diff --git a/content/pages/2024/finaid.md b/content/pages/2024/finaid.md index 3970c56..dc7b607 100644 --- a/content/pages/2024/finaid.md +++ b/content/pages/2024/finaid.md @@ -7,8 +7,96 @@ template: page slug: finaid2024 --- + ## Financial Aid Program Would you really love to join EuroSciPy but can't afford it? We might be able to help you! +Here are some information regarding our financial aid program. + + + +We offer two types of financial aid grants: + +- **Free ticket**: The ticket includes access to 2 days of tutorials + 2 days of talks + 1 day of sprints +- **Travel and/or accommodation costs**: We will partially cover the travel costs (hotel/transportation) +
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+ +### Grant Eligibility + +Our program is open to all people with lack of budget. We can give limited numbers of subsidies, that's why we will focus on the next criteria for evaluation: + +- **Diversity**: We are looking for the most diverse EuroSciPy conference. +- **Contributors**: Speakers/trainers of EuroSciPy, active people from small Python +communities, and contributors to community projects. +- **Economic factors**: Students, unemployed, or people with difficult economic situations. +
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+ +### How to apply + +Please fill in the [form](https://forms.gle/zZ96Cj7QwxLNVs299) before **July 12th**. +
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+ +#### Timeline + +| | | +|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| June 24 | Open the grant program | +| July 12 | **Deadline for submitting the applications** | +| July 21 | Notification of grants awarded | +| July 24 | Deadline for applicants to accept/decline financial aid | +| September 4 | Deadline to upload receipts | + +
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+ +#### Refunds + +- **Free ticket**: we will send you an individual coupon for registration. In case you +have already bought the ticket, we will refund you on the same account that you +used for purchasing the ticket. +- **Accommodation and/or Travel grant**: all grants involving reimbursements will be +reimbursed by bank transfer after the conference. Please, upload your receipts +(hotel invoice, plane/bus/train tickets) via the Google Form we’ll send you +after the grant acceptance notice. The reimbursement can either be made by bank transfer or PayPal payment after the conference. + +**IMPORTANT:** We will do bank transfers only via SEPA transfer. Please, check +it with your bank, some information you can find +[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area). +
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+ +#### Guideline + +- The financial aid grants will only be made available to registered attendees +actually attending the conference +- If you find that you cannot attend the conference for some reason, please send +us an email to [grants@euroscipy.org](mailto: grants@euroscipy.org), so we can +reallocate the grant +- If the applicant does not accept the grant before the deadline, the grant will +be considered rejected by the applicant +- Please submit receipts on time, not approved receipts will not be reimbursed +- Receipts should contain: your name, amount of expenses (price for the tickets or +hotels) and itinerary +- Reimbursements before the conference, or via other means such as cash +are not possible. +
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+ +#### Contacts +Please send an email to [grants@euroscipy.org](mailto: grants@euroscipy.org) if you have any questions. +
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+ +#### Privacy Policy -More information will follow, stay tuned! +The data we collect on this form will exclusively be used by EuroSciPy finaid +committee for the selection of grant recipients and the processing of financial +aid refunds. No data is passed on to third parties, except the necessary information to our accountants +and the bank in order to process the refunds. We use Google Forms for the +processing and Google Drive to store relevant information.