Travel support is available for Overseas Active Task Participants. Please read the following information and apply. We are looking forward to seeing you at NTCIR-9 Meeting in Tokyo!

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TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM reimburses:

• Fee for a round-trip economy class flight ticket.

• Please arrange and purchase a flight ticket by yourself, and then apply for travel support with photocopies of the receipt and the ticket. (If you can not purchase a flight ticket by the application deadline on October 19, please purchase it and send us photocopies of the receipt and the ticket by October 24.)

• Please retain the original copy of the receipt and the boarding pass stub for reimbursement.

• If you have any problems with your itinerary, please consult ntc9-support before purchasing your ticket.

• Please search the least expensive ticket.

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WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM?

• You must be a member of an active task participating group that submitted the results.

• You must present a material at the workshop meeting either as an oral presentation or as a digital poster.

• You are from the non-profit organization.

Precedence will be given to students and younger researchers.

In summary:

• Travel costs (basically fee for a round-trip discount economy class flight ticket) up to a reasonable limit will be reimbursed at the discretion of the travel support committee. The committee has a list of estimated ceilings on reimbursement from each region of the globe.

• Reimbursement is in CASH in Japanese Yen given out at the conference site.

• Please search for the LEAST EXPENSIVE flight, so that larger number of applicants will be supported by this program.

• ECONOMY class only

• Funds are limited so we CAN NOT GUARANTEE full reimbursement of costs.

• Please prepare photocopies or PDF of receipt and ticket for the application and retain the origianl copy of the receipt and the boarding pass stub for reimbursement.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Oct. 17 19 2011 (Extended) : Application deadline (Japan time)

Oct. 24 2011: Submission Deadline for a photocopy of the receipet and the ticket (Japan Time)
Nov. 1 2011: Notification of approval
Dec. 6-9 2011: NTCIR-9 Meeting, NII, Tokyo, Japan

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INQUIRY AND APPLICATION:

NTCIR Project Office
     Ms. Mariko Okada
Email: ntc9-support
Fax for sending copy of ticket and receipt: +81-3-4212-2751

Application form for the NTCIR Travel Support Program for Overseas Participants
Application for the Travel Support Program has been closed.
Thank you.

We are sorry for this but the undergraduate students are not included in this program.