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Call for Applications for Leave for Academic Purposes (Conference) & Financial Assistance
1. CONFERENCES TO BE HELD IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
The deadline for submission of Applications for Leave for Academic Purposes (Conference) with/without financial assistance (for conferences to be held in the months of January/February 2009) to the Deanery is Friday, 31st October 2008. Late submission by graduate students will not be considered at all.
Please note that all full-time research postgraduates are to submit their applications to Departments/Programmes Friday, 17th October 2008 even if they have not received their acceptance letters from the conference organizers. Such acceptance letters may be submitted later upon receipt.
Please note that incomplete applications will be returned unprocessed and may result in delays. Late applications (applications meant for conference dates of an earlier round will not be considered). To be eligible for conference funding, a paper must be accepted and presented. Papers presented previously at earlier conferences with FASS funds will not be eligible for funding unless faculty can give an undertaking that the paper has been substantially revised.
2. ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS FOR CONFERENCE APPLICATIONS
Faculty members/ fellows/ senior tutors and full-time research graduate students are eligible to apply for conference leave with financial assistance.
3. GUIDELINES FOR CONFERENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The guidelines for international conference financial assistance are as follows:
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Airfare via the most direct and economical route (includes airfare and airport/fuel/service/transaction taxes/surcharges to be stated in the application form),
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50% of daily subsistence allowance payable for the country concerned for the duration of the conference + 50% per-diem for one additional day for international conferences and
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Registration fee based on the lowest "early" registration fee rate.
Registration fees for international conferences have been on the rise, in many cases, steeply. Some conferences now charge over S$1,000 for registration. Applicants are requested to plan early and take advantage of discounts for early registration.
(i) Application for Financial Assistance for Conferences
Please submit the following form:
Name of Form |
Number of Form |
Application of Financial Assistance for Conferences |
FASS-G76/06 |
Leave will be granted automatically.
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The completed form (endorsed by Supervisor & Head) should be forwarded to the Division of Research and Graduate Studies (DRGS), at AS7 Level 6, for Faculty Conference Committee approval
(ii) Application for Leave for Academic Purposes (Conference) Without Financial Assistance
Please submit the following form:
Name of Form |
Number of Form |
Leave for Academic Purposes (Conference) Without Financial Assistance |
FASS-G3/06 |
