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Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

*Note to applicants: Both funded and unfunded applicants for the 2012 cycle will be notified of the results by mid-May via email.

The scientific councils of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association want to stimulate interest, knowledge and investigative work in students in medicine, nursing, public health, nutrition and other allied health disciplines. AHA Student Scholarships support students conducting research projects related to cardiovascular disease, stroke and basic sciences early during pre-doctoral training, usually during the summer. AHA scholarships provide valuable stipends for students during the research project. The stipends may be used for student expenses, lab fees, or other costs incurred by the student during the project.

Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease
(Sponsored by Multiple AHA/ASA Scientific Councils)

Up to 30 scholarships worth $2000 will be available for students researching cardiovascular disease topics within basic, clinical, or population sciences.

Student Scholarships in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke
(Sponsored by the Stroke Council)

Up to ten $2000 scholarships will be available for students specifically researching cerebrovascular disease and stroke. Scholarship recipients will also have the opportunity to receive a travel grant to attend the AHA’s International Stroke Conference 2013.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include students in medical schools or in master's or equivalent programs in an accredited school in the United States where research training in cardiovascular disease and stroke is available.

Ph.D.s and current M.D./Ph.D. students in the basic sciences committed to research careers are ineligible unless the Ph.D. was obtained previously in an area not related to the one in the proposed study.

Each applicant and applicant's preceptor must be members of the AHA/ASA at the time of application.

The awards will be made to institutions within the United States in which the research training is available to students under qualified supervision. If the student conducts the research at a location other than his/her home institution, he/she must have written approval of his/her dean or other responsible individual.

Deadline
All applications must be complete and submitted through the Council Awards Application System by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on March 1, 2012. Any applications still in "Draft" (unsubmitted) status at the application deadline will not be considered. Applicants needing to join the AHA should do so by Feb. 24 for the membership to be processed and valid in time for the March 1 application deadline.

If you have questions, please contact:

Julie Hinterthuer
Awards & Lectures Manager, Professional Memberships
Council.Awards@heart.org
Phone: (214) 706-1181

Scholarships for Young Physicians for the 8th World Stroke Congress

The 8th World Stroke Congress will be held in Brasilia, Brazil October 10 to 13, 2012. This is the first time that the World Stroke Congress is held in Latin America.

The scope of the World Stroke Congress is broader than other international stroke conferences: besides first class presentations on research findings, overviews of current state of the art, lectures of excellence, and teaching courses there will also be a strong focus on parts of the chain of care like primary prevention, organization of services and rehabilitation. Global issues will be much addressed including global burden of stroke, specific features of stroke in low to middle income countries and priority settings when resources are low. A substantial part of the programme will focus on nursing and multidisciplinary networking. Another substantial part is directed to stroke support organizations.

Young physicians aged 35 or less on October 1, 2011 (born after 1976) may apply to receive a scholarship consisting of Registration Fees for the congress and 3 nights’ accommodation (sharing with another scholarship recipient) in a 3 star hotel.

Applicants must have an abstract accepted by the scientific committee and be a resident of a country as per the list on the following links (http://www.world-stroke.org/groupa.htm and http://www.world-stroke.org/groupb.htm).

Applicants should be good standing (i.e. paid up) members of the World Stroke Organization. If you are not yet a WSO member you can apply for membership online at http://www.world-stroke.org

Applicants must have paid up by deadline of April 12, 2012, if they wish to be considered for this award.

Applicants receiving accommodation and registration support from any other source will not be eligible.

Please apply while submitting your abstract online together with a scanned copy of your passport showing your date of birth.

Important note: Your request will only be considered if submitted at the time of abstract submission.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is April 12, 2012.

Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of abstract evaluation by the Congress Program Committee.

Scholarship applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application before elapse of the early registration fee deadline.

World Stroke Congress Secretariat
1-3 Rue de Chantepoulet
PO Box 1726
CH-1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 908 0488
Fax: + 41 22 906 9140
E-mail: stroke2012@kenes.com