An Announcement of IFCSS New Comers (NCs) Academic Fund (Application Form Attached) [New Comers (NCs) refer to Chinese students and scholars who came to the United States after April 11th, 1990 with a valid visa (F-1, J-1 or H-1)]. Upon approving of IFCSS President, the IFCSS New Comers Working Committee here proclaim that the IFCSS New Comers Academic Fund begin its operation. Every NCs with accepted letter of submitted academic paper to conference is eligible for the financial aid application. The financial aid is in the form of partial reimbursement. It only cover one of the follwing expenses: Travel, Lodging or Registration fees. The applicants must show sufficient evdences that they indeed make the trip and those expenses haven't been covered by other sources. The deadline for financial aid application is 15th of every month. However, the Working Committee will not accept any applications that the conference was held one and half month ago. The minimum expense should exceed $100 to be considered for financial aid application. If the total applied expense (the sum of all the appli- cants' requests before each deadline) doesn't exceed two times of the monthly allocation of the fund (MAF) (MAF is a fixed number, it's deter- mined by the Working Committee at the beginning of every fiscal year), then every valid applicant will get 50% reimbursement of the qualified expense. However, the fund will only pay up to $400 (maximum) partial reimbursement. If the total applied amount exceed two times of MAF, then every valid applicant will get a percentage reimbursement of the qualified expense according to the following formula: MAF/[total applied amount] The unused MAF will be reallocated among the rest of the months in the same fiscal year by average. The same principal applied when there's a residual fund at the end of every fiscal year. For formal application, the applicant should fill the attached application form prior to the conference and mail it to ncomers@ifcss.org. The appli- cant also need to prepare the required documents after the conference and mail the hard copy to one of the following two persons to complete the application, Mr. Yuhe Liu 2730 S. Chautauqua Ave., Apt 134 Norman, OK 73072 Mr. Chengyan Liu Campus Box 1208 1 Brookings Dr. St.Louis, MO 63130 After the Working Committee get all the required documents, we will proceed the application. Upon approve of the Working Committee, chairman will sign the authoration form and mail the reimburesement check to the applicant. _____ * _____ * _____ Application Form ---------------- Name:____________________Age:____Sex:___Institution:________________________ Major:__________________________When You Arrived in U.S.:___________________ Degree Earned (mm/yy):_____________________Degree Pursue:___________________ Address:__________________________________________E-Mail:___________________ Conference Name:_______________________________Organizer:___________________ What Kind of Partial Reimbursement:____Travel____Lodging____Registration Fee Estimated Amount:__________Other Source:___________Conference Date:_________ Your Paper Title:___________________________________________________________ Reference Professor:_______________Title:_________E-Mail:___________________ Documents Needed: acceptance letter from the conference organizer; travel ticket copy (when it apply); lodging receipt (when it apply); registration fee receipt (when it apply); identification copy (passport/tuition bill copy).