Travel Awards

The ISTH 2024 Scientific Committee will reward abstracts of outstanding quality and provide the presenting author with a Travel Award to attend the ISTH 2024 Congress. Three (3) categories of Travel Awards will be available in limited number to the abstract submitters.

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Travel Awards will be given out in-person in the form of a debit card. This debit card can be used to withdraw funds from an ATM or directly at any merchant as you normally would use a debit card. No awards will be provided via cash or wire transfer. No exceptions will be made.

 
Early Career Award

The Early Career Awards are provided in the form of travel awards to those who meet the ISTH criteria for Early Career and submit a highly rated abstract. Travel Awards, consisting of $500 USD, are specifically intended to assist the presenting author with travel related expenses who travels to the congress. In order to be considered for an Early Career Award, you must be the presenting author on an abstract submitted to the congress. Authors applying for an Early Career Award will be notified via their abstract notification email, which will be sent in early April 2024. 

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Application criteria

• You must be the presenting author of a submitted abstract

• You must meet the ISTH Early Career criteria: To be considered for an Early Career Award, applicants must verify their status by submitting a letter from their institution or supervisor certifying that they are an Early Career Professional belonging to one of these categories during the submission process:

  • Associate: Any person within three years of completion of clinical training (medical residency and/or fellowship) or once an independent faculty or tenured position is obtained.

  • Medical Resident/Post Doc: Any person holding a doctoral degree who is engaged in any one or a combination of the following:

    • a period of clinical training

    • formal post-doctoral mentored research

    • scholarly or practical training for the purpose of acquiring specific professional skills

    • a medical fellowship

  • Student/Trainee: Any person not holding a doctoral degree currently and involved in a training program for medical education or other disciplines or in a M.Sc. or Ph.D. program.

How to apply for an Early Career Award

• Tick the appropriate box on the online abstract submission site

• Fill in the relevant questionnaire

• Provide a letter from their institution or supervisor certifying that they are an Early Career Professional (see above for Early Career categories). Scanned copies of a badge or ID will not be accepted.​

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Reach-the-World Award

The Reach-the-World Awards are provided in the form of travel awards to clinicians, scientists, and allied health professionals from developing countries (countries classified by the World Bank as low income, lower-middle income, or upper-middle income) to help subsidize travel costs to the congress.

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FOR 2024 ONLY: In an effort to offer more travel awards this year and considering the proximity to the Bangkok Congress, presenting authors who apply and are selected from the following Asia Pacific countries (classified by the World Bank as low income, lower-middle income, or upper-middle income) will be awarded $500 USD:

 

Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar (Contingent on OFAC restrictions),  Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

 

Presenting authors who apply and are selected from a developing country (as per the World Bank) other than the countries listed above, will receive the regular $2,000 USD.

 

These travel awards are specifically intended to assist the presenting author who travels to the congress. Authors applying for a Reach the World Award will be notified via their abstract notification email, which will be sent in early April 2024. ​

Application criteria

• You must be the presenting author of a submitted abstract

• Be from a developing country as defined by the World Bank as low income, lower-middle income, or upper-middle income

How to apply for a Reach-the-World Award

• Tick the appropriate box at the online abstract submission site

• Fill in the relevant questionnaire

• Provide a copy of your passport (passport must be valid through the congress dates i.e. June 26, 2024 in order to be considered)

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ISTH 2021 Philadelphia Congress Local Organizing Committee Legacy Fund Award
In partnership with the ISTH 2021 Congress Local Organizing Committee and Sriram Krishnaswamy, ISTH 2021 Congress Chair, the ISTH is offering a provisional travel award to early career/trainees from a training program in the United States who are traveling from the U.S. to the ISTH 2024 Congress in Bangkok to present an abstract. To be eligible for this award you must provide a letter of proof of your training status showing you are training in the U.S. signed by your program director or chair. Each awardee will receive $1,000 USD in the form of a debit card on-site at the congress. Awardees are still eligible to apply for the Early Career Travel Award and can receive both awards based on the score of their abstract during the review and grading process. Authors applying for a Legacy Fund Award will be notified via their abstract notification email, which will be sent in early April 2024. 
 

Application criteria

• You must be the presenting author of a submitted abstract

• You must meet the ISTH Early Career criteria: To be considered for a Legacy Fund Award, applicants must verify their status by submitting a letter of proof of training status from their program director or chair certifying that they are in a training program in the United States belonging to one of these categories during the submission process:

  • Associate: Any person within three years of completion of clinical training (medical residency and/or fellowship) or once an independent faculty or tenured position is obtained.

  • Medical Resident/Post Doc: Any person holding a doctoral degree who is engaged in any one or a combination of the following:

    • a period of clinical training

    • formal post-doctoral mentored research

    • scholarly or practical training for the purpose of acquiring specific professional skills

    • a medical fellowship

  • Student/Trainee: Any person not holding a doctoral degree currently and involved in a training program for medical education or other disciplines or in a M.Sc. or Ph.D. program.

• Your current training status must be in the United States.

How to apply for an ISTH 2021 Philadelphia Congress Local Organizing Committee Legacy Fund Award

• Tick the appropriate box on the online abstract submission site

• Fill in the relevant questionnaire

• Provide a letter from their program director or chair certifying that they are in a training program in the United States. Scanned copies of a badge or ID will not be accepted.

 

 

Only complete applications will be considered. The deadline for travel award applications, supporting documents and additional information is January 17, 2024. To be eligible for the award, the recipient must attend the Congress in-person. Additionally, there is no ability to “transfer” an award to someone else attending. Only the original presenter who applied for the travel award is eligible. If the presenting author is changed, the travel award cannot be transferred to the new presenter.