Announcing financial support award for a student to attend RITA

GARC is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications from students for financial support to attend the 24thannual Rabies in the Americas (RITA) meeting. The winner will also have an opportunity to present their work at the meeting.

The RITA meeting brings together individualsworking in rabies-related fields, including research, rabies control programmes, laboratories, public health and wildlife biology. For further details on RITA, please visit http://www.rabiesintheamericas.org.

Battelle Biomedical Research Center has provided an award to support 1 week of travel-related costs (including conference registration,accommodation and flights) for a student from Africa or Asia to attend the next RITA meeting. This year, the meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada, in the last week of October.

Eligibility:

• Applicant must be from a country in Asia or Africa
• Applicant must be enrolled in a post-graduate or PhD programme in a recognised university in their home country
• The programme must be related to rabies, and includes, but is not limited, to disciplines such as public health, veterinary science, medicine, biotechnology, health economics and community development.

If you would like to apply for this award, please submit the following -

• A 1-page letter of intent, stating how this award will benefit your career
• A letter of recommendation from your university supervisor
• A 2-page (maximum) CV/bio
• Abstract of 400 words or less (for oral presentation)

Please also note that the written materials and presentation will be in English.

The deadline for submissions is July 12th,2013. Please email your application and any queries to us here.