Deniz Iren                                         600.00
>> 
>>                                                    Total: 3939.25 
>> euros
>> 
>> Antony
>> 
>     (02)


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