Participation and Application for Students/Academia
If you are a student or a young researcher from southern Africa interested in biological and chemical monitoring, we encourage you to apply to attend the Summer School! If you are selected for participation, the course, including tea breaks, meals, functions and the excursion, would be free of charge for you. In addition, travel costs and accommodation will be covered. All participants will receive a certificate of participation after successfully completing the course.
Application: Please apply via email to until February 18th, 2019. Your application should include a short CV (1 page), accompanies by a 200 word Motivation on how the participation in this Summer School could enhance your academic/research career, and a Letter of Recommendation from your supervisor. The letter could consist of a short text similar to the following:
“I hereby confirm my support for my MSc/PhD student/PostDoc, XXX, to participate in the Summer School on “Monitoring of surface water quality: General framework, methods, tools and strategies“, to be held from 25th‐29th March 2019 at the UFS in Bloemfontein.
XXX commenced his MSc/PhD/PostDoc research on “XXX” in MM/YYYY and is expected to complete by MM/YYYY. This course would give him/her valuable skills and experience in the chemical and biological monitoring of rivers.”
Please attach these documents to your email, combined into one pdf file.