SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUNG PHYSICIANS

The 6th International Glaucoma Symposium offers up to 20 scholarships for young physicians. The grant consists of free registration to the symposium plus a partial travel grant of €730, to physicians from East-Europe, Greece and Turkey aged 35 or less (by March 1, 2006) who are presenting (first) authors, not yet in a permanent position and whose abstract has been accepted.

Application for Scholarship will be possible online and only applications accompanied by an abstract will be considered.

Applications must be accompanied by a fax: +41 22 732 2850 or e-mail sent to: glaucoma@kenes.com with a copy of your passport showing your date of birth and a letter from the head of your department, proving that you are truly a resident and that without the scholarship you will not be able to attend the Symposium.

Important note: Applications for scholarships will only be considered if submitted by the time of abstract submission extended deadline, which is November 20, 2006.

Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of the quality of their abstracts by the Scholarship & Travel Grant Committee.

Applicants who have been granted a scholarship will be informed well before the elapse of the early registration fee deadline and will receive a travel grant check at the Congress

For more details kindly contact the Symposium Secretariat:

Symposium Organizers