How to apply on-line

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Lectures and laboratory instruction will be provided by internationally-respected neuroscientists from Australia and overseas.  Students will work in pairs, each with their own patch clamp/imaging rig comprising the latest equipment.  In addition to the organised syllabus, students will have the opportunity to conduct a 2-day mini-project of their own design. 

A total of 12 students will be selected (10 from Australia/New Zealand, 2 from elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region).  This IBRO/ANS Fellowship is intended for the 2 students from the Asia-Pacific region excluding Australia and New Zealand.  If you are from Australia or New Zealand you are not eligible for this Fellowship, but you may be eligible for other scholarships -- please see the course website for details (http://acan.jcs.anu.edu.au).

The all-inclusive course fee is A$3000, which covers all meals, accommodation, laboratory supplies and teaching materials.  The IBRO/ANS Fellowship will provide US$4000 towards the cost of attending the course. The applicants have to demonstrate they are able to pay the balance of the course fee and travel costs, i.e. in addition to the funds provided by the Fellowship.

For further details about ACAN 2010, including the complete program, please visit the course website at: http://www.ans.org.au/acan

Eligibility
PhD students in neuroscience and postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty (preferably less than 5 years after PhD completion) from the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Australia and New Zealand.
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Next deadline: December 14, 2009
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DESCRIPTION OF THE ON-LINE APPLICATION

• This document describes a typical on-line application for IBRO fellowships. Each application is composed of a set of forms as described below.
• Note that you have to log in the system. If you do not remember your password request it by sending an e-mail to
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Personal Information
The first part of the application deals with your personal data. These data are an essential component of your application, and you should provide all details as requested in the forms. Note that once filled out, your personal information is available for any other IBRO programme you might apply to in the future.
Note that detailed and/or specific instructions are also posted with each form.

01.    Application status (Indicates the date of last edit and the status: active, canceled)
02.    Personal information – name and e-mail (only one allowed)
03.    Photo (150 x 150 pixels, jpg format)
04.    Address & telephone
05.    Language proficiency (English)
06.    Education
07.    Research info: Topic (One entry only – summarizing your current research)
08.    Research info: Interests (selected from a list)
09.    Research info: Keywords (selected from a list)
10.    Research info: Skills (enter your list)
11.    Supervisors (your current Supervisor should be also included as one of the Referees in form 17.)
12.    Positions held
13.    Publications (last three years)
14.    Awards (especially, all IBRO Awards)
15.    Neuroscience Schools attended (especially, all IBRO Schools)
16.    Neuroscience Meetings Attended (no need for complete abstracts)

Referees
17. Two Referees are required, of which one should be your current Supervisor (also listed in form 11).
18. This application will automatically send an e-mail to proposed referees requesting the letter of reference and providing instructions on how to fill out the on-line letter of reference.

General
19. Uploading of files (normally not required)

Application for Fellowship
20. Justification by applicant: Applicants must clearly state why they wish to attend the course and how they will apply what they learn to their own research.
21. Select scholarships offered by IBRO/The Australian Neuroscience Society.

Final
22. Final form. It is important to save this form by clicking on Restart.
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A BRIEF NOTE ON ENTERING DATA IN THE FORMS
You can prepare your text in MS Word. However, since MS Word creates (hidden) formatting codes that cannot be displayed in the on-line forms, these hidden codes have to be removed from MS Word file. There are two ways to do it:
1.    Copy your text into Notepad and from Notepad, paste the text into the form. To copy and paste, mark the original text and use control-C to copy. Place the cursor in the form and use control-V to paste the text.
2.    Or use the filter (icon eraser + W) in the Editor to clean the text of MS Word formatting. You may need to remove empty lines.
New data are first "Inserted" in the form. For all subsequent entries, use "Update". In areas where multiple entries are allowed, there will be a button "Add New". Once finished with entries, use "Continue". If there are no entries, use "Cancel".
Applications will be available on-line for editing until the deadline date - Midnight, EST (Eastern Standard Time, Montreal time).
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Request for help, questions, and comments regarding this application please send e-mail to help@ibro.info with subject indicating the nature of your message.