APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS:

IFIC invites applications for scholarships to the Twelfth Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC2012).

At least one scholarship will be granted, consisting of:
- free registration to the conference
- travel expenses (based on the cheapest economy itinerary)
- accommodation on bed and breakfast basis to cover the full duration of the conference.
In addition a number of smaller bursaries will also be awarded, covering:

free conference registration
accommodation on bed and breakfast basis to cover the full duration of the conference.

All scholarship and bursary recipients will also be invited to submit a write-up of their paper/poster (at least 1500 words in English) by the end of 31 July 2012. If it is deemed to be satisfactory for publication in the International Journal of Infection Control (www.ijic.info), an additional award of €200 will be made at the conference.

Abstracts will be assessed on the following criteria:

Is the subject directly related to infection prevention & control (IPC) rather than infectious diseases / therapeutics / diagnostic microbiology?
Is the topic equally applicable to low resource backgrounds / developing countries?
How innovative are the aims?
Are the methods / interventions clearly stated and reproducible?
Are the results presented accurately?
Are the correct conclusions reached?
Does the abstract present information that other delegates will find useful to improve their own IPC practice?

By the beginning of June 2012, the presenting author of each application will be informed by email whether his/her application has been accepted. This will sent to the email address indicated for correspondence. The decision of the Scholarship Committee will be final.

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION IS 15 APRIL 2012.
Submissions after this date will not be accepted.

To complete the application place cursor in the appropriate section/box, click the mouse button on it and then type in the information required. Once completed, click the SUBMIT button to forward your abstract.

An automatic acknowledgement of your application will be received after submission; if you do not receive this acknowledgement, please inform the organisers on scholarships@theific.org.

Correspondence Details:

Name of Corresponding Author:

Address for Correspondence:

Post Code & City:	Country:

Tel:	Fax:

Email:
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IFIC2012 Scholarship Awards (all applicants MUST answer the following two questions):

If your application for sponsorship is successful but you are only awarded the smaller bursary of free conference registration plus accommodation, would you attend the congress and present your paper?	Yes	No
*If your application for sponsorship is not successful, would you still be interested to attend the congress on a payment* basis and present your paper?**	Yes	No

Submission Type:

Research
“How we did it”

Research style paper: Abstract should be formally structured into: Introduction/Aims; Methods; Results; Conclusions.

“How we did it”: a more descriptive account of how infection control practitioners or teams tackled a specific infection control challenge or brought about improvement in the prevention or control of healthcare associated infections in their institution or country. Abstracts should be formally structured into: Introduction/Aims; Interventions; Results; Conclusions.

Presentation preference:

Either Oral or Poster Presentation*
Only Poster Presentation
*The choice of oral or poster presentation will be at the sole discretion of the conference committee.

Authors:

Please list the authors in the relevant area below stating the Authors name, Institution and Country:

Author Type	Name (Last name, Initials)	Institution	Country
Presenting:
Co-author 1:
Co-author 2:
Co-author 3:
Co-author 4:
Co-author 5:
Co-author 6:

Abstract Title & Text:

Title (should not exceed 25 words)

Text (should not exceed 500 words; do not include title or names of authors/institution in the text box)