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src/content/pages/faq.mdx

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<ul className="milestone-todo">
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<li>**January/February 2025** Financial Aid Programme starts</li>
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<li>**8 March 2025** [Financial Aid](/finaid/) Programme starts **(Round 1)**</li>
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<li>**February/March 2025** Programme selection process</li>
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<li>**March 2025** Ticket sales open!</li>
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<li>**March 2025** Visa Information Page opens</li>
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<li>**01 April 2025** Session preview</li>
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<li>**20 April 2025** Schedule published</li>
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<li>**TBC 2025** Financial Aid Programme closes</li>
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<li>**May 2025** [Financial Aid](/finaid/) Programme starts **(Round 2)**</li>
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<li>**June 2025** Financial Aid Programme closes</li>
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<li>**14 – 20 July 2025:** EuroPython 2025!🎊 </li>
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<li>**September 2025** EuroPython 2025 Videos published</li>
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## **Q. Is there a Financial Aid Programme for EuroPython 2025?**
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A. Yes! Our Financial Aid Programme will return this year. Details and the application timeline will be announced soon.
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A. Yes! Our Financial Aid Programme will return this year. First round of Financial Aid Programme starts on 8 March 2025. More details will be available in Financial Aid page [here](/finaid).
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## **Q. Can I get a visa support letter for my application?**
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---
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title: Financial Aid
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As part of our commitment to the Python community, we offer special grants for
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people in need of financial aid to attend EuroPython. You’ll find all the
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information you need to apply for such a grant in this page.
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---
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# Financial Aid
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As part of our commitment to the Python community, we are pleased to announce
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that we offer special grants for people in need of financial aid to attend
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EuroPython.
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You’ll find all the information you need to apply for such a grant below.
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---
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## Financial Aid Sponsors
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<div className="finaid-sponsor">
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<a href="https://www.europython-society.org/" target="_blank">
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<img src="/img/eps-logo.png" alt="Logo of the EuroPython Society" />
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</a>
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</div>
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The EuroPython Society is sponsoring the Financial Aid Programme with €30,000 this year.
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If you want to support EuroPython and its efforts to make EuroPython accessible
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to everyone, please consider sponsoring EuroPython by reaching out to
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[sponsors@europython.eu][email-sponsoring].
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---
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## Grant Types
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You can apply for three different types of grants:
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1. **Free Ticket Voucher Grant:** Get a voucher for a free standard ticket for
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the in-person conference.
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2. **Travel/Accommodation Grant:** We will reimburse travel and/or accommodation
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costs up to €400.
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3. **Visa Application Fee Grant:** Get reimbursed for the costs of a short-stay
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Schengen visa to the Czech Republic (up to €80).
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## Grant Eligibility
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Our grants are open to everyone in need of financial support to participate in
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EuroPython. We will look at the following criteria to help decide who qualifies
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for a grant:
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1. **Contributors:** We want to support those who make the Python community
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a positive, inclusive and welcoming space. We welcome grant applications
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from folks who need financial support and who clearly put effort into
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the community and EuroPython, including speakers, volunteers, community
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organizers, and open-source contributors.
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2. **Social & Economic factors:** Everyone should have a chance to attend
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EuroPython, regardless of their social or economic situation.
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3. **Diversity:** We want EuroPython to be the most diverse and inclusive event possible, and we are especially committed to helping those from underrepresented groups in tech feel welcome, participate fully, and contribute to our community.
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## How to apply
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You can apply for Financial Aid by filling out the
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[application form][application-form].
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The data we collect on this form will exclusively be used by our Financial Aid
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team for the selection of grant recipients and the processing of financial
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aid refunds. No data is passed on to third parties, except to our accountants
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and the bank in order to process the refunds. We use Google Forms for the
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processing and Google Drive for storing the relevant information.
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For more details on our privacy policies, please see our
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[privacy policy][privacy-policy].
