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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:
eligibility for financial support does not require that the abstract
is accepted for a platform or poster presentation.)
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: June 15th, 2008
Application packet should
contain:
- Statement indicating lack
of financial support to attend IGES
- Supportive written statement
from an IGES member familiar with work & applicant
- Abstract number assigned
to your online submitted IGES 2008 abstract
- IGES membership application
(or verification of IGES membership)
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@mdanderson.org
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