Participants
The School will welcome 35 early career researchers (PhD students, post-docs, starting PIs) from all STEM disciplines who work on collective behaviour in any biological system.
Participants are expected to participate for the whole duration of the school and to present their work in a poster or short talk.
Prizes will be awarded for best presentations, in the form of travel grants to attend the Second edition of Alma's memorial lecture, chaired by Pr Michael Brenner at Harvard University (USA, Spring 2026), with the possibility for winners to present their own research at the event.
Important Info:
Application deadline extended to 16th March, 2025
Selection is going on: acceptance by 20th April, 2025
Registration deadline for selected participants: 2nd May, 2025
Registration fee: € 200
Included: welcome reception, lunches, coffee and tea breaks
Excluded: travel, accommodation, meals not mentioned above
Financial support: a limited number of travel grants are available
How to apply
Applications need to be submitted via the online Application Form on the School website. In this form, we ask you to address the following three questions:
- Briefly summarize your research interests and describe how they relate to the themes covered by the Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behaviour (Max. 100 words)
- What do you hope to get out of the Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behaviour? (Max. 100 words)
- How do you envisage contributing to the Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behaviour? (Max. 100 words)
We advise you to draft your responses in a text editor before copying them to the form.