Travel Grants Program

The travel scholarship program has been established to further the mission and vision of the ISNCC to foster the development of cancer nursing internationally. The travel grants program particularly focuses on supporting our mission and vision in low and middle resource countries. Travel grant recipients will share their experiences and newly acquired knowledge with colleagues following attendance at the International Conference on Cancer Nursing.

DESCRIPTION

In preparation for the conference on cancer nursing support is sought from a wide range of sponsors to fund a travel grants program. The purpose of the travel grants is to enable nurses from low and middle resource countries to attend the International Conference on Cancer Nursing and to participate in ISNCC meetings and activities. The travel grants normally support travel, accommodation, and registration for the conference. Priority for the awarding of grants will be given to nurses who:

• Are invited or who have had an abstract accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Cancer Nursing.
• Represent national cancer nursing societies that are members of ISNCC.
• are seeking to establish a national cancer nursing society in a country or region where such a society does not yet exist.

EXPECTATIONS

During the conference, scholarship recipients will be expected to:

• Attend the ISNCC business meeting (held as part of the conference proceedings)
• If appropriate, attend the Council of Members meeting at ICCN. Attendance at this meeting would be a requirement for nurses supported specifically as representatives of their national cancer nursing society.
• Attend other events as invited by the ISNCC President

After the conference, scholarship recipients will be expected to:

• Contribute to a blog sharing her/his experiences and plans
• Share the information and experience with other nurses in their country and/or region