Participation and Application

The school will be open to research workers from all countries in the world, with an emphasis on the Balkan, Near East, Middle East and North Africa area. Preferably, the applicants should have completed some years of study beyond the first degree from a university. The school will be conducted in English language of which the participants are expected to have an adequate knowledge. The instructors come from the host institution as well as from the countries represented in the advisory panel.

The participation in the School is by invitation only. Participants who wish to receive an invitation, should send an application in the prescribed format and other necessary documents before August 1, 2005. The International Organizing Committee will make the selection of participants from the applications.

The application form and other forms required for admission to the School may be obtained from the ICFA Instrumentation Center Secretariat. Those who wish to apply through e-mail should request the e-mail version of applications from the e-mail address below.

Cost, funding, sponsoring

In principal, it is expected that travel and subsistence expenses of the participants will be borne by their home institutes. There will be a registration fee of $100. In order to cover organizational expenses for the school, the ICFA panel and the local organization committee are soliciting funds from various national and international agencies, mostly members of ICFA as CERN and World Lab (International), DESY (Germany), INFN and ICTP (Italy), IN2P3 (France), RAL (UK), TRIUMF (Canada), DOE, FNAL, NSF, BNL, SLAC and Open Society (USA), KEK (Japan) etc. The larger fraction of the funds is made available to support primarily the participants from developing countries to cover travel expenses. Partial support for subsistence expenses may also be available for some of the needy participants. Such financial support will be available only to those who attend the entire activity and who are actively pursuing research in related fields. As the scarcity of funds allows support to only a limited number of participants, every effort should be made by the applicants to secure financial support from funding agencies within their home country.

Accommodation

1. Princess Hotel (5 stars hotel)
Location: Located just opposite to the campus of Istanbul Technical
University, where some of the lectures and all the lab courses will take
place.
Price: Single room: 125 YTL (77.5 Euro) + 18% tax + 19 YTL (11.78
Euro) breakfast
Double room: 139 YTL (86.18 Euro)

2. Harem Hotel (not a luxurious hotel)
Location: Close to Feza Gursey Institute, where some of the lectures will
take place, it is on the Asian side of Istanbul.
Price: approximately 30 Euro

3. Etiler Uygulama Oteli (training hotel)
Location: Located in a nice part of Istanbul: Etiler (European side),
opposite to one of the most popular shopping centers of Istanbul
(Akmerkez). To go to Istanbul Technical University, one can take a taxi or
take a 10 minutes walk and then a public transport (another 10-20
minutes depending on the traffic). (Prof.Walenta prefers to stay here and
he plans to rent a minivan with which we can give you a drive.)
Price: Single: 45 YTL (27.9 Euro)
Double: 60 YTL (37.2 Euro)
Triple: 75 YTL (46.5 Euro)

Deadline for applications

Applications should be received (see below), through e-mail, fax or ordinary mail before August 1, 2005. Successful applicants will be notified by August 10 , 2005. Later applications may be considered.