International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) Young Scientist Conference Attendance Grants for ICA 2010 SYDNEY, 23-27 August , 2010 The Board of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) with the support of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) has established the ICA-ASA Young Scientist Conference Attendance Grants (YS Grants) Programme to help young acousticians to attend the International Congress on Acoustics to be held in 2010 in Sydney, Australia. Each grant is up to 500 EUR from which a portion will be used to cover the conference registration and the remainder provided in Australian Dollars at the time of the conference.

The receipt of the

award of the prestigious YS Grant may be used by the young acoustician to assist with obtaining additional funding from other sources.

Candidates must be under 35 years and

may be either undergraduate or postgraduate students, postdoctoral or young acousticians. Special attention will be given to the applicants from developing countries. The application deadline is 22 February 2010.

Applications should be sent only by email

attachment, and preferably in the one pdf file, with the title of the email as “ICA Young Scientist

Conference

Attendance”

to

the

[email protected].

Submissions by airmail cannot be accepted. Note that the application form requires indication of support from the candidate’s supervisor and, where practical, from an officer of the candidate’s local acoustical society. This society must be a member society of the International Commission for Acoustics. Details of the member societies can be found in the ICA homepage: http://www.icacommission.org.. The form requires an abstract of the paper (max.200 words) that the applicant intends to submit to ICA2010 plus one page of theory/experiments/results/conclusions. or passport must also accompany the application.

A copy of identity card

Notification to the successful applicants

will be provided by 1 May 2010 along with their complimentary registration identification number. The successful applicants will need to complete the registration, comply with the deadlines for submissions as prescribed at www.ica2010sydney.org and participate in the congress.

To

receive the residual grant money the successful candidates must attend the congress, present personally to the conference organizers with verification documents such as passport or identity card and present their paper. Note that no payments will be made to the successful candidates prior to the congress. Young Scientist Application

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ICA 2010 SYDNEY 23-27 AUGUST 2010 APPLICATION FORM ICA-ASA YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD

Title: Mr/Miss/Mrs/Dr Family Name ………………………….. Personal Name

……………………………….

Date of birth: …………………… Organisation::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Address:………………………………………………………………………………..... ………………………………………..Country………………………………………….. E-mail …………………………………………….Fax…………………………………… Title of Abstract:………………………………………………………………………… Co-Authors (if applicable) …………………………………………………….. Abstract of paper to be inserted on page 2 of this application form Summary of results to be inserted on page 3 of this application form

Support from Supervisor: Name of supervisor:………………………………………………………… Organisation: ………………………………………………………………… Email for supervisor ………………………………………………………….. Up to 100 words supporting this application:

Signature of supervisor:……………………………………………………… Young Scientist Application

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Support from local Acoustical Society – to be completed by Officer Bearer. On behalf of …………(name of local acoustical society……………………….., I support this application for Young Scientist Award Name………………………………….Position in Society/Organisation: ………………….. Email:……………………………………………… Please explain if it is not practical to obtain this from the local acoustical society:

********************************************************************* Title of Abstract: ………………………………………………………………………….. Up to 200 word abstract of paper

Young Scientist Application

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Title of Abstract:…………………………………………………………………….. Up to 1 page summary of theory/experiments/results/conclusions

Young Scientist Application

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