Accept Decision Mail

{% if application_type == "ta" %}
<h1>
Dear Teaching Assistant Applicant,
</h1>
<p>
Thank you for applying to be a teaching assistant (TA) for {course_name} {course_dates}.
<b>We have reviewed your application(s) and are happy to offer you a position as a
TA for {course_name}.</b>
To accept (or decline) your position, please log-in to the Neuromatch application portal here:
</p>
<a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/applications">Academy Portal</a>
<p>DEADLINE FOR ACCEPTING THE POSITION AND FILL OUT THE FORMS IS {offer_end_date}</p>
<p>
Once you are logged in to the portal, the top of your portal screen
will look like this (see below) and you will see one or both of these
courses. For a course that you are accepted into, click on the
*bold* text on the left of the white box to begin the process
of enrolling as a TA for the course (circled in green below).
Here’s an example of what this would look like if you were
accepted to the Deep Learning course:
</p>
<div class="accept-image">
<img src="{site}{% static "templates/accept-image.png" %}" />
</div>
<p>
Your role (i.e., lead , regular, project) is indicated in the portal.
</p>
<p>
If you applied to more than one course or position, you were
accepted to this one based on your qualifications and stated
preferences - you will see a status of dismissed next to your
lower preference applications.
</p>
<ul>
Please complete the following steps to enroll:
<li>
<b>Time slots and language preferences.</b> Inside the portal,
navigate to the “logistics” section <a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/logistics">here</a>.
Please confirm your timezone and language preferences are
correct. If either of them are not correct, please immediately
email nma@neuromatch.io.
</li>
<li> Please make sure to read this <a href="https://github.com/NeuromatchAcademy/precourse/blob/main/enrollmentforms/ta-contract.md">TA Contract</a>
in full, then indicate your agreement to be a TA in the portal by <b>{offer_end_date}</b>.
</li>
<li>
To indicate your agreement you have to fill out the required forms in the portal,
which contain some documents you will need to update, by <b>{offer_end_date}</b>,
so we can pay you.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
For questions, contact nma@neuromatch.io
</p>
<p>Congratulations and we look forward to working with you!</p>
<p>The Neuromatch & Climatematch Instruction Teams</p>

{% elif application_type == "student" and course_name == "Computational Tools for Climate Science" %}
<h1>Dear Climatematch Student,</h1>

<p>
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to {course_name} {course_dates}. To accept (or decline) your position, please log-in to the CMA application portal here:
</p>
<a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/applications">Academy Portal</a>
<p>
This course will involve hands-on coding using Python. We expect students to be familiar with variables, lists, dicts, the numpy and scipy libraries as well as plotting in matplotlib.
We have an asynchronous Python course based on content developed by <a href="https://foundations.projectpythia.org/landing-page.html">Project Pythia</a>. We encourage this course for students familiar with other coding languages before the beginning of CMA.
</p>
<p><b>
DEADLINE FOR ENROLLING IN THE COURSE AND PAYMENT IS {offer_end_date}.
</p>
</b>
<p>
Once you are logged in to the portal, you will see the course(s) you applied to. For a course that you are accepted into, click on the <b>bold</b> text on the left of the white box to begin your final registration for the course.
</p>
<div class="accept-image">
<img src="{site}{% static "templates/accept-image.png" %}" />
</div>
<p>
If you applied to more than one course or position, you were accepted to this one based on your qualifications and stated preferences - you will see a status of dismissed next to your lower preference applications.
</p>
<ul>
Please complete the following steps to enroll:
<li>
<b>Time slots and language preferences.</b> Inside the portal,
navigate to the “logistics” section <a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/logistics">here</a>.
Please confirm your timezone and language preferences are
correct. If either of them are not correct, please immediately
email nma@neuromatch.io.
</li>
<li><b>Read the Roles and Responsibilities</b> document which details what you will be doing during the course at this link: https://github.com/NeuromatchAcademy/precourse/blob/main/enrollmentforms/rolesandresponsibilities.md
</li>
<li><b>Create a GitHub account</b>
During the course, you will be using JupyterHub, which is a web-based platform for running Jupyter notebooks. In order to access JupyterHub, you will need to authenticate yourself using your GitHub account.
If you don't have a GitHub account yet, please create one by navigating to https://github.com, clicking on the "Sign Up" button at the top right corner of the screen and following the prompts.
You will be asked to provide your GitHub username in the course enrollment survey. This information is necessary so that you will be added to the appropriate team.
</li>
<li><b>Complete the supplemental course enrollment survey</b> (this is in Airtable): https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/api/redirect/to/7a8866b2-dc97-4417-9d5c-09dedf8e9b7e
This link redirects through the portal - it may take a minute so please be patient. You may need to log into the portal if you are not signed in already.
</li>
<li><b>Pay the course fee.</b> At Climatematch Academy, our operation depends on a wide network of volunteers with a large part of our grant going towards the payment of Teaching Assistants who devote their time to teach and support our students. Our goal is to create a globally diverse climate sciences community, trained on cutting edge techniques to access and analyze open-source modeled and observational climate data. To achieve this, we have to demand student registration fees to pay for the TAs, and CMA will cease to exist if we do not get enough funding from students who can afford to pay the full fee. Most students are able to get their registration fee paid for by their institution or employer, typically through a reimbursement program for additional training. If you don’t know how to approach this, we provide an instruction guide on our payment portal. Because payment is made through our payment portal, we cannot accept bank transfers directly from your institution. Please note that the payment process in our portal will ensure that Climatematch is affordable to you or your institution.</li>
</ul>
<p>
To estimate your course fees based on your region, use our <a href="https://neuromatchacademy.github.io/widgets/cola.html">COLA Calculator</a>.
</p>
<p>
Our means of payment is through Stripe using a credit card, Apple Pay, Cash App, Google Pay, WeChat Pay, Link, ACH, Afterpay and Klarna, etc. You will automatically be emailed a receipt for your payment from Stripe which will indicate that this payment is for Neuromatch.
</p>
<p>
If Stripe does not work for you, you can try paying with a different card or even using a VPN (in some countries it is blocked). Sometimes this works, but if you have tried these options and it is still not working, you can send an email to nma@neuromatch.io with the subject “Student Payment Problem” and include your geographic location; we may
be able to provide an alternative method.
</p>
<p>
<b>DEADLINE FOR ENROLLING IN THE COURSE AND PAYMENT IS {offer_end_date}.</b>
</p>
<p>
When you have completed these steps we will begin the process of pod matching (a group made up of ~15 students and teaching assistants). If you have not yet heard from us through email one week before your course starts, log into the portal to see your finalized pod assignments.
</p>
<p>
Welcome to Climatematch Academy Class of 2023! <br>
Abigail Bodner & the Climatematch Academy Team
</p>


