Travel Grants
Application for travel grants is now open!
Travel Grant application deadline: 24 September 2019
Successful applications for an EPA Travel Grant will be informed by email in December 2019.
Please note: Travel Grants will be awarded via bank transfer after the congress, subject to participation at the congress.
Criteria for application
- Applicants must be under the age of 40 at the opening date of the congress, 28 March 2020.
- Applicants must be psychiatrists or trainees in psychiatry.
- All applicants must have submitted an abstract to the congress via the website.
- All applications will be judged based on the scientific merit of the abstract submitted to the congress.
- Applicants must be registered and paid for the congress by the Early Bird registration deadline (those not registered at this time will not be considered for a Travel Grant).
- All applicants must submit a copy of their passport or another document of proof of age*. This document must state the date of birth.
*We do not process national identification numbers so please black these out before submitting a copy of a passport/identity card
- All applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from the head of their department with their application on official institutional letterhead; this letter should confirm that the applicant is a psychiatrist or a trainee in psychiatry and speak to the scientific merit of the candidate.
Note: Priority will be given to candidates coming from countries represented by EPA’s Council of NPAs (National Psychiatric Associations).
- Only one application per candidate will be considered, regardless of the number of abstracts submitted.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
How to apply
You can submit your application for an EPA Travel Grant at the same time as submitting your abstract.
Upon completion of your abstract submission, you will receive an email confirming your submission. There will be a link to the travel grant application at the bottom of that email.
Successful applications for an EPA Travel Grant will be informed by email in December 2019.
Please note: Travel Grants will be awarded via bank transfer after the congress, subject to participation at the congress.
We wish you the best of luck with your application!