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For the First TRiPR Conference “Anticipating Changes in Drug Development for Children: Building on Paediatric Rheumatology”, 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;
  • 3 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:

  • Networking: pre-clinical and/or clinical results achieved through networking in rare, orphan diseases;
  • Methods: biometric and in-silico models for rare, orphan diseases;
  • Biomarkers in rheumatic diseases: definition and validation processes.

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

Deadline for grant applications/abstract submission: March 31, 2008

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