Application

ACAN Application

ACAN 2010 will be held from Sunday 11 April to Saturday 1 May 2010.

Applications for ACAN 2010 are now closed.

To apply, you must satisfy the following requirements:

• be either a PhD student or Postdoctoral Fellow/Junior Faculty (preferably no more than 5 years after completing your PhD), and
• preferably be a full-time resident of Australia or NZ (but you do not need to be a citizen or permanent resident of those countries).  However, a small number of applicants based in other countries may be accepted.

Two places are reserved for students working at an institute in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Australia and NZ).  Each of these will be funded by a Fellowship from the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS).  If you are applying for one of the IBRO/ANS-sponsored places on ACAN 2010, please apply through the IBRO Courses website.

Twelve students will be selected. Successful applicants will be required to pay a subsidised fee of A$3000 (incl GST) to attend the course. This will cover all accommodation, meals, tuition and laboratory work. Scholarships are available.

Applications must be emailed to the ACAN Director (John.Bekkers@anu.edu.au) with the following attachments:

• a completed application form
• a curriculum vitae
• a letter of recommendation from your PhD supervisor or the head of your laboratory
• a cover letter clearly stating what you hope to gain from the course and how it will assist your future research. This should be spelled out in detail, as if writing a mini-grant application. It is not sufficient to simply state that you wish to learn new techniques.