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ESTRO FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND AWARDS
The Ambassador Solidarity Fund is generously financed
by part of the membership fee paid by the Supporting
Ambassador members and enables sponsorship of
individual In Trainingmembership and registrations to
ESTRO36 to help young radiation oncology professionals
from European economically challenged countries.
More information on our webpage:
org/members/individual-membership/supporting-
ambassador
20 sponsored registrations and In Trainingmemberships
are available for ESTRO 36.
CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY
Applicants should be:
• Below 40 years old
• Currently be in training
• From economically challenged European countries
(eligible countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federa-
tion, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey)
Applicable only to those who are unable to meet the
cost of membership and registration without financial
support.
• Active in the field of radiotherapy, radiobiology,
radiation physics, or radiation technology
• Previous recipients of a grant are not eligible to apply.
HOWTO APPLY
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and a
recommendation letter from their department head
stating they are currently in training and that financial
support is essential to register for membership and
benefit from a sponsored registration to ESTRO 36.
Deadline for submission: 30 October 2016
Applications for the solidarity fund
are to be addressed to:
Myriam Lybeer
ESTROmembers from emerging countries can benefit
from reduced registration fees to attend the conference.
The list of eligible countries applies to individuals from
low-income and lower-middle-income economies
according to theWorld Bank listing available at: http://
ESTRO sponsors four poster awards of € 1,000 each
for a clinician, a physicist, radiation therapisT (RTT)
and a radiobiologist (respectively).
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
• Only abstracts accepted for poster presentation for
ESTRO 36 will be considered for the award.
• Posters are evaluated on (in decreasing order of im-
portance): the scientific value of the data, the clarity of
the presentation, and the visual quality of the poster
layout.
HOWTO APPLY
No application is needed. You are automatically con-
sidered if your abstract is accepted.
Prizes will be handed out at the ESTRO 36 poster
reception on Saturday 6 May 2017.
AMBASSADOR SOLIDARITY FUND ESTROMEMBERS FROM EMERGING
COUNTRIES
POSTER AWARDS