PRIZES, AWARDS AND GRANTS

PRIZES

Plenary lectures will be given by award winners of the four international thyroid sister societies (AOTA, ATA, ETA and LATS), reflecting the truly global character of the congress.

ETA Prize (Monday 13 September, from 8:30 am to 9:20 am)
LATS Prize (Tuesday 14 September, from 8:30 am to 9:20 am)
ATA Prize - Van Meter Award (Wednesday 15 September, from 8:30 am to 9:20 am)
AOTA Prize (Thursday 16 September, from 8:30 am to 9:20 am)

TRAVEL GRANTS

Travel Awards will be provided for those in need of financial support to attend the Congress.

Each of the four international thyroid sister associations have some travel grants available to attend the ITC 2010.

Participants who wish to apply for a grant should contact the thyroid sister association in their region for information about the application conditions.

Associations websites are:

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS

The sister societies (AOTA, ATA, ETA, LATS) will award 8 Young Investigator Awards of 1000 euro each (4 for oral and 4 for poster presentations). For consideration for an award, the Young Investigator must be below the age of 40 at the time of the meeting and the presenter and first author of an abstract submitted to the Congress.

The applicants must tick the appropriate box during the abstract submission process.

The preselection will be made by the Programme Organising Committee on the basis of the abstract score. The final selection will be made at the Congress, based on the quality of the oral or poster presentation. Winners will be announced on Thursday 16 September during the Closing Ceremony.