Grants

For each TRiPR Conference, as many as 60 grants made available by the European Union’s Marie Curie Actions Programme covering registration fees, local accommodations and travel expenses up to a maximum amount based on distance will be awarded on a competitive basis.

Eligibility criteria
In compliance with Marie Curie Actions Programme policies, grants will be awarded to candidates belonging to any one the following groups:

1. Early Stage Researchers, i.e., researchers with up to 4 years of full-time postgraduate research activity (candidates holding a PhD or similar doctoral degree are not eligible) - 20 grants max. available;
   
   
2. Experienced Researchers, i.e., researchers with up to 10 years full-time postgraduate research activity (including candidates holding a PhD or similar doctoral degree) - 30 grants max. available;
   
   
3. Experienced Researchers with more than 10 years of experience, who are nationals of Member States* or Associated States** and are active outside these countries at the time of the event - 10 grants max. available.

Note that no geographic limitations on country of origin apply to group 1 and 2 candidates.

Successful applicants will have:

• Conference registration fees (including tuition, meals and social events) covered in full;
• 4 nights hotel accommodations c/o the AC Hotel;
• Refunding of their travel costs within the following thresholds (distance = one-way journey, not cumulative round trip):

Distance (km)	Max. Refund (€)
<500	250.00
500 - 1000	500.00
1000 - 1500	750.00
1500 - 2500	1,000.00
2500 - 5000	1,500.00
5000 - 10000	2,000.00
>10000	2,500.00

For example, a participant traveling from Berlin to Genoa - 959 km “as the crow flies” - would be entitled to a refund of no more than € 500.00.

Applications
In order to apply for a Marie Curie grant, simply indicate on the registration form the category to which you belong.
Applicants must submit, together with their curriculum vitae/list of publications, an abstract on one of the following topics:

- Assessing drug response in chronic arthritis
- Biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis
- Biological agents in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Present and future therapies
- Potential new targets for treatment
- Facilitating translational research and clinical development in small populations

A checklist of abstract formatting and uploading instructions can be found on the Document Submission Page in the Participants’ Area AFTER registering for the conference.

Deadline for grant applications/abstract submission:April 16, 2010

Please note that grant applicants may register for the conference and submit their abstracts and supporting documents separately.

*Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

**Associated States: Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey