EUDAT Summer School 2023

Process

All interested students and participants are requested to fill the application form.

Each submission will be evaluated and the result will be communicated by the organising committee of the EUDAT Summer School in two-week batches.

Applications for (1) joining the EUDAT Summer School and (2) requesting financial support will be treated separately (i.e. entry to the Summer School does not automatically guarantee financial support).

Disbursement of accommodation and travel support will also be communicated to applicants. Applicants may be informed that they are put on a waiting list for receiving financial support, in which case, the result of their financial support request will be notified at a later date.

If you will not be requesting accommodation support or have not been successful in securing travel support, you are encouraged to make your own arrangements as soon as you have received confirmation.

Financial Support
Around 25 participants will be accepted. Financial support will be provided based on the merits of the applications. The specific costs will be covered by the EUDAT Summer School and financial support available includes the following:

• Full course fees: All the costs for the trainers and venue are covered by the EUDAT CDI.
• Partial board and lodging: To be provided to the majority of supported applicants for the User Track, upon request. Includes the following during the course of the stay (25-30 June):
  • 5 nights/6 days stay
  • Breakfasts
  • Lunches
  • Coffee breaks
  • 1 social dinner
  • 1 reception dinner
  • Free use of a sauna
• Travel: To be provided up to a maximum of €700 to the top scoring few applicants for the User Track, upon request. Includes international flights or trains to Kajaani.
• Social activity: A social activity will be made available to the participants, the cost of which will be covered by the EUDAT CDI.

Important Application Dates

• 15 May: Deadline for travel support requests
• 19 May: Evaluators deadline
• 22 May: Notification of financial support result and applications received to date
• 26 May: Final deadline for applicants (less chance for financial support)
• 29 May: Start of Notification of final batch of attendees

Application Form

Criteria

To have the best chances of being accepted into the Summer School and for receiving financial support, please consider the following below.

User Track

Early-career and students applying to the EUDAT Summer School 2023 should satisfy the following criteria:

• Currently engaged in Bachelor, Masters, PhD or Postdoc studies;
• Fluent in English;
• Basic programming skills
• Basic knowledge of Python
• Disciplines (any computational scientific discipline is welcome)
• Basic Linux commands
• Personal Laptop

Applicants should also explain the relevance of their work in reference to the EUDAT activities, as expressed by the applicant in answer to the questions related to current and future benefits and follow-up activities. Applications will be evaluated by the EUDAT team according to the following criteria:

• Area of interest (as broad a coverage of data management as possible)
• The candidate background and experience - 30%
• Alignment of current research to EUDAT vision  - 35%
• Impact of possible adoption of EUDAT services within research field - 30%
• Letter of Recommendation - 5%
• Geographical balance (to establish a good geographical representation in the selection)
• Gender balance (to establish a good gender balance in the selection)

Each criterion will be given a score between 1 and 5 and the score will then be weighted according to the above percentages. In cases where applicants have equal scores, gender and geographical balance will be taken into account.

Providers Track
This track is recommended for research or academic institution IT system administrators, community or data managers looking at providing research data services for their communities, in particular those that are interested in learning how to deploy EUDAT services.

As a minimum requirement, trainees accepted to the providers track is an ssh agent/client on their laptops.

Application Form