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Seize the opportunity to win an ENDO 2022 grant!
World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) Grants and Best Abstract Awards
WEO will award a USD 1000 grant to the submitting authors of the ten highest overall scoring abstracts. Authors must be 40 years old or younger at the time of the application and must hold individual membership of WEO. (And also see, in this newsletter, how you might be eligible for free individual membership of WEO.)
The authors of the three highest-scoring works will be invited to give an oral presentation of their abstracts during the ENDO 2022 Opening Symposium on the first day of the congress, Friday, May 13, 2022. Those three WEO Best Abstract Awards celebrate the legacies of Professor René Lambert (France), Professor Meinhard Classen (Germany), and WEO’s mission at large.
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES) Grants
Grants: 10 grants á JPY 50,000 covering travel costs; congress registration waived by WEO
Eligibility: Submitting authors of top ranked abstracts, 45 years of age and younger, and members of JGES
Process: All submitted abstracts are initially reviewed and ranked by the ENDO 2022 Reviewing Committee. Abstracts submitted by authors with JGES membership (excluding the WEO awardees) are forwarded to JGES for the final selection. Awardees will receive written confirmation from JGES and will be invited for a special ceremony during ENDO 2022 in Kyoto, Japan to receive the grants.
Asia-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE) Grants
A-PSDE will award 10 grants of USD 1000 each to submitting authors of top-ranking abstracts. Authors must be 40 years old or younger and based in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, or Vietnam.
Inter-American Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED) Grant
Grant: the SIED Award´s author will receive USD 1,000 covering travel costs; congress registration waived by WEO; opportunity to present his/her research at the WEO-SIED symposium
Eligibility: Submitting authors of top ranked abstracts, 40 years of age or younger with citizenship of a country affiliated to SIED
Process: All submitted abstracts are initially reviewed and ranked by the ENDO 2022 Reviewing Committee. Abstracts submitted by authors from Latin America (excluding the WEO awardees) are forward to SIED and reviewed by SIED councilors. The awardee will receive written confirmation from SIED and will be invited for a special ceremony during ENDO 2022 in Kyoto, Japan to receive the grant.
Abstract submission for ENDO 2022 opens on September 7, 2021. Submit your abstract to be in the running for one of the ENDO 2022 grants. All you need to know about the abstract submission can be found here.