Hi Svaksha, there is no rule if somebody gets a full coverage of the cost or just a partial. It depends on the amount of the costs, the fulfilled requirements, and some other attributes, also including the country of origin. Regarding your specific request: If category 3 is granted part wise, it does not mean you get a specific percentage of your costs, but that either you get a specific amount of money to spend as you like or we offer you a pays abed in a hostel i.e.. We always try to figure out a way which fits best for the person applying, so just state your situation in your application and if you get considered for a grant, we will try to find a solution.
Best regards Carina > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: EuroPython [mailto:europython- > bounces+carina.haupt=dlr...@python.org] Im Auftrag von svakSha > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2014 15:45 > An: europython@python.org > Betreff: Re: [EuroPython] "Pro rata" ? > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Andreas Jung <e...@zopyx.com> wrote: > > Hi Svaksha, > > > > See > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_rata > > > > It basically means that the financial aid committee has the freedom to > > decide how much financial support can be given for travel and housing > > depending on the application, level of volunteering and so on. > > Since the budget for financial assistance is not infinite the > > committee has to make decisions in order to spread money in a > > reasonable way the across elegible applicats. The decision for the > > final round will be made after the deadline which ends tonight. > > Thanks for the reply Andreas. I agree with your observation that budgets are > always limited. Basically, I'm trying to understand how FA is disbursed > because in the past, I've never quite managed to bridge the (huge) gap > between the grant and the actual amount required for travel costs, > accommodation costs, etc.. > > To explain, for example, Pycon grants are fixed amounts distributed > between travel, ticket, hotel, tutorial, conf, etc.. This break-up means I > cannot find a sponsor for travel and use that grant amount to offset the > accommodation costs. So, four years in a row, I have had to return the FA > received from Pycon (USA) at the last minute, as its harder to find sponsors > for multiple things as opposed to requesting they fund either "travel" or > "hotel" for 'N' amount. This means I increase the work for the volunteer who > will then have to re-allocate the grant amount or worse, I blocked someone > else who could have attended easily in that grant amount. > > This was the information I was looking for as pro rata seemed similar to the > above and I wanted to avoid giving extra work to everyone involved. Hope > that explains. > Thanks,- SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥ > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython 2014 - July 21th-27th in Berlin EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython _______________________________________________ EuroPython 2014 - July 21th-27th in Berlin EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
