A few remarks:
Preference in financial support will be given to graduate students
and recent PhDs staying for the full 2 weeks.
Most foreigners need a visa to enter Russia.
Visa-free travel (with an appropriate invitation) is possible for
citizens of a number of countries, e.g.
Argentina, Brazil, Israel, ...
Still we advice to contact us to be sure.
June is tourist high-season in St.-Petersburg, with hotels relatively expensive.
We expect the prices to be in the 7000 roubles/night range for a single room, and
4000 roubles/night in a shared double room in *** hotels in the city center.
The current (January 2012) exchange rate is about 1 USD = 32 RUB and 1 EUR = 41 RUB.