Application

The School will be open to 40 qualified and selected students.

Registration fee: 300 euro (VAT 22% included).

The fee covers: all lectures; course material; wi-fi connections; lunches and coffee breaks; social dinner. The fee does not cover accommodation and travel.

SCHOLARSHIPS: The School offers up to 10 merit Scholarships (to be counted within the 40 total), which entail a full fee-waiver and will be awarded on a competitive basis to the most outstanding applications. Women, students from developing countries or under-represented categories are especially welcome to apply for these Scholarships.

The winners will also have the opportunity to actively work together with the Lecturers and the Organising Committee to become co-authors of the resulting collection of “TQD26 School Lecture Notes”.

HOW TO APPLY:

Prospective participants have to fill out and submit the form below, and upload a 1-page document (pdf, hard limit) organised as follows:

  • Name and Surname, department/university, current position (PhD student, postdoc, other);
  • Educational background;
  • Research activity and interests;
  • Motivations for participating in the school;

Prospective applicants who also wish to apply for one of the 10 Scholarships have to submit an additional document that includes:

  • Selection of up to three best publications / preprints (pdfs of the papers are not required, bibliographic citations and links to such publications / preprints are sufficient);
  • Motivation statement for participating as co-author in the write-up of the School Lecture Notes;
  • A letter of recommendation.

Finally, the School will organise four sessions of Flash Talks and one Poster Session, giving the opportunity to the students to give a brief presentation (10+2 minutes) of their work.

Interested applicants may submit an additional 1-page pdf document with the Title and Abstract of proposed short talk and/or poster.

Deadlines

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Student application: April 15, 2026 (firm deadline)

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Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2026

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Registration and payment for accepted students: May 15, 2026

Application form

* Personal information required

    Name*


    Surname*


    Institution*


    Street*


    Postal code*


    Town*


    Country*


    Phone*


    Email*

    Motivation letter [pdf, max 1MB]*

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    Requirements

    In addition to applicant quality, the Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the student’s research, the timeliness for the development of the student’s career. Preference will be given to applicants not participating onsite in the previous edition (2022) of the school.

    The school is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. A very limited number of senior students (e.g., assistant/associate/full professors) can be admitted, if they provide strong and convincing motivation in their application letter.