Description:
ISPOR Travel Grants were established to support attendance at the Society's conferences for eligible ISPOR members to attend the Society's conferences, including the ISPOR, ISPOR Europe, ISPOR Asia Pacific, and ISPOR Latin America conferences.
Eligibility:
- The candidate for the grant must be an active, current ISPOR member and must have a primary residence in a country classified by the World Bank as Low/Lower-Middle/Upper-Middle economy
- The candidate for an ISPOR conference (held in North America) or ISPOR Europe conference must reside in a country/region in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, or Oceania
- The candidate for an ISPOR Asia Pacific conference must reside in a country/region in Asia or Oceania
- The candidate for an ISPOR Latin America Conference must reside in a country/region in Latin America
- The candidate must be employed by an academic, government, or nonprofit organization
- The candidate must not be a student [Note: Students may apply for the ISPOR Student Travel Grant]
- The candidate must not have received an ISPOR Conference Travel Grant during the past 5 years
Application:
The candidate must submit a:
- Proposal (up to 250 words) showing how they will contribute to the development of health economics and outcomes research or the use of outcomes research in healthcare decisions in their own country/region based on this ISPOR Conference Travel Grant experience. Proposal should include relevant aspects of an applicant’s professional background
- Brief description (up to 100 words) demonstrating the need for financial support to attend an ISPOR conference that is not available by any other means
- Applications are scored and ranked according to a standardized scoring framework that includes contributions to ISPOR and HEOR
Nature of the Grant:
The recipient of the ISPOR Conference Travel Grant receives the following to attend an ISPOR conference:
- A complimentary registration to the ISPOR conference
- A complimentary ISPOR Short Course registration (up to 4 courses per conference)
- Up to US $1,800 for airfare (coach), transportation, and lodging expenses
NOTE: FUNDS TO ATTEND THE ISPOR CONFERENCES ARE REIMBURSED AFTER THE CONFERENCE, AS WELL AS EACH RECIPIENT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKING THEIR OWN HOTEL AND FLIGHTS. ISPOR DOES NOT RELEASE FUNDS NOR BOOK FLIGHTS OR ACCOMMODATIONS PRIOR TO ANY CONFERENCE FOR ANY RECIPIENT.
Selection Timeline:
- ISPOR Conference Travel Grant Application submission deadline is 3 months prior to an ISPOR conference
- ISPOR Conference Travel Grant grantees are determined 2 months prior to an ISPOR conference
Promotion:
- ISPOR Conference Travel Grant is promoted through ISPOR consortia/networks/regional chapters, ISPOR regional newsletters, the ISPOR website, and
- ISPOR Travel Grant grantees are announced on webpages of ISPOR consortia/networks/regional chapters
Selection Committee:
- The ISPOR Conference Travel Grant Committee consists of 5 members recommended by the Executive Committee of the ISPOR Asia Consortium, ISPOR Latin America Consortium, ISPOR Central and Eastern European Consortium, ISPOR Africa Network, and ISPOR Arabic Network. Each consortium/network recommends 1 committee member who is the member of the consortium/network. Committee members must be full ISPOR members and reside in the respective region
- The Committee is responsible for the selection of up to 40 grantees a year distributed among the ISPOR conferences, including ISPOR, ISPOR Europe, ISPOR Asia Pacific, and ISPOR Latin America. The Committee members may consult their consortium/network leadership in the selection of candidates from their region
Please email us with any questions.
ISPOR Conference Travel Grant Awardees
ISPOR 2019- New Orleans, LA, USA: May 18-22, 2019
Vahram Ghushchyan (Armenia), American University of Armenia
Emmanuel Berinyuy Kamga (Cameroon), Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa
Junxiang Zhou (China), Sichuan Cancer Hospital
Wai-kit Ming (China), Sun Yat-sen University
Jaime Alejandro Hincapié García (Colombia), University of Antioquia
Charles Nii Kwade Ofei-Palm (Ghana), Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Abhimanyu Prashar (India), Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be University – Mullana
Muhammed Rashid PP (India), Sri Adichuchanagiri College of Pharmacy
Kyaw Zay Ya (Myanmar), Innovations for Poverty Action
Uchenna I Eze (Nigeria), Olabisi Onabanjo University Sagamu Ogun State Nigeria
Muhammad Samsoor Zarak (Pakistan), Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences
Rahman Gul (Pakistan), Institute of Public Health Quetta
Yvonne Kamara (Uganda), Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University
ISPOR Europe 2018 – 10-14 November 2018, Barcelona, Spain
Irina Kazaryan (Armenia), Yerevan State Medical University
Nermeen Ashoush (Egypt), The British University in Egypt
Daniel Asfaw Erku (Ethiopia), University of Gondar
Yonas Getaye Tefera (Ethiopia), University of Gondar
Sreedhar Dharmagadda (India), Manipal
Samer Kharroubi (Lebanon), American University of Beirut
Piyush Mittal (Malaysia), International Medical University, Malaysia
Laxmi Subedi (Nepal), BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Ahsan Saleem (Pakistan), The Aga Khan University Hospital
Saul Espinoza Rivera (Peru), Seguro Social de Salud del Perú
Melih Kaan Sozmen (Turkey), Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health
Ochanda Perez Nicholas (Uganda), Infectious Diseases Institute
Lidiya Minko (Ukraine), Danylo Galytskyi Lviv National Medical University
Trung Quang Vo (Vietnam), University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ISPOR Asia Pacific 2018 – Tokyo, Japan: 8-11 September 2018
Sohail Ahmad (Malaysia), Faculty of Pharmacy, MAHSA University
Carlo Irwin A. Panelo (Philippines), University of the Philippines Manila
Nguyen Nguyet Tram Luu (Viet Nam), Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Ha Thi Vo (Viet Nam), Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Dwi Endarti (Indonesia), Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University
Mamatha Krishna Murthy (India), Faculty of Pharmacy, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Yusra Habib Khan (Pakistan), Institute of Pharmacy, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Mohammad Safiqul Islam (Bangladesh), Noakhali Science and Technology University
Pradeep Manohar Muragundi (India), Manipal College of Pharmacuetical Sciences
Bindu Malla (Nepal), Gandaki Medical College
Ganesan Rajalekshmi Saraswathy (India), Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Sri Harsha Chalasani (India), JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru
Reshmi Bhageerathy (India), Manipal Academy of Higher Education
ISPOR 2018 - Baltimore, MD, USA: May 19-23, 2018
Mohammed Assen Seid (Ethiopia), Lecturer at University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie (Ethiopia), Lecturer and Researcher at University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
Asnakew Achaw Ayele (Ethiopia), School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar
Viktoriia Dobrova (Ukraine), Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy National University of Pharmacy
Chin Fen Neoh (Malaysia), Universiti Teknologi MARA
Amanual Getnet Mersha (Ethiopia), University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Yordanka Koleva (Bulgaria), Center for Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Sofia
Kofi Akohene Mensah (Ghana), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Mohamed Hassan Elnaem (Malaysia), International Islamic University Malaysia
Manal Elhamamsy (Egypt), Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University
Oksana Vashchenko (Ukraine), Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Paola Andrea Rivera Ramirez (Peru), Institute of Health Technology Assessment and Research (IETSI) – Peruvian Social Security (EsSalud), Lima, Peru. Biologist; Master in Science in Public Health.