FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VISITING ASTRONOMERS

ON MISSION TO IRAM GRENOBLE

FOR DATA REDUCTION

 

 

Financial support is granted to the Principal Investigators from institutions in the IRAM member states on a PDBI data reduction mission to Grenoble. IRAM provides free transportation, board and lodging to these astronomers.

Only under exceptional circumstances, financial support can be provided for an additional astronomer, and after prior consent by IRAM.

 

  1. Scientists from the IRAM member states

 

·         France : Astronomers working at French observatories and universities

·         Germany : Astronomers working at Max-Planck institutes. Astronomers working at German universities may also be eligible to travel reimbursement, provided they fill in a special form, to be returned to Cathy Berjaud (fax : 33.4.76.42.54.69).

·         Spain : Astronomers working at the Instituto Geografico Nacional.

 

  1. Rules for reimbursement

 

In general, the Visiting Astronomers will make the flight arrangements themselves for the travel between their home institute and Grenoble.

The conditions for reimbursement of travel expenses are :

 

a)    Travel Conditions :

 

Before booking any travel ticket, please consult the IRAM visitors web page Visitors Schedule. No more than 2 groups, i.e. 4 people, can be received at the same time. Only under certain circumstances, support for additional groups will be organized.

IRAM reimburses one mission per project according to the following regulations :

 

AIR :

·         The reimbursement of flight tickets is made on the basis of the lowest price available for a roundtrip. This condition usually requires to stay overnight from Saturday to Sunday, and to freeze travel dates. The authorisation by IRAM must be obtained for any exception to this regulation.

·         Public transportation (generally bus shuttle) from and to the airport, should be used. Taxis are reimbursed only if a bus or train service is not available at the time of flights (please keep all receipts).

 

CAR :

 

If a private car is used, the reimbursement will be made on the basis of 2nd class train fare.

Organisation and cost of any additional trip, e.g. stop-over on the way to Grenoble, shall be at the charge of the visiting astronomer.

 

b)   Accomodation :

 

·         Accommodation in a 2stars hotel will be provided. Usually, the hotel is paid directly by the visitor, who will be reimbursed later.

 

c)    Reimbursement procedure :

 

Arriving at IRAM, the visitor will receive a travel claim form which is to be filled in and returned to the IRAM administration, Service des Missions, 300 rue de la Piscine – 38406 Saint-Martin adheres – France with tickets and all necessary bills and receipts.

 

  1. Not supported astronomers

 

When free board, lodging and travel are not provided by IRAM, the charges are as follows :

 

o        Taxi Geneva-Grenoble*                                                 160 km, roughly 180 euros

o        Taxi Lyon-Grenoble                                                       100 km, roughly 160 euros

o        Train Return ticket Geneva – Grenoble                           100 km, 40 euros

o        Bus shuttle Return ticket Lyon St-Exupery – Grenoble     30 euros    

o        Meals in the proximity of IRAM                                       about 10 euros

 

*info at : taxitardij@tiscali.fr

* Private shuttle available on reservation at : 33(0)438021333

* One public transport everyday at 7:00am