[robocup-humanoid] Fwd: [robocup-worldwide] Second Call for proposals: RCF Support for Collaborations 2015
Daniel Seifert
dseifert at fumanoids.de
Wed Dec 3 15:08:48 EST 2014
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From: Luca Iocchi <iocchi at dis.uniroma1.it>
Date: Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:04 PM
Subject: [robocup-worldwide] Second Call for proposals: RCF Support
for Collaborations 2015
To: robocup-worldwide at cc.gatech.edu
Cc: Luca Iocchi <iocchi at dis.uniroma1.it>
Dear all,
enclosed please find the second call for proposals for
RCF Support for Collaborations 2015
*Deadline* January 15th, 2015.
Best regards,
Luca.
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Second Call for proposals: RCF Support for Collaborations 2015
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The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals to support collaborative activities in RoboCup.
RCF Support for Collaborations 2015 aims at funding short-term visits of faculty or students (Bachelor, Master, or PhD level) to other institutions for the development of joint teams, interchange and integration of research from different sources, etc. The goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers at different institutions to foster progress of RoboCup and its leagues.
Examples of proposals in this category are (but not limited to):
- Student exchange between RoboCup Teams (not applicable to Junior students)
- Faculty exchange between RoboCup Teams
- RoboCup camp and workshop attendance
- Conference attendance for presentation of RoboCup papers
Support
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Support will be given as reimbursement upon receipts of travel and living costs (excluding food and drinks).
A detailed list of expenses must be described in the proposal.
Funds from RCF are limited, partial funding may be also considered.
Submission
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A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2015
under the Category: Collaborations
The proposal must contain the information described below.
1. MAX 1-PAGE Cover letter, with (i) Name of visitor, institution; (ii) Name of host, institution; (iii) period of visit; (iv) title of proposed research; and (v) requested amount with justification.
2. MAX 2-PAGE Proposed plan of work for the visit, agreed by both visitor and host, including the goals of the work.
3. MAX 2-PAGE CV of host, explicitly stating the relevant RoboCup research.
4. MAX 2-PAGE CV of visitor, explicitly stating the relevant RoboCup research.
Evaluation
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Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees or RoboCup Exec members. The evaluation of the proposals will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup; and (iii) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup.
A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned.
Deadlines
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Submission Deadline: January 15, 2015
Notification: January 31, 2015
Completion of the action: by RoboCup 2015
Collaborations should be completed before RoboCup 2015 and the results should be presented as a poster at the RoboCup Symposium 2015.
Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation committee.
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