The 2013 Grant-in-Aid competition will begin accepting letters of intent on April 15th, 2013 (Deadline May 15th)
General:
The WFN will award grants for specific educational or applied research projects in neurology and the applied neurosciences as part of it activities as a registered charitable organization and its mission to "foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide"
Aim:
To provide funding for low cost, high impact educational and outcomes research projects.
Please note: Projects to provide healthcare, basic science and ongoing research proposals are not eligible.
Eligibility:
Neurologists of Member Societies
Criteria:
Relevance: How does the project directly address the mission of the WFN?
Value: What is the return for invested effort, funds or time? (Priority will be given to low cost, high impact projects)
Viability: Is this a limited time project with a measurable outcome or is it an initiative that will grow and become institutionalized? If the latter, who will take over responsibility after the WFN's initial involvement?
Synergy:
a) within the WFN – among Committees, Initiatives and Task Forces
b) with outside partners, governmental and non-governmental
organizations, the WHO, funding agencies, etc.
c) potential for publicity and fundraising
Evaluation: How will the outcome be measured?
Deadlines:
Letter of Intent (LOI) due by May 15th, 2013
Applicants notified of results by June 15th, 2013
Applications due by July 1st, 2013
Applicants informed about final results by July 30th, 2013
Funding of successful applicants begins as soon as it can be arranged thereafter.
Applications should be submitted using the WFN grant application form available on the website, and should include the following:
Application Checklist:
The name of the sponsoring group and individual initiator(s) with his/her Curriculum vitae
A title of the project
A description of the project
The direct relevance of the project to the mission of the WFN
The viability of the project
The timeline of the project, dates and duration
A budget in US dollars
LOI and Applications should be submitted to:
Rebecca Clarke
Administrative/Research Assistant
to Vladimir Hachinski
President, WFN
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2013 Child Neurology Society Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship Award
To apply: https://cns.nonprofitcms.org/awards/Solicitations/8/Submissions/Create
The Child Neurology Society is now accepting applications for the 2013 Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship Award, which will sponsor a child neurologist from a developing country's attendance at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the CNS to be held in Austin, TX (Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2013). This will be preceded or followed by a visit to a selected training program in North America. The purpose of the award is to promote child neurology in developing countries.
Expenses covered:
1) Meeting registration fee waiver
2) round-trip coach fare originating and ending in home country with in-between flights to/from Austin, TX and a single host training program; travel arranged through CNS designated travel agent
3) hotel room nights at CNS Annual Meeting and up to one-week at host training program (CNS designated hotel)
4) standard per diem payment for Austin, TX and host training program city (including transportation to and from airport).
Award recipient will be responsible for all other expenses
Requirements:
Applicant trained in a developing country
Applicant is practicing child neurology in an academic environment in a developing country
Applicant should be prepared to present a scientific paper in English
Preference will be shown to applicants less than age 45 years.
Deadline for receipt of applications is May 31, 2013
To apply: https://cns.nonprofitcms.org/awards/Solicitations/8/Submissions/Create
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The 13th International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from 4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. The congress will be held jointly with the 9th Brazilian Congress of Child Neurology.
As in the past congresses, the Scientific Program will be of the highest caliber, emphasizing not only the latest developments and advances in child neurology, but also a review of current standard of care in the practice of child neurology.
Accepted poster and oral presenters will join a line up of Plenary Speakers who are all world leaders in their respective fields. The Plenary presentations, Symposia panels and Scientific sessions will bring together basic and clinical scientists and clinicians from across the globe to discuss address areas of current dynamic flux and change in child neurology that reflect what is a monumental paradigm shift in this field; the transition from a descriptive to an interventional discipline that can effect profound change in the lives of children and their families.
We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts should be submitted using the online abstract submission system. The deadline is 1 October 2013.
The 13th International Child Neurology Congress aims to cover all aspects of child neurology and affiliated topics. Submissions will be considered for platform and poster presentations on any of the topics below. All abstracts are to be submitted online and should be a maximum of 250 words. Visit the congress website at www.icnc2014.com to read more about the submission requirements and author guidelines.
