Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of STSMCall2

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+'''COST-European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research'''
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/ COST-IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID)]
+
+
+= Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions =
+
+
+== Objectives ==
+
+Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are aimed at strengthening the
+existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or
+laboratory in another COST member state to foster collaboration, to
+learn a new technique or to take measurements using instruments and/or
+methods not available in their own institution/laboratory. They are
+particularly (yet not exclusively) intended for young scientists
+(especially PhD students).  STSMs may also be used to reimburse the travel and accomodation expenses (not the participation fee) of 
+students attending the [http://icad08.ircam.fr/site/ International Conference on Auditory Display] in Paris, where a SID session is scheduled for june, 27th.
+
+== Topics ==
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/ COST-IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design]
+is organized into four Working Groups
+(WG). Emphasis is on activities that will contribute to the research
+on one of the topics of the 4 Action's WGs. The applicants
+should show clearly in their applications how the planned activities and
+the selection of host-institution will contribute to this aim.
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG1Percept WG1 'Perceptual, cognitive, and emotional study of sonic interactions']
+promotes STSMs focusing on basic research questions addressed in
+perceptual, cognitive, and emotional studies of sonic interactions.
+Research studies should be therefore aimed to the understanding of
+human sound reception in interactive contexts. The use of new
+experimental paradigms such as neurosciences, ergonomical and
+psycholinguistic studies are welcome.
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG2Product WG2 'Product sound design'] supports STSMs involving the design and
+evaluation of interactive products with a salient sonic behavior.  The
+results of such STSMs should involve methods stressing emotional,
+perceptual and aesthetical qualities of sounding objects, and help
+designers in introducing sonic properties in their process.
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG3Art WG3 'Interactive Art and Music'] would like to encourage
+STSMs that explore the artistic, creative and critical potential of
+sound. We welcome artist-researchers from a variety of backgrounds
+such as art, music, design, architecture, sonic and performing arts as
+well as interdisciplinary approaches. The results of STSMs could
+contribute to understanding the role of sound in interactive art and
+music, suggest creative ways of using sound in interactive objects,
+environments or in the mobile context; other results might contribute
+to explaining the cultural and social context of sound.
+
+[http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG4Sonification WG4 'Sonification'] supports STSMs that contribute to a better
+understanding, design and use of sonifications in interaction.  This
+encompasses among others novel applications for sonification, the
+development of sonification techniques, their evaluation as well as
+research on theory and guidelines. The results of such STSMs would
+suggest novel ways to create or use informative sounds that support
+the interaction, or deliver an increased insight into involved data or
+information.
+
+== The Applicant ==
+
+The selection of the applicant is the responsibility of the Management
+Committee (MC) of the Action.  The Applicant should visit an
+institution of a COST Member State having signed the Memorandum of
+Understanding of the Action concerned. This institution should be
+actively participating in the COST Action.  For the period of the STSM
+neither the Management Committee of the COST Action nor the COST
+Office may be considered as the employer and grantees must make their
+own arrangements for all health, social, personal security and pension
+matters.  The home and the host institution should be in a COST Member
+State having signed the MoU and participating in the COST Action.  In
+exceptional cases a STSM may be approved from a home institution in a
+COST signatory country to a host Institution in a non-COST country but
+not the other way round.  The Applicant is responsible for obtaining
+the agreement of the host institution, before submitting his
+application.
+
+== Duration ==
+
+Short-Term Scientific Missions, minimum one week (5 working days),
+maximum 3 months, shall be made within the time frame of the operation
+identified in the proposal and within the period of the Action.
+
+== Finance == 
+
+The financial support is a contribution to the costs of a STSM and may
+not necessarily cover all the costs in each case. The grant should
+normally cover only travel and subsistence.  The financial
+contribution for a STSM will be a fixed grant based on the Applicant's
+budget request and the evaluation of the application by the STSM
+assessment committee. An amount of 60 to 90 eur for the daily
+allowance in particular for longer stays and 300 eur for the travel is
+recommended. The total of a STSM shall normally not exceed 2500
+eur. Any exception needs special justification.
+
+== Application ==
+
+The applicant should:
+
+1. fill the online application form at
+   [https://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=91 https://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=91]
+
+2. send a detailed Work Plan and full Curriculum Vitae to
+   [mailto:chair@cost-sid.org chair@cost-sid.org]
+
+== Deadline ==
+
+Applications for this call should be sent before february, 5
+2008. Notifications of decisions will be sent by february, 20
+2008. For this call, STSMs should take place before june, 30 2008.
+
+== After the STSM ==
+
+After completion of the STSM the grantee is required to submit to the
+Host and MC chair a short scientific report on the visit within 4
+weeks after his stay. The grantee is also required to produce a poster
+that illustrates the outcome of the STSM. Reports and posters may be
+published in the Action web site and displayed at MC meetings.
+
+== Further information ==
+
+Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the detailed information
+provided by [http://www.cost.esf.org/fileadmin/cost_documents/guidelines/Financial_Instruments/3-STSM.pdf COST on STSMs].
+