Conference Travel Awards
UK and Eire Trainee Conference Award
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis throughout the year. There are a limited number of grants available, so application well in advance of the proposed conference date is advised.
Up to 10 bursaries of £500 each per year will be awarded to facilitate attendance at national and international conferences (awarded by application on merit). The applicant must be an associate member of the SBNS and have been continuously for at least 2 years and be accepted for an oral presentation.
Application is via the SBNS administrator and will be considered by SBNS Officers.
Applications will require:
1. A one-page statement from the candidate.
2. A short cv
3. Accepted abstract
4. Other confirmed sources of funding
All documents must be placed together in ONE document and sent to:
Carole Turner
SBNS Research Development & Clinical Trials Manager [email protected] with a short covering email.
It is a condition of the bursary that a short report is provided which will be uploaded onto the website.
Low and Middle Income Country Conference Award
The Global Neurosurgery Conference Award aims to support the travel, conference registration, and accommodation costs at UK or Ireland Neurosurgery conferences, for clinicians in Neurosurgical training from least developed or low middle income countries.
Applicants must be clinicians in Neurosurgical training who are not yet in independent practice. Successful applicants should demonstrate an ambition to drive development in neurosurgical practice in their home units and must have had an abstract accepted for oral presentation at the neurosurgery conference they wish to attend. The applicant must be the presenting author. Successful applications will be awarded a grant of up to £1,500, the value of which is at the discretion of the SBNS Global Neurological Surgery committee.
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis throughout the year. There are a limited number of grants available, so application well in advance of the proposed conference date is advised.
Information
Application form
Selection criteria
BNOS Global Neuro-Oncology Bursaries
Applications are invited from health care professionals working in low-income countries for bursaries up to £2000 to attend the BNOS Annual Scientific Meeting. There are four bursaries available. The funding can also provide an opportunity to link in with clinical teams in the UK for discussion / collaboration / education / observership. BNOS provides the foremost multidisciplinary neuro-oncology scientific meeting in the UK on a yearly basis. Attendance currently consists of mainly UK practitioners and invited international presenters.
The care and treatment of brain tumour patients is a challenge, not only in the UK, but also in the rest of the world. There is an increasing realisation that there is much that can be done to support improvements in the global delivery of care, and that collaboration can benefit all partners.
The bursary is provided to cover travel, reduced cost registration at the BNOS conference, and accommodation. Letters of support can be provided for VISA purposes. Depending on specialty and need, a link with a UK department can be initialised to allow a visit before or after the conference.
A short presentation slot at BNOS on the challenges and possible solutions for the applicant may be available.