Application

This School will be open to 38 selected doctoral students, early-career (postdoctoral) scholars, and practitioners. Registration fee: 350 euro (VAT 22% included). The fee covers: all lectures; course material; wi-fi connections; lunches and coffee breaks; social dinner; one social activity/excursion. The fee does NOT cover accommodation and travel.

Fee waivers

Subject to budget availability, the school will grant up to 5 fee waivers to support the attendance of students without adequate research funds. Prospective participants who are eligible for the grant should accompany their application (see the form below) with an email to the School director (Pierpaolo Vivo, pierpaolo.vivo@kcl.ac.uk) requiring the fee waiver, providing detailed motivations for their request. The email must be sent before the application deadline. No financial support for travel or accommodation is available.

HOW TO APPLY: Prospective participants have to fill out and submit the form below, and upload an up-to-date CV (maximum 2 pages) and a brief motivation letter (maximum 1 page) organized as follows:

  • name, department/university, current position (PhD student, postdoc, etc)
  • educational background
  • research activity and interests
  • motivations for participating in the school

Please note that any page after the first one will be automatically deleted.

SELECTION CRITERIA: In addition to applicant quality, the Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the participant’s research, and the timeliness for the development of their career.

Lightning talks: Participants are encouraged to give a lightning talk (3 minutes – 3 slides) on their current research activity. Please provide a title for your talk in the application form below.

 

Deadlines

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Student application: March 30th, 2025

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Notification of acceptance: April 15th, 2025

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Registration and payment for accepted students: May 5th, 2025

Application form

* Personal information required

    Name*


    Surname*


    Institution*


    Street*


    Postal code*


    Town*


    Country*


    Phone*


    Email*

    Motivation letter [pdf, max 1MB]*

    CV [pdf, max 1MB]*

    Title of the lightning talk

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    Requirements

    In addition to applicant quality, the Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the student’s research, the timeliness for the development of the student’s career. Preference will be given to applicants not participating onsite in the previous edition (2022) of the school.

    The school is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. A very limited number of senior students (e.g., assistant/associate/full professors) can be admitted, if they provide strong and convincing motivation in their application letter.