International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics 2022
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Virology Education (VE), with support from the industry, is offering scholarships to attend HIV & Pediatrics 2022.
Depending on the type of scholarship awarded, the scholarship covers registration and/or travel and accommodation.
(The scholarships are supported by industry. These companies will have no control, influence, or involvement in the selection of any attendees.)
What Does the Scholarship Cover?
Registration Scholarship:
- Registration only
Partial Scholarship:
- Registration
- Accommodation
Full Scholarship:
- Registration
- Accommodation
- Travel
What is Expected from the Scholarship Recipients?
All scholarship awardees are required to attend the full workshop. Awardees must sign in at the beginning of each meeting day and sign off at the end of each day as requested by the Workshop Organizer. At the close of the workshop, awardees must have completed the daily and overall workshop evaluations.
The recipient will provide post-meeting feedback and a summary of his/her/their workshop experience within one month after the end of the workshop. The feedback questionnaire will be an online survey with the recipient providing feedback on their experience at the workshop, scholarship procedure, and how they will implement the knowledge acquired at the meeting in their daily practice. The questionnaire will be sent to each recipient by email within one week after the conclusion of the workshop.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be proficient in English to interact with faculty and fellow attendees
- Be actively involved in the field of HIV & Pediatrics
- Be able to show benefits to their patients / research / community from attending the workshop
- Be willing and able to share information learned at the workshop with a larger community
- Workshop organizer will automatically decline all scholarship applications that do not conform to the eligibility terms
Application Procedure
The scholarship applications must be submitted online through our Scholarship Application Portal by 29 April 2022. The applicant will be asked to submit a motivational letter (max. 200 words) describing how their patients / research / community will benefit from the knowledge gained at this meeting, and their knowledge dissemination strategy, a CV, and a letter of recommendation (optional).
- All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
- All applications will be reviewed by an independent Scholarship Review Committee.
- All applicants will be notified about the status of their application in mid-May 2022.
- Successful applicants will be sent a scholarship agreement.
- After receipt of the signed scholarship agreement, successful applicants will receive instructions for logistical arrangements.
Selection Criteria
The following criteria will be taken into consideration during the selection process:
- Professional background
- Supervisor recommendation
- Demonstrated benefits to patients / research / community by the knowledge to be gained at this meeting
- Strategy of knowledge dissemination
- Early-Career Investigator status
- Country of residence
Important
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. Workshop Organizer cannot be held responsible for any incorrect information that is submitted through the scholarship application portal.
- Retrospective applications will not be considered.
- Scholarship recipients must attend the entire workshop.
- Scholarships are non-transferrable.
- Workshop Organizer cannot guarantee awarding the scholarship to prospective scholarship recipients until the confirmation of available funds. In the event that sufficient funding for the scholarship is not available, Workshop Organizer will not be liable for any expenses or damages incurred by the prospective scholarship recipient with regards to the scholarship application and/or preparation for the meeting.
- Applications will be considered until the exhaustion of funds.
- Scholarship recipients will be responsible for all other costs associated with workshop attendance.
- Workshop Organizer will not be liable for any injury, death, damage, loss, delay, cost, expense, or inconvenience, causes of action claims and suits for property damage, theft of property or personal injury (including death) arising in connection with the scholarship and participation in the Workshop .
- Workshop Organizer reserves the right to make the final decision regarding all applications, which cannot be disputed.