Travel Awards

Travel Awards will be available for young investigators to subsidize registration for the IFMSS meetings.

Candidates for the Travel Awards need to identify their eligibility for the Awards at the time they submit their abstract. The abstracts will be assessed in a blinded fashion by a panel of senior IFMSS judges.

The number of Foundation and Travel Awards will be determined by the President and the Trustees of the IFMSS Foundation. 

    • Age ≤ 40 years old at the time of the meeting (see below for Nursing Award criteria)

    • And/or within 5 years of completing Fellowship/Training

    • The work has been done by the person submitting and presenting the paper 

  • Given to the best presentation(s) at the IFMSS meeting:

    • Camille Vandenberghe / Gerard Barki Award

    • John C. Fletcher Award

    • The-Hung Bui Award

    • Bill & Carol Clewell Award

    • Shara Evans Award

    • Manfred Hansmann Award

    • Michael & Gretchen Harrison Award

    • Umbero Nicolini Award

    • Kevin & Carol Pringle Award

    • Knox Ritchie (University of Toronto) Award (2024 IFMSS meeting only)

    • Charles Rodeck Award

  • Jody Farrell / Lori Howell Nursing Award

    Criteria for Nursing Award:

    • No age limit .... (ahem!)

    • The work has been done by the person submitting and presenting the paper 

  • One or more awards can be awarded at the discretion of the Judging Committee, for the outstanding presentation(s) presented by a Young Investigator at the Annual Meeting.  

    Depending on the number of submissions, there may be one or two Scientific Sessions devoted to the presentations competing for these awards. The Judging Committee will be made up of at least four senior members of the Society. Potential candidates for this award need to identify the presentation(s) that they intend to deliver at the meeting for consideration for this award at the time they submit their abstracts. 

    Although RCTs and Basic Science Presentations receive a higher weighting than a Case Report, it is still possible for an excellent Case Report to score more points than a poorly-presented RCT or a poorly designed and poorly presented Laboratory Study. In addition, since the Travel Awards are based on judging of abstracts, while the Vandenberghe / Barki Award is judged on the actual presentation at the Annual Meeting, it may be possible for a young investigator to win both awards.