Fellowships
We are pleased to announce that five (5) IEA bursaries are available for young researchers from low income countries and from lower-middle-income economies who intend to participate in the EUROEPI 2010 conference with a scientific contribution. The fellowships will reimburse for the registration fee and travel/accommodation expenses (with a maximum of $1.000,00).
Eligibility criteria
A paper or poster must have been accepted for presentation at the meeting. The application should be sent by 15 June 2010, before notification about abstract acceptance, but it will be withdrawn in case the abstract is rejected.
Applicant should be a citizen of a low-middle income country (as defined by the World Bank), without alternative resources. He/she should not be working or resident in middle or high income countries at the time of application or be employed on the assumption that funding should be available from their host organization. Applicant should be below the age of 40 years. Applicant should be epidemiologist in practice, teaching or research (as assessed from review of training, employment history and publications).
Selection of candidates
The selection of candidates will be done by the EUROEPI2010 scientific secretariat with acceptance from the members of the IEA-EEF board.
Notification will be sent to applicants upon acceptance or rejection of their application before 31 July 2010.
Rules for granting
A recipient of a scholarship is required to acknowledge the scholarship in any publication of the material presented at the meeting for which the bursary was given. A form of words which may be used is: "This work was presented at IEA EEF European Congress of Epidemiology 2010 with the support of bursary provided by the International Epidemiological Association-European Epidemiology Federation".
Please, keep in mind that the expenses will be reimbursed after the meeting and that it is needed to pay them in advance.
Please complete the form and return it to the Congress Secretariat OIC by email (info@euroepi2010.org) by 15 June 2010 together with your publication list of the last 5 years.