{% elif application_type == "student" %}
<h1>Dear Neuromatch Student,</h1>

<p>
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to {course_name} {course_dates}. To accept (or decline) your position, please log-in to the application portal here:
</p>
<a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/applications">Academy Portal</a>
<p><b>
DEADLINE FOR ENROLLING IN THE COURSE AND PAYMENT IS {offer_end_date}.
</p>
</b>
<p>
Once you are logged in to the portal, you will see the course(s) you applied to. For a course that you are accepted into, click on the <b>bold</b> text on the left of the white box to begin your final registration for the course.
</p>

<div class="accept-image">
<img src="{site}{% static "templates/accept-image.png" %}" />
</div>
<p>
If you applied to more than one course or position, you were accepted to this one based on your qualifications and stated preferences - you will see a status of dismissed next to your lower preference applications.
</p>
<ul>
Please complete the following steps to enroll:
<li>
<b>Time slots and language preferences.</b> Inside the portal,
navigate to the “logistics” section <a href="https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/logistics">here</a>.
Please confirm your timezone and language preferences are
correct. If either of them are not correct, please immediately
email nma@neuromatch.io.
</li>
<li><b>Read the Roles and Responsibilities</b> document which details what you will be doing during the course at this link: https://github.com/NeuromatchAcademy/precourse/blob/main/enrollmentforms/rolesandresponsibilities.md
</li>
<li><b>Complete the supplemental course enrollment survey</b> (this is in Airtable):
{% if course_name == "Deep Learning" %}
https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/api/redirect/to/f45dc0db-1832-4597-860a-c2e4fa088864
{% elif course_name == "Computational Neuroscience" %}
https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/api/redirect/to/deeb2119-3f8e-4c7c-96fc-207f4bc36a1c
{% elif course_name == "NeuroAI" %}
https://portal.neuromatchacademy.org/api/redirect/to/223a9b9b-f8fb-45c3-9261-5de292ff724f
{% endif %}
This link redirects through the portal - it may take a minute so please be patient. You may need to log into the portal if you are not signed in already.
</li>
<li><b>Pay the course fee.</b> Neuromatch Academy is a primarily volunteer organization, with almost all of our money going towards payments for the TAs who devote a whole month of their summer to teaching you. Our goal of inclusive education for people around the world requires us to ask for registration fees to pay for the TAs, and NMA will cease to exist if we do not get enough funding from those who can afford to pay the full fee. Most students are able to get their registration fee paid for by their institution or employer, typically through a reimbursement program for additional training. If you don’t know how to approach this, we provide an instruction guide in our payment portal. Because payment is made through our payment portal, we cannot accept bank transfers directly from your institution. As always, the payment process in our portal will ensure that Neuromatch is affordable to you or your institution.</li>
</ul>
<p>
To estimate your course fees based on your region, use our <a href="https://neuromatchacademy.github.io/widgets/cola.html">COLA Calculator</a>.
</p>
<p>
Our means of payment is through Stripe using a credit card, Apple Pay, Cash App, Google Pay, WeChat Pay, Link, ACH, Afterpay and Klarna, etc. You will automatically be emailed a receipt for your payment from Stripe which will indicate that this payment is for Neuromatch.
</p>
<p>
If Stripe does not work for you, you can try paying with a different card or even using a VPN (in some countries it is blocked). Sometimes this works, but if you have tried these options and it is still not working, you can send an email to nma@neuromatch.io with the subject “Student Payment Problem” and include your geographic location; we may
be able to provide an alternative method.
</p>
<p>
<b>DEADLINE FOR ENROLLING IN THE COURSE AND PAYMENT IS {offer_end_date}.</b>
</p>
<p>
When you have completed these steps we will begin the process of pod matching (a group made up of ~15 students and teaching assistants). If you have not yet heard from us through email one week before your course starts, log into the portal to see your finalized pod assignments.
</p>
<p>
Welcome to Neuromatch Academy Class of 2023! <br>
Ella Batty & the Neuromatch Academy team
</p>
{% endif %}
</div>