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Awards and Grants
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH), and the Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (SCC) would like to announce that the following awards and grants will be offered at the ISH 2024 Cartagena, Colombia, based on abstract submission.
If you would like to be considered for one of these awards or grants, please indicate your interest at the same time as abstract submission
*Requests sent after the abstract submission deadline will not be considered.
1. ISH NEW INVESTIGATOR ORAL AND POSTER AWARD
This award aims at encouraging new Investigators and recognizing excellence in scientific contribution.
Award Eligibility and Criteria:
- It will be awarded at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings to a New Investigator judged to have given the best oral and poster presentation among finalists. Finalists will be selected from eligible presenters based on the scores of their abstracts.
- The applicant shall give a presentation at the ISH 2024 Cartagena, Colombia, and must be a New Investigator who is undertaking a research higher degree or within 10 years of graduation with a doctoral or equivalent qualification.
- Please upload an official letter certifying your status by a head of department when the applicants submit abstracts. (Allowed file types: pdf, jpeg up to 2MB ).
- Duplication is not allowed with Best Oral & Poster Presentation Awards or ISH Emerging Leader Awards.
Number of available awards and the amount awarded: 4 awards for young investigators. Total: $2.000
2 Oral X $500
2 Posters X $500
2. Best Oral & Best Poster Presentation Award
All presenters regardless of age and nationality will have a chance to win the award. Candidates will be selected from all presenters based on the scores of abstracts. The award winners will receive a monetary award and a plaque.
We look forward to your scientific contributions!
Duplication is not allowed with the ISH New Investigator Oral and Poster Award.
Number of available awards and the amount awarded: 6 awards for best presentations. Total: $3.000
3 Oral X $500
3 Posters X $500
3. Presenter GRANt
ISH 2024 Cartagena, Colombia, will provide 100 Presenter Grants to international participants whose abstracts have been selected for either oral or poster presentations and which have been given higher scores.
Grant Covers:
- Free registration.
- Hotel accommodation in Cartagena in a single room for a maximum of 3 nights*.
- Round-trip transfer from the hotel to the venue.
*Those receiving Presenter grants must stay at the hotel allocated to them by the meeting organizers. No refunds will be given in the case of self-booked rooms in other hotels.
Number of available grants: 100
Grant Eligibility and Criteria:
- If a group of authors submits more than one abstract, multiple grants will be assigned only if the submissions refer to different research works.
- The Presenter Grant can be requested by presenting authors younger than 35 years old* or from low-income and lower-middle-income countries. Find the list of Countries here. *Born after October 1, 1989.
- A photocopy of an identity document (Allowed file types: pdf, jpeg up to 2MB) must be uploaded when the applicants submit abstracts.
- Duplication is not allowed with the Talent Complementary Registration.
4. GLOBAL Talent ComplImentary Registration
ISH 2024 Cartagena, Colombia, will offer complimentary registration to participants from low- and lower-middle-income countries, encouraging their active involvement.
Grant Covers: Free registration
Number of available grants: TBC
Grant Eligibility and Criteria:
- Only presenting authors who are from low and lower-middle-income countries are eligible to apply for the grant. Find the list of Countries here.
- Their abstracts have been selected for either oral or poster presentation and have been given higher scores.
5. ISH Emerging Leader Awards
Emerging Leader Award Eligibility and Criteria:
- There will be six awards, one for each of the ISH regions (1) Africa, (2) Americas (3) Asia Pacific, (4) Europe, (5) Middle East and North America and (6) South and Central Asia (SACA).
- Each award will include a Presenter Grant (see point 3 above) and USD 500.
- Eligible early career researchers are those who have completed their Ph.D. in the last 10 years, adjusted for career disruption. Early career researchers with their own lab, assistant professors, and professors will not be eligible.
- A letter of confirmation from the abstract presenter’s supervisor is required.
- Only the first author of the abstract submitted will be eligible.
- Final eligibility will be determined by the New Investigator Committee of the ISH on behalf of the ISH Capacity Building Network.
- Abstracts shortlisted for the Emerging Leader Award will be required to record a video presentation of their abstract early in 2024 because this award will be granted to provide support for attendance at ISH2024
- Duplication is not allowed with Best Oral & Poster Presentation Awards or the ISH New Investigator Oral and Poster Presentation Awards.
View tips on writing abstracts from the ISH Capacity Building Network.