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Travel support is available for Overseas Active Task Participants. Please read the following information and apply. We are looking forward to see you at NTCIR-7 Meeting in Tokyo!

Application of Travel support has been closed.


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.
  • Please retain the original copy of the receipt and the boarding pass stub for reimbursement.
  • If you have any problem with your itinerary, please consult ntc-support before purchase your ticket.
  • Please search the least expensive ticket.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM?
  • You must 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 non-profit organization.
Precedence will be given to students and younger researchers.

In summary::
  • Travel costs (basically fee for a round-trip discounted 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.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Oct 10, 2008: Application deadline. (Japan time)
Oct 24, 2008: Notification of approval
Dec 16-19 2008: NTCIR-7 Meeting, NII, Tokyo, Japan

INQUIRY AND APPLICATION:

NTCIR Project Office
     Ms. Miho Sugimoto
Email: ntc-support
Fax for sending copy of ticket and receipt: +81-3-4212-2751

Application form for the NTCIR Travel Support Program for Overseas Participants

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



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