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Please read the intructions on how to fill out the form further down.

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Please use the correct "Form", fill it out and send it to:

Peter Schneider
Argelander Institut für Astronomie
Universitaet Bonn
Auf dem Hügel 71
D-53121 Bonn, Germany

together with all receipts and together with a 1/2-page report about the trip. To be on the safe side, it is advisable that you keep a copy of this material. The form and all receipts must be sent within 6 months after the trip !

How to fill out the form:

Ignore the "University Identifikation No. / Personalnr. Universität"

Give your personal data on the first half of page 1

Travel dates: Indicate clearly your destination, the purpose of the tavel (e.g., collaboration in the frame of the Project...) and the place of your departure. You can ignore the "Travel authorised by"

Cost calculation: Simply fill in the amount of your expenses, SPP will fill out the "blance of costs evidence number"

Page 2 is self-explanatory; again, if space is not sufficient, use an extra sheet.

Taxi costs and the usage of your own or rented car have to be explained. If possible use public transport!

The final box on page 2 ("Confirmation by management...") will be filled out by the SPP.

The collaboration of researchers working at different institutes is one of the central aims of this Priority Programme. Many of the PhD students and postdocs that will be employed under this Programme or be involved otherwise with its scientific projects will therefore collaborate with scientists from other institutes. Therefore, young researchers should have the opportunity to spend time at other institutes. This will strongly enhance the collaboration which is the central structural measure of this Priority Programme. In fact, the mobility of young researchers shall be strongly encouraged, as it increases not only the scientific efficiency but also the training aspects.

1. If a trip is planned under this item, a short (say, 10 -- 20 lines) request should be send by e-mail to spp@astro.uni-bonn.de, which will then be approved (or otherwise, if it seems not to fit into the SPP; in such cases the colleagues from the advisory panelwould be contacted).
2. Forms needed for the reimbursement are on the Web page (right side of this page). These filled-out forms, together with the necessary receipts, should be snail-mailed to
   
   Peter Schneider
   Argelander Institut für Astronomie
   Universitaet Bonn
   Auf dem Huegel 71
   D-53121 Bonn, Germany
   together with a 1/2-page report about the trip
3. For the report, a latex-template is on the web as well (right sid of this page). This report is needed to demonstrate to the DFG (and the referees in the next round) that the money was spent appropriately, and that the mobility fund has served its purpose, namely to promote interaction between groups.
4. The form for reimbursement will not be forwarded without the corresponding report.

In order to simplify the organization of visits to observatories where observing time was granted through a peer review process, the corresponding travel grants will be organized within the Priority Programme, instead of individual proposals to the DFG directly. Whereas this implies an additional administrative burden on the Coordinator, the gain in flexibility and a less formalized procedure is worth the effort and in addition eases the work of the DFG. Same as for the mobility funds above:

1. Brief request with explanation, using the form on the web
2. Reimbursement after a report from the trip

A lively programme such as the one funded here requires the possibility to invite (international) guests, for collaborations, exchange of ideas, and colloquia. The Priority Programme offers the opportunity for a coordinated guest programme, whereby efficient use is made of funds. Two different schemes for the guest programme will be implemented from now on:

• A foreign guest already in Germany/Austria for a longer stay can be invited for a visit and/or colloquium at another participating institute. The PP will pay the travel between institutes and the accomodation at the inviting location. Rules:
1. Propose such a guest trip to spp
2. On approval, go ahead.
3. Reimbursement as for the other schemes above, with a little report of the purpose and result of the visit (can in some cases be as short as: X was invited from A to B to give a colloquium at B)
• A guest who you would like to invite for some time, say between one week and one month. This guest is very welcome to visit also other participating institutes, e.g. for giving a colloquium. In this case, the following rules apply:
1. Write a 1-2 page application for the invitation of the guest and send it to spp.
2. Once every 2 to 3 months, the Advisory Panel (Programmemausschuss) of the PP will evaluate these applications and inform the applicants about the outcome. Criteria for the selection (assuming that the request is larger than the available funds) will include scientific purpose of the visit, seniority of guest, planned visits to additional institutes, availability of alternative funding (i.e., in case of two equally good proposal, the less funded group/institute will get a bonus), etc.
3. The host is responsible for planning the trip, including the visits of the guest to other institutes and reimbursement of the guest. At the end of the visit, the host is payed back from the University of Bonn. Also here we should have the visit of the guest documented in a brief report.