CALENDAR (versão em Português)

CANOPY FIELD COURSE - 2005

The Forest canopy research field course is offered as part of the discipline “topicos em ecologia” at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) but is open to foreign as well as Brazilian students.

Foreign students may register for the course under two categories:
1- They could subscribe to the course through Unicamp as an “aluno especial estrangeiro” (special foreign student). This will permit the student to obtain official credits that count towards the degree at their university in their own country. In this case, all official documents must be sent to Dr. Flavio Santos PRIOR to subscription: fsantos@unicamp.br and all bureaucratic procedures as described on the web site below are necessary (visa, translation of documents, etc) plus the field course documents (ecology project, recommendation letters, letter of interest, etc, see Course Application Calendar below). In this case Unicamp will be in charge of assigning credits for the course and formalizing the students attendance, etc.

Foreign students who are interested in attending the 2005 canopy field course as ‘sepcial foreign students’ are advised to consult the following web site http://www.unicamp.br/prg/dac/cal_pos.php or to contact the serviço ao aluno estrangeiro on tel +55 19-3788-6410. The web site provides information on the documents needed and procedures to follow PRIOR to subscription to the code NE313. Note that general information about official documents are the same for any discipline. This discipline will be formalized and available to subscriptions at Unicamp site only in the second semester of 2004 (July – December 2004)

2- An alternative way for students to apply for course is to subscribe to the course directly through the course organizers as a “aluno estrangeiro” (foreign student). This is a simpler form of application but will not enable official credits to be given to the student. In this case, only the field course documents (ecology project, recommendation letters, letter of interest, for details see Course Application Calendar below) must be sent to Dr. Talita Fontoura: cursodosselba@uesc.br. At the end of the course the field course organizers will give ‘foreign students’ a statement letter with the name of the discipline, total hours and necessary information so that they can apply for credits in their institution. Students will need to check whether their own university/institution will be able to give them credits on this basis.

Course Details
General information (calendar, necessary gear, lecturers, e-mails, important sites) are available at: http://www.ib.unicamp.br/profs/fsantos/ne313/index.html

Course Application Calendar
October 2004
1 - 30
Applications for the course must include: two recommendation letters; an outline of a 5-6 day canopy ecology project (max. 5 pages); letter of interest stating why you want to do the course, how you will use the new skills in your future research and details of any past experience of canopy research. Note that the aim of this letter of interest is to give some idea to organizers about the students who will attend the course. Priority will be given to those students who intend to use canopy research skills in their next research projects. For more information on these requirements please contact cursodosselba@uesc.br

November
15 - 25
Selection of candidates will be done and students will be contacted about the result of their application.

January- 2005
17 - 21
Aluno especial estrangeiro (Special foreign students) only - pre-inscription in disciplines at Post – Graduation/UNICAMP. Selected students must access www.unicamp.br/prg/dac/informativos/inspos.php for further information and they must deal directly with UNICAMP administrators.

March - 2005
02 – 03
Aluno especial estrangeiro (Special foreign students) only - inscription in disciplines in Post – Graduation/UNICAMP. Selected students must access www.unicamp.br/prg/dac/informativos/inspos.php for further information and they must deal directly with UNICAMP administrators.

SELECTED STUDENTS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE FIELD COURSE IF THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESENTED TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE FIELD COURSE
• PROOF OF LIFE INSURANCE

• OFFICIAL FORM SIGNED BY
1- TERMO DE RENÚNCIA DE RESPONSABILIDADE - CURSO DE CAMPO DE ECOLOGIA DE DOSSEL - ORGANIZADORES

2- TERMO DE RENÚNCIA DE RESPONSABILIDADE - CURSO DE CAMPO DE ECOLOGIA DE DOSSEL - ESCALADORES

Appropriate forms for the above will be available by the end of 2nd semester 2004 (November – December 2004) through the course organisers.