EASL's aim is to support Young Investigators and help them attend the EASL Monothematic Conference: Delta Hepatitis. In order to achieve this, EASL will offer a Young Investigator Bursary only to the presenting authors of the best accepted abstracts who are aged 35 or under and are still in training.

The application is available to anyone fulfilling the above criteria without geographic restrictions! 

FULL BURSARIES

Up to 50 bursaries of Euro 650 each will be attributed to the presenting author of the best scored abstracts. This bursary will be handed out by cheque during the EASL Special Conference: Hepatocellular Carcinome in Dubrovnik.In addition, bursary receipients will receive free EASL Membership for 1 year and the registration fees to the EASL Special Conference on Hepatocellular Carcinoma will be waived. 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

• Bursary applications must be made on the abstract submission form (please click the appropriate box during Step 4/4 of the abstract submission form stating you wish to be considered for the bursary when prompted before submitting your abstract).
• The name of the presenting author MUST match the name of the applicant.
• Requests to be considered as a bursary applicant after the abstract submission deadline will not be considered.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

The following supporting documents must be in English and are to be uploaded via this webpage by clicking on the appropriate link below either as  BMP, GIF, JPG or PDF files (size limit 1 MB) after abstract submission but no later than March 15, 2010.  

1.     Proof of age: a clear copy of your ID, Passport or Drivers licence indicating your date of birth (should be in the Latin alphabet)

2.     Proof of trainee status: A letter signed by the head of your department on the department’s letterhead confirming that you are a trainee

Note:

·         EASL will automatically decline all bursary requests that do not conform to the above terms

·         Notifications of bursaries granted will be sent close to the early registration deadline (April 30, 2010) pending the finalization of accepted poster abstracts

·         Name changes of presenting authors (different than at the time of the abstract submission) will only be accepted if made at the time of the submission of the supporting documentation

·         All confirmed bursary recipients will automatically be registered to the Conference (no payment of registration fees is required). Please only register and pay registration fees in the case you are NOT granted a bursary.

IMPORTANT NOTE: EASL will grant bursaries only to those presenting authors who will attest that they are not being sponsored or covered by any other source in order to attend the EASL Special Conference: Hepatocellular Carcinoma.