Travel Awards – AIDS 2022 Conference (Second round of funding)

For an application to be eligible:

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
   1. A trainee: at the time of application, must be registered in a master’s or doctoral program OR be at the post-doctoral or post–health professional degree stage (graduate, post-doctoral fellow, resident).
   2. An Early Career Researcher (ECR): affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation).
      1. ECR status is required at the time of application (be within five years (60 months) of their first academic or research appointment [i.e. appointment as an independent researcher providing eligibility to apply for grants and supervise trainees]). Note, as a result of COVID-19, the term to qualify for ECR status has been extended to 0-84 months from 0-60 months.
   3. An independent researcher, knowledge user, scholar or health professional affiliated with Canadian postsecondary institutions and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation).
      1. For applicants to the IHR or Community-Based Researcher pools only.
2. The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds before the funding can be released (for more information see Administration of Funds).^Footnote1
3. Applicants to the Trainee and/or ECR pool must be attending the conference as the first author or as a co-author of an accepted abstract. They must submit proof that their abstract was accepted by the AIDS 2022 Organizing Committee.
4. Travel Awards are available to applicants working or studying within Canada at the time of the application deadline.

For additional eligibility requirements for individuals, refer to the Individual Eligibility Requirements.