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## Timeline
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Grants will be awarded in two rounds. This makes it easier for us to reallocate
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grants in case grant offers were rejected in the first round. Receiving a grant
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early is also beneficial for people having to apply for a Schengen visa.
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If you’ve applied for the first round, you will automatically be considered
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during the second round if you did not receive a grant during the first round.
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You do not have to reapply separately for the second round. **In fact, if you
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want to increase your chances of receiving a grant, it is recommended to apply
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early.**
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**Note:** dates in the timeline follow the [Anywhere on Earth][AoE] convention.
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<table className="mt-8 finaid-timeline">
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<tbody className="text-xl">
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<tr>
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<td>8 March 2025</td>
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<td></td>
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<td>Applications open</td>
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<td>4 April 2025</td>
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<td>
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<img
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className="findaid-accent-round-marker"
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alt="round one" />
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<td>Deadline for submitting first-round applications</td>
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</tr>
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<td>25 April 2025</td>
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<td>
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<img
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className="findaid-accent-round-marker"
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alt="round one" />
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<td>First round of grant notifications</td>
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</tr>
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<td>2 May 2025</td>
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<img
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className="findaid-accent-round-marker"
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<td>Deadline to accept a first-round grant</td>
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<td>9 May 2025</td>
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<td>
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<img
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className="findaid-accent-round-marker"
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<td>Deadline for submitting second-round applications[^round-1-vs-round-2]</td>
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<td className="finaid-accent">
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<td>Second round of grant notifications</td>
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<td>Deadline to accept a second-round grant</td>
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<td>25 July 2025</td>
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<td></td>
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<td>Deadline for submitting receipts/invoices</td>
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[^round-1-vs-round-2]: If you've already applied for round 1, you don't have to
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## Grant Policies
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### Policies for all grants
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- Please note that all grants and grant offers are personal and
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non-transferable.
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- You must accept a grant offer before the relevant acceptance deadline stated
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- The Financial Aid Team may also make grant offers outside the two main rounds
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of selection.
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- You will receive an **individual voucher code** for a free **regular**
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- If you have already purchased a ticket prior to being granted a free Financial Aid ticket voucher, please request a refund for the paid ticket separately before using the voucher to claim your free ticket. The Financial Aid programme cannot reimburse you the cost of tickets you previously paid for directly.
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### Travel/Accommodation Grant & Visa Application Fee Grant
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If you received a travel/accommodation grant or a visa application fee grant,
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you will be reimbursed **after the conference** via PayPal or bank transfer
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(SEPA/Swift). We will only reimburse you after we've received your
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receipt/invoices and a **photo of your conference badge**.
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In addition, please pay close attention to the following:
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- The total combined travel/accommodation grant cannot exceed €400, unless otherwise agreed.
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- The Visa Application Fee Grant cannot exceed €80.
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- Reimbursements will be made **after** the conference via PayPal or bank
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transfer (SEPA and Swift). It’s not possible to be reimbursed before the
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conference or by other means, such as cash.
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- Note that we might experience difficulty transacting with certain countries
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- Reimbursements will only be made after we’ve received your
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travel/accommodation receipts/invoices. The deadline to submit your
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receipts/invoices is **25 July 2025** [Anywhere on Earth][AoE].
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- Please make sure that your receipts/invoices contain the information necessary
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- Reimbursements will only be made to individuals who actually attended the
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conference. Please include a **photo of your conference badge** with your
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options that allow you to cancel in case you can’t actually make it to the
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conference.
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## Additional question
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If you have any additional questions for the Financial Aid team, don't hesitate
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See you at EuroPython in Prague!
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[application-form]: https://forms.gle/xJ564JFBKLsGrtqz9
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[privacy-policy]: https://www.europython-society.org/privacy/
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[AoE]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth
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[email-finaid]: mailto:finaid@europython.eu
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[email-sponsoring]: mailto:sponsors@europython.eu

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