PARTICIPATION

The Summer School is open to 60 selected young science and/or engineering students and graduates from among the member and cooperating states of the European Space Agency (ESA)^*). The working language of the Summer School will be English.

The application form (please see "Downloads") duly endorsed by a University Professor, Head of Department or equivalent, should be submitted to the Aeronautics and Space Agency of FFG before March 31, 2010. The number of participants will be limited to 60 and confirmation of acceptance will be given by the end of April 2010.

A registration fee of € 370,- will be charged. This fee covers working material, free access to copying and computer, e-mail and internet facilities at the School House, coffee breaks and dinner vouchers (including one free drink per evening) throughout the period of the Summer School including the weekend.

*) ESA Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Associate member: Canada
Cooperating States: Hungary, Romania, Poland

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Participants from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and the UK as well as Hungary and Romania may be eligible for financial support by the relevant national sponsoring agencies or universities. Students might be informed by the national point of contact to apply to their universities for support of participation, travel and subsistence costs. The application form should indicate the status of application for support.

For information on financial support for participation in the Summer School please contact your national representatives as follows:

	FFG, Aeronautics and Space Agency, Sensengasse 1, A-1090 Vienna, Attn: Michaela Gitsch, tel: +43-(0)5-7755 3302, fax: +43-(0)5-7755 93302, e-mail: michaela.gitsch@ffg.at
	Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Space Department, Wetenschapsstraat 8, Rue de la Science, B-1000 Brussels, Attn: Werner Verschueren, tel: +32-2-238 3589, fax: +32-2-2305912, e-mail: verw@belspo.be
	Czech Space Office, Prvniho pluku 17, 18000 Praha 8, Czech Republic, Attn: Milan Halousek, tel: 420-2249 18288, e-mail: halousek@czechspace.cz
	Danish Research Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Bredgage 40, DK-1260 Copenhagen K, Attn: Cecilie Tornoe tel: +45-35 44 63 53, fax: +45-32 57 35 43, e-mail: ct@fi.dk
	Academy of Finland, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research, P.O.Box 99 (street address Vilhonvuorenkatu 6), FI-00501 Helsinki, FINLAND Attn: Kati Sulonen tel: +358-9-7748 8266, fax: +358-9-7748 8393 e-mail: kati.sulonen@aka.fi
	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Bpi 2111, F-31401 Toulouse, Cedex Attn: Thierry Phulpin, tel: +33-6 87 60 78 39, fax: +33-5 61 28 18 15, email: thierry.phulpin@cnes.fr
	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Bonn-Oberkassel, Königswinterer Straße 522-524, D-53227 Bonn-Oberkassel, Attn: Shahin Kazeminejad, tel:x +49-228-447263, fax: +49-228-447 747, e-mail: shahin.kazeminejad@dlr.de
	Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, 37, A. Papandreou Str. 15180 Athens, Attn: Melina Papadaki, Elena Petropoulou, tel: +30-2103443632, fax: +30-2103442365, e-mail: des-mel@ypepth.gr
	Hungarian Space Office, Kitaibel Pál u.1., H-1024 Budapest, Attn: Elöd Both, tel: +36-1-346-4884, e-mail: both@hso.hu
	Italian Space Agency (ASI), Via di Villa Grazioli, 23, I-00198 Roma, Attn: Valeria Guarnieri, tel: +39(0)68567 226, fax: +39(0)6 8567317, email: valeria.guarnieri@asi.it
	Enterprise Ireland, International Technology Programmes, The Plaza, East Point Business Park, IR-Dublin 3, Attn: Bryan Rodgers, tel: +353-1 7272471, fax: +353-87 7521550, e-mail: bryan.rodgers@enterprise-ireland.com
	Ministry of Higher Education and Research, 20, Montée de la Pétrusse, 2915 Luxembourg, Attn: Josiane Entringer, tel: +352-247-85217, fax: +352-460 927, e-mail: josiane.entringer@mesr.etat.lu
	Norwegian Space Centre (NSC), Drammensveien 165, P.O. Box 113 Skoyen, N-0212 Oslo, Attn: Paal Brekke, tel: +47-2251 1827, fax: +47-2251 1801 email: paal.brekke@spacecentre.no
	Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), 21-25 Mendeleev Str., 010362 Bucharest, Romania, Attn: Marius-Ioan Piso, tel: +40-21-316 87 22, fax: +40-21-312 88 04, email: marius.piso@rosa.ro
	SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, NL-3584 CA Utrecht, Attn: Gerard Cornet, tel: +31-30-2535702, fax: +31-30-2540860, email: G.Cornet@sron.nl
	FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Departamento de Relacoes Europeias, Bilaterais e Multilaterais, Ministério da Ciencia, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Av. D. Carlos 1, 126-7°, 1249-074 Lisboa, Portugal, Attn: Mario Amaral, tel: +351-21-391 15 30, fax: +351-21-395 72 84, e-mail: mario.amaral@fct.mctes.pt
	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, (MICINN), CAB-LAEFF, Apartado 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Attn: Miguel Mas-Hesse, tel: +34-91-8131196, fax: +34-91-8131160, email: mm@laeff.inta.es
	Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), Solna stranväg 86, Box 4006, S-17104 Solna, Attn: Kristine Dannenberg, tel: +46-8-627 64 98, fax: +468-627 50 14, e-mail: kristine.dannenberg@snsb.se
	Schweizerische Akademie für Naturwissenschaften (SANW), Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Davos, Attn: Werner Schmutz, tel: +41 81 417 5145, e-mail: werner.schmutz@pmodwrc.ch
	National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Meteorology, The University of Reading, Earley Gate Bldg 58, Reading RG6 6BB, UK, Attn: Professor Alan O'Neill, tel: +44(0)118 378 6728 8317, fax: +44(0)118 378 5576, e-mail: alan.oneill@nceo.ac.uk