terrific workshop opportunity at Media Lab Madrid. and José Luis tells me "Medialab has funds to pay for the travel and acommodation of the students, so applicants from the US, or other European countries are more than welcome."

http://www.medialab-matadero.es/article/visualizar_convocatoria_para_presentar_proyectos

Visualizar: call for projects

Tha Medialab-Matadero programme calls for the presentation of proposals to be carried out within the Visualizar production workshop, November 2007.
Advanced project development and production workshop

Led by: José Luis de Vicente
Instructors: Benjamin Fry, Bestiario and Adrian Holovaty.
Dates: 14th - 28th November 2007
Venue: Medialab-Matadero, Madrid
Important dates:

Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: 5h October 2007
Notification of acceptance: 20th October 2007
Beginning of the workshop : 14 November 2007
OPEN CALL GUIDELINES
Purpose of the open call

The purpose of this open call is to choose a maximum of 10 data visualization projects to be developed collaboratively at a two week workshop in November 2007. The selected projects will be developed with the aid of three instructors, in addition to a large group of assistants and collaborators.

The open call is made to creators and professionals in the fields of graphic design, art, sociology, education, psychology, information science, environmental studies, biology, mathematics, statistics, scientific visualization, computer analysis, computer science, bio-information technology, physics or any other field where data visualization may be applied or may contribute valuable innovations.

Proposals may be presented by individuals or groups. Each participant or team may present as many projects as they wish.

Applicants do not need to possess all the technical knowledge to perform their proposed projects but should present ideas that must be open to the participation of other interested collaborators who may contribute to carrying it out during the workshop. For that reason, there are two ways to participate in the workshop: as the promoter of a project, or as a collaborator on one of the selected projects. In order to facilitate the formation of interdisciplinary work groups, an idea exchange forum will be created where specific knowledge may be offered or requested to carry out each proposal. Once the projects have been selected, a second call will be announced to those persons who wish to take part in the production process of the works.

The necessary means to carry out the selected projects will be made available by Medialab-Matadero Madrid, as far as possible.

the full text of the call can be found at:
http://www.medialab-matadero.es/article/visualizar_convocatoria_para_presentar_proyectos