Topics
Cerebral Palsy and Neurodisability, CNS infections, Development, cognition and psychiatry, Epilepsy, Metabolic disorders, Movement Disorders, Muscle and Nerve, Neonatal and fetal neurology, Neurocritical care, trauma and neuroprotection, Neurocutaneous and, Neurogenetics, Neuroradiology, Neuroimmunology, Stroke and Neurovascular disorders, Headache, Neurosurgery, Neurooncology, Neuroophthalmology, Neuroendocrinology, Neurorehabilitation, Neuroethics, Education and training
Plenary speakers
Professor Arnold Munnich, Director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France
Dealing with the coming tsunami of whole genome sequencing
Professor Naila Zaman Khan,Bangladesh Institute of Child Health
Lessening the burden of neurological disorders in low resource settings. A ground level perspective
Professor Patrice (Tamar) Weiss, Head of the Laboratory for Innovations in Rehabilitation Technology, University of Haifa, Israel
The new technologies in neurorehabilitation
Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
What can we reasonably expect from stem cell therapy-beyond the hype and the hope
Professor Adré Jacques du Plessis, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Fetal neurology: an emerging subspeciality
Symposia Chairs
Ingrid Scheffer, Australia
Focal Epilepsies- Advances in Genetics
Kim Heung Dong, South Korea
Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy
Hilla Ben-Pazi, Israel
The Clinical Context of Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Deborah Renaud, USA
Inherited Leukoencephalopathies
Evangeline Wasssmer, UK
Pediatric Demyelinating Disorders and MS
Pratibha Singhi, India
Cerebral Palsy,
Ingrid Tein, Canada
Neurometabolic Disorders-Treatment Update
Lieven Lagae, Belgium & Helen Cross, UK
Improving outcomes in childhood epilepsy
Adam Kirton, Canada
Brain Stimulation in Children; Neurophysiology and Therapeutics
Rand Askalan, Canada
Frontiers in Neuroprotection of the Neonatal Brain
Silvia Tenembaum, Argentina
Acute Leukoencephalopathies in Children
Leonardo de Azevado, Brazil
Neuroinflammation
Kenneth Mack, USA
Childhood Headaches - Current treatment and Research
Harry Chugani, USA
Update on Neuroimaging
Rosalin Quinlivan, UK
Update on Neuromuscular Diseases
Laura-Silveira Moriyama, Brazil
Genetic Movement Disorders: up and coming genes and novel therapeutic approaches
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof Sergio Rosemberg, (Chair), Brazil
Prof Luiz Celso Pereira Vilanova, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Marcelo Rodrigues Masruha, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Fernando Norio Arita, Brazil
Dr Rubens Wajnsztejn, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Brazil
Dr Marilisa M Guerreiro, University of Campinas, Brazil
Dr Dirce Takako Fujiwara, Brazil
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Prof Michael Shevell, Chair, Canada
Prof Sergio Rosemberg, Brazil
Prof Lieven Lagae, KU Leuven, Belgium
Prof Marilisa M Guerreiro, University of Campinas, Brazil
Prof Charles RJ Newton, University of Oxford, Kenya
Prof Hugo A Arroyo, Argentina
Prof Guillermo Agosta, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Assoc. Prof Russell Dale, University of Sydney, Australia
We look forward to seeing you in Iguazu, Brazil for what will be a memorable scientific, academic and social experience.
Sincerely,
Conference Organizers
ICNC2014
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John Stobo Prichard Award
The ICNA is now accepting applications for the John Stobo Prichard Award lecture. The lecture will be awarded to a young child neurologist who has made a significant contribution to clinical and/or basic research. The Nominating Committee consists of eighteen ICNA members representing the six geographic regions of the ICNA.
1. The candidate should be nominated by three members of the ICNA.
2. The candidate should be 45 years old or younger at the time of the ICNA congress in Iguazu, Brazil May 04-09 2014.
3. The nominating members should describe the candidate and his/her work and they should make clear why they consider the candidate’s work so relevant to the field of child neurology.
4. The candidate should be a child neurologist and an active member of the ICNA.
5. The nominating letter should be e-mailed to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
6. The deadline for nomination will be May 20, 2013.
7. From all the proposed names, the Nominating Committee will choose and rate the three most appropriate candidates in order of preference.
8. The candidates selected by the Nominating Committee will be proposed for final decision at the Executive Board meeting in Kaunas, May 28-29, 2013.
9. The award lecturer will be invited to present a lecture during a plenary session at the 2014 ICNA Congress in Brazil.
10. The successful candidate will receive $1000 towards travel to the congress, the costs of 3 nights’ accommodation (as selected by the committee) and the registration will be waived.
Sheila Wallace International Fellowship
The ICNA is now accepting applications for the Sheila Wallace International Fellowship Award which will sponsor $1000 towards travel to the congress, the costs of 3 nights’ accommodation (as selected by the committee) and the registration fee for a young Child Neurologist who has made a significant contribution to clinical research in his/her developing country to attend the 13th International Child Neurology Congress to be held in Iguazu, Brazil in 2014.
The Selection Committee consists of 18 members, of which three will come from each of the six ICNA geographic regions.
1. The candidate should be nominated by two members of the ICNA.
2. The candidate should be 45 years old or younger at the commencement of the ICNA congress in Iguazu, Brazil May 04-09 2014.
3. The nominating members should describe the candidate and his/her work and they should make clear why they consider the candidate’s work so relevant to the field of child neurology.
4. The candidate should be a child neurologist and an active member of the ICNA, trained in an under-resourced country and practising child neurology in an academic setting.
5. The nominating letter should be e-mailed to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
6. The deadline for nomination will be May 20, 2013.
7. From all the proposed names, the Nominating Committee will choose and rate the three most appropriate candidates in order of preference.
8. The candidates selected by the Nominating Committee will be proposed for final decision at the Executive Board meeting in Kaunas, May 28-29, 2013.
9. The award lecturer will be invited to present a lecture in a plenary session at the 2014 ICNA Congress in Brazil.
Robert Ouvrier
Chairman,
Nominating Committee
International Child Neurology Association
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