[bioundgrd] Fwd: Summer Fellowships in Barcelona, Spain: Institute for Photonic Sciences

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Alicia Goldstein" <aliciag at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Summer Fellowships in Barcelona, Spain: 
>Institute for Photonic Sciences
>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:20 -0500
>
>ICFO - Institute for Photonic Sciences Caixa Catalunya Summer Fellows 2010
>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
>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.
>
>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, ICFO -Caixa Catalunya Summer Fellows 
>engage in a focused training program covering 
>the basics and
>applications of the different research topics 
>active at ICFO. The program aims at giving 
>SummerFellows a comprehensive overview of 
>frontier research areas in Photonics and their 
>corresponding applications.
>
>Eligibility
>The program aims at outstanding students within 
>the last two years of Science or Engineering 
>degree studies. Eligible areas include 
>Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and 
>Biology. Some knowledge of Spanish is helpful.
>
>Conditions of fellowships
>The fellowships are offered for the period from 
>June to August. The standard fellowship duration 
>is three months, although specific conditions 
>may be negotiated
>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.
>
><http://www.icfo.es/>www.icfo.es
>For more information:  Please contact <mailto:aliciag at mit.edu>aliciag at mit.edu
>
>Alicia J. Goldstein
>MIT-Spain Director of Placement and Program Development
>MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>1 Amherst Street E40-407
>Cambridge, MA  02139
>Phone 617-324-5494  Fax 617-258-7432
><http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain>http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain
>
>
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