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Financial Aid (2011)

 

IGES supports a limited number of travel fellowships for attendance at its annual meeting. The number to be awarded each year is decided by the Board upon recommendation by the Treasurer, up to a maximum award value will be USD $1000. Selection is to be made by the Board after careful review of the Abstracts. These competitive awards are based on the applicant's own statement of financial need, as well as upon the novelty, quality and significance of the abstract submitted. (read more)

IGES supports a limited number of travel fellowships for attendance at its annual meeting. The number to be awarded each year is decided by the Board upon recommendation by the Treasurer, up to a maximum award value will be USD $1000. Selection is to be made by the Board after careful review of the Abstracts. These competitive awards are based on the applicant's own statement of financial need, as well as upon the novelty, quality and significance of the abstract submitted.

Eligibility criteria are:

  • Statement indicating lack of financial support to attended IGES
  • Supportive written statement from an IGES member familiar with work & applicant
  • Working on a topic deemed to be "genetic epidemiology"
  • Must join or already be an IGES member (student memberships are available)

(Note: Abstracts accepted for either Platform or Poster presentaion are elibible for financial support.)

Preferences will be given to:

  • PhD students and post-doctoral fellows
  • Persons who have not previously attended the meeting
  • Persons living in countries other than that of the meeting location
  • Encouraging applicants from developing or special circumstance countries

Winners will receive notification separate from abstract acceptance and scheduling information.
Awardees are requested to pay the registration fee for the IGES meeting as well as housing costs

Deadline for application: EXTENDED UNTIL July 9, 2011

Application packet should contain:

  1. Statement indicating lack of financial support to attend IGES
  2. Supportive written statement from an IGES member familiar with work & applicant
  3. Presentation number for your IGES 2011 accepted abstract.
  4. IGES membership application (or verification of IGES membership)

If you need a list of IGES members in your country, please contact Lynn Carrasco at iges@geneticepi.org

E-mail Application packet as attachments or send to:

Lynn Carrasco
Department of Epidemiology
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
UNIT 1340
1155 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA 
E-mail: iges@geneticepi.org