International Materials Institute
for New Functionality in Glass

Workshop: Applications of Synchrotron Techniques
in Glass Research. April 6-7, 2009

Financial Support

There will be limited funds available to support the participation of current graduate students and new young postdoctoral fellows (within 2 years of graduation) with the cost of travel and accommodation on-site at BNL.

Please submit the following: 

• a letter to request financial support, stating the cost of travel to attend this workshop
• brief biographical information about themselves
• letter of recommendation from their adviser

to Sarah Wing at:

IMI-NFG, Lehigh University Sinclair Lab 120,
Bethlehem PA 18015

• e-mail: srw208@lehigh.edu 
• fax: 1-610-758-6191

Applications for financial support must be received by March 1, 2009

Please register for the workshop and register in BNL’s Guest Information (GIS) system (link) prior to sending in your financial support request. Students approved for financial support are encouraged to use BNL’s on site housing accommodations.

To stay on site at BNL students must be registered and approved in BNL’s GIS system. Approval, which can take 30 days or more, must be granted prior to attending the workshop.

From March 1, 2009, off-site accommodation MUST be made.

• Important Information for foreign national citizens
  Please note that approval for Foreign National Citizens can take 30-90 days. Under Department of Energy directives, requests by citizens of Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria to stay on-site at BNL to attend the meeting and/or workshops require extensive review and approval by many agencies, including the Secretary of the Department of Energy. Approval may take a year or more.
  Due to the duration of the clearance process, citizens of these countries should secure off-site accommodations for this workshop.
   
• Important Information for foreign travelers
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