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ISBER Travel Award
Applications
Note The
Application Deadline was
February 15, 2009.
The ISBER Travel Award provides travel support for individuals from
emerging countries that are planning or are currently managing a
repository, to attend the ISBER 2009 Annual Meeting:
ISBER, Celebrating a
Decade of Growth and Development in International Biorepository
Excellence, to be held May 12-15, 2009, in Portland, Oregon, USA. The ISBER Travel Award includes paid meeting registration
and $1,200.00 reimbursement for travel expenses. Applicants are
encouraged, but not required to submit an abstract. Current employees of
biobanking organizations in an emerging country listed in the Band 1 or
Band 2 lists of countries generated by eligibility requirements of
HINARI, a project of the World Health Organization are eligible to
apply. In addition, the biobanking organization headquarters must
originate from a Band 1/Band 2 country.
Applicants must
complete the following application in its entirety, and submit along
with:
| 1) a
Curriculum Vitae (CV), and |
| 2) a photocopy of current Passport/VISA page with photo ID and expiration
date.
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All items must be
submitted no later than February 15, 2009 to be eligible for consideration.
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ISBER Travel Award
Sponsorships
The ISBER Travel Award program is designed to provide
travel support to attend the ISBER Annual Meeting for individuals from developing countries
who are either developing a repository or are involved with the
management of an existing repository. If your company would
like to make a donation to this program, please check the appropriate
box on the Sponsorship Opportunities Form (see below) and return the
form to ISBER.
All Exhibiting Companies and Corporate Partners that donate to this fund
will be acknowledged in the ISBER 2009 Meeting Program.
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