Bursaries

1) Fellowship opportunities

The EiR Institute offers fellowships for attendance of the EiR Schools as follows:

Successful applicants from developing/emerging countries* will be entitled to:

  • Travel support including :
    • Return, economy air tickets to/from Madrid
  • Accommodation support including :
    • 4-night accommodation in Madrid to allow attendance of both the EiR Schools and the EiR conference
  • Free registration to the entire EiR conference

Successful applicants from all other countries will receive:

  • Free registration to the EiR Schools and EiR conference.

For submitting your application please click here.

The EiR Schools application deadline is 12 October 2011.

*To check whether your country belongs to the developing regions, as per the United Nations, please click on one of the following links, according to your location:
EAST ASIA & PACIFIC: http://data.worldbank.org/region/EAP
EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/ECA
LATIN AMERICA & CARRIBEAN: http://data.worldbank.org/region/LAC
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/MNA
SOUTH ASIA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/SAS
SUB SAHARAN AFRICA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/SSA

2) NATURE Travel Grants

Nature Reviews Rheumatology is pleased to support the Excellence in Rheumatology Conference by providing two (2) travel grants to enable conferees from countries with developing economies* to attend the 2012 meeting in Madrid, Spain. These travel grants are part of Nature Publishing Group’s philanthropic program, which supports the career development of scientists and clinicians, and the communication of science.

The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by a Committee from Scientific Organizing Committee and Nature Reviews Rheumatology, and evaluated in terms of their scientific value and overall standard.  All accepted abstracts will be included in the Book of Abstracts of Excellence in Rheumatology, which will be published as a supplement to the Rheumatology Journal published by Oxford University Press. 

Application process

The applicants are required to submit two items:

  • Their abstract
  • A covering letter

For submission please email these two documents to email address:  (Please mark the subject:  'Application for the Nature Reviews Rheumatology Excellence in Rheumatology Travel Grants')

Successful applicants from developing/emerging countries* will be entitled to:

  • Travel support including :
    • Return, economy air tickets to/from Madrid
  • Accommodation support including :
    • 4-night accommodation in Madrid to allow attendance of both the EiR Schools and the EiR conference
  • Free registration to the entire EiR conference

Nature travel grants submission deadline is:  12 October 2011.

For detailed information about abstract submission and details, please visit:

http://excellence-in-rheumatology.org/content/abstract-submission.

*To check whether your country belongs to the developing regions, as per the United Nations, please click on one of the following links, according to your location:
EAST ASIA & PACIFIC: http://data.worldbank.org/region/EAP
EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/ECA
LATIN AMERICA & CARRIBEAN: http://data.worldbank.org/region/LAC
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/MNA
SOUTH ASIA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/SAS
SUB SAHARAN AFRICA: http://data.worldbank.org/region/SSA