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The Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN) encourages neurologists in Asian and Oceanian countries (ref. WFN Member Societies - Asia and Australasia) to submit abstracts on clinical studies and basic research in the oral and poster presentation at the XXIII Word Congress of Neurology (WCN2017.) The JSN will cover a part of travel expenses of about 150 approved presenters. Please read the following instructions carefully and apply via email.

Application period for Travel Grant

From: the Date of Acceptance Notifications & Publication Online (June, 2017)
To: Noon, July 21 (Friday), 2017 (Japan Standard Time)

To applicants

1. Neurologists or neurology residents applied from Asian and Oceanian countries (ref. WFN Member Societies - Asia and Australasia) other than Japan and neurologists or neurology residents studying or working in Japan are eligible. Only one abstract per applicant is acceptable.
2. An applicant must be the first author and presenter of the submitted and accepted abstract for WCN2017.
3. Travel grant will be provided to the awardees on-site in Japanese yen cash.
4. An applicant must be 45 or younger as of the date of the application deadline, July 21, 2017. (The JSN will ask an awardee to show his/her passport at the time of the payment for travel grant on-site.)
5. The JSN will cover the actual expenses (maximum vary from 40,000 to 100,000 Japanese yen depending on the country) of the airfare for travelling from Asian and Oceanian countries other than Japan. The JSN will cover maximum 50,000 Japanese yen of the travel fee for attendants studying or working in Japan. Please note that complimentary accommodation will not be offered, and all arrangement of applicant's transportation to the venue and accommodation during the congress period will be applicant's responsibility.
6. Please note that the applicant will be responsible for meeting visa requirements and processing the visa for entry to Japan. Please check the details of visa requirements at the page of Visa application on WCN2017 website.
7. The result will be announced by email to each applicant around the end of August.

How to apply?

Please send the following documents to the email address <jsn-9@gol.com> with the subject line "WCN2017 Travel Grant".

1. Completed prescribed application form (MS word format)
2. Accepted abstract for WCN2017 (PDF)

Please download the application form from here

WFN Member Societies - Asia and Australasia
(ref. https://www.wfneurology.org/member-societies)

Asia  Bahrain  Bangladesh  China  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iran  Iraq  Israel  Japan  Jordan

Kazakhstan Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Pakistan Palestine Territory, Occupied Philippines Qatar

Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Syria  Taiwan  Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Vietnam  Yemen Australasia  Australia  New Zealand