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YOUNG AFRICAN SCIENTISTS WORLD CONGRESS 2013 SCHOLARSHIPS

Introduction

The organizing committee of the 6th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery has established 20 “Young African Scientist World Congress Scholarships”. The intention is to increase capacity in health science by assisting young African clinicians and researchers to attend the 6th World Congress in 2013.

Value

Each grant is valued at 20 000 ZAR. A portion will be used to cover conference registration and hotel accommodation and the remainder provided to the scholar at the time of the conference held in Cape Town 17 – 22 February 2013.

Eligibility

Candidates must be under 36 years on 17 February 2013 and may be either undergraduate or postgraduate students, postdoctoral or early career specialists. Applicants must have been born in Africa and be working in Africa. Applicants who have a paper accepted for poster or oral presentation at the Congress, are eligible to receive the scholarship.

Application

Application forms (obtainable from info@wcpccs.co.za) need to be completed and returned to the Conference Secretariat before 1 July 2012. The application form must be accompanied by the abstract of the paper submitted to the Congress, a one page summary of the work to be presented, a letter of motivation and a letter of recommendation by the applicant’s supervisor. A certified copy of the applicant’s passport must accompany the application. The successful applicants will need to complete registration, comply with the deadlines for submissions as prescribed at www.pccs2013.co.za. To receive residual grant money successful candidates must attend the congress, present personally to the conference organizers with verification documents and present their paper. No direct payments will be made to the successful candidates prior to the congress. Applications should be sent only by email attachment, in one pdf file, with the title of the email, “YOUNG AFRICAN SCIENTISTS CONGRESS SCHOLARSHIPS”.

Terms

Application for the scholarship or acceptance of a paper by the World Congress Scientific Committee does not guarantee the applicant will receive an award. No correspondence will be entertained after application. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application before 31 August 2012.
The World Congress is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from PepsiCo.