Missions

WARNING: Rules and missions forms are going to be changed soon (fall 2009) this page will be updated and completed as soon as this happens

Mission means a trip to a location outside Trieste for scientific purposes. Sissa usually provides students with funds though it can be limited to the grant you have. This is subject to signature of the head of your department and to apply one should fill out a form called M1 and Estimation of Expenses before the mission. M1 form simply includes blanks about the type, date,location and purpose of the mission, your and sector head's signature and a section for advance payment. Estimation of expenses is simply about each type of expense: transport, accommodation, registration fee, daily allowance etc. that you are expected to forecast. Within 8 days after the end of the mission one has to hand in another form called M2, that is very similar to M1 but it requires you to give exact date,location and expenses of your mission. You are supposed to staple each receipt, bill or ticket on A4 papers, enumerate them and indicate them in your M2 form. Be aware that for missions in Italy one has to specify meal expenses so you'd better collect all of your bills. (Sissa reimburses three separate bills a day for breakfast,lunch and dinner.) However, for missions abroad this is not necessary.

As you can recognize easily almost all forms are in italian. Ask for help to your sector secretariat if you have any trouble.

Take into account that you can ask an advanced payment of up to 70% of the total estimated expense.