NBU-COGS: Summer School 2000: Participation

2003

Participation

Participants will be selected by a Selection Committee on the bases of their submitted documents:

application form
CV
statement of purpose
letter of recommendation
list of publications (if any)

Apply as soon as possible since the number of participants is restricted.

Address for correspondence:
Cognitive Science Summer School
Central and Eastern European Center for Cognitive Science
New Bulgarian University
21 Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1618
Bulgaria
E-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg

Housing and Fees

The Organizing Committee has been able to sign contracts with two hotels and is able to provide accommodation at very favorable prices. However, the participants have to pay the whole sum in advance to the organizing committee. This fee includes accommodation and full board for the period July 6-26, as well as participation in all courses, participant symposia, panel discussions, student sessions.
The meals for all participants will be together independently of the accommodation choice thus allowing for better social interactions and continuation of the discussions started in classes.

The registration fee which includes accommodation and meal for 3 weeks (from the evening of July 6th till the morning of July 27th), reception, teaching materials and tuition are the following:

Bed in a Shared room **Hotel EURO 950
Bed in a Shared room ***Hotel EURO 1 110
Bed in a single room ***Hotel EURO 1 300

Partial Support: Limited funds for grants are available. Grants of Euro 500 will be provided as partial support to promising applicants. The selection will be done by a committe based on the following criteria:

quality of the applicants' statement of purpose and other evidence of academic excellence and strong motivation

priority will be given to participants who submit papers for presentation at the Summer School

priority will be given to applicants coming from countries with low average income and from poor universities who are not able to support their students and researchers

Deadline for application: March 15th, 2003

Registration: Two weeks after you receive a message that you have been selected for participation in the Summer School you should register and transfer the money, otherwise the place might be assigned to other applicants.

registration form

Methods of Payment

Bank transfer to:

New Bulgarian University - CogSci2003,
Bank account 11-600-52-913,
Raiffeiseng Bank, Sofia, 18-20 Gogol Street,
Bank code: 155-91-550,
SWIFT: RZBBBGSS
(transfer fees should be prepaid).

Check made payable to New Bulgarian University (add EURO 10 processing fee)

Pay in cash (in EURO only) at on site registration, in this case add EURO 100 for late registration.

Cancellations and Reimbursement

If you cancel your registration before June 30 you will be refunded with a 15% reduction, afterwards no refunding will be possible.