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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: "Alicia Goldstein"
<aliciag@MIT.EDU></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: Summer Fellowships in Barcelona,
Spain: Institute for Photonic Sciences</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:20
-0500</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#3266FF"><b>ICFO - Institute for Photonic Sciences Caixa
Catalunya Summer Fellows 2010</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The
Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) is a center based in the
Mediterranean Technology Park, in the Barcelona metropolitan area
(Spain), devoted to research and education in Photonics at the highest
international level. ICFO hosts a Summer Research Fellowship Program
sponsored by Caixa Catalunya Obra Social</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">that
aims at providing a unique opportunity to undergraduate students and
their ICFO group leader mentors to engage for approximately twelve
weeks of full-time research in the photonics research topics active at
ICFO.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The
Program aims at an early exposure to frontier science and research in
Photonics, as well as at the early support of outstanding
undergraduate students from institutions from all over the world to
experience first-hand the excitement and challenges posed by research
projects within the variety of ICFO´s research fields. While
conducting a challenging research project,<i> ICFO -Caixa Catalunya
Summer Fellows</i> engage in a focused training program covering the
basics and</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000">applications of the different research topics active
at ICFO. The program aims at giving<i> SummerFellows</i> a
comprehensive overview of frontier research areas in Photonics and
their corresponding applications.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#3266FF"><b> </b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#3266FF"><b>Eligibility</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The
program aims at outstanding students within the<b> last two years of
Science or Engineering degree studies.</b> Eligible areas include
Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. Some
knowledge of Spanish is helpful.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#3266FF"><b> </b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#3266FF"><b>Conditions of fellowships</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The
fellowships are offered for the period from June to August. The
standard fellowship duration is three months, although specific
conditions may be negotiated</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">during
the selection process. The fellowships include a stipend of 3.500¤
(gross) for nonresidents, for a three-month full-time dedication.
Eligible travel expenses are also covered.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="http://www.icfo.es/"><font
face="Arial" color="#000000">www.icfo.es</font></a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>For
more information: Please contact</b></font> <a
href="mailto:aliciag@mit.edu"><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><b>aliciag@mit.edu</b></font></a></blockquote>
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face="Arial"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#800000"><i><b>Alicia J. Goldstein</b></i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#800000"><i>MIT-Spain Director of Placement and Program
Development</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>MIT
International Science and Technology Initiatives
(MISTI)</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#800000"><i>Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><i>1
Amherst Street E40-407</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#800000"><i>Cambridge, MA 02139</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#800000"><i>Phone 617-324-5494 Fax
617-258-7432</i></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain"><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><i>http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain</i></font></a
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