The Research and Awards Committee
Current Members
- Committee:
- Chair: Anne McCarthy, Canada
- Chair, Travel Awards Subcommittee: Assunta Marcolongo, Canada
- Irmgard Bauer, Australia
- Lin Chen, United States of America
- David Hamer, United States of America
- Karin Leder, Australia
- Susan L.F. McLellan, United States of America
- Christopher Sanford, United States of America
- Patricia Schlagenhauf, Switzerland
- Elizabeth Talbot, United States of America
- Annelies Wilder-Smith, Singapore
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Charter
- Advertise, solicit, and review applications in order to award annual Research grants.
- Advertise, solicit, and review applications in order to award biennial CISTM travel grants to developing world nationals for outstanding research abstracts.
- Track and report on the outcomes of both the research and travel grants.
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Main Achievements
The committee provides moderate grants (usually $5,000 - $10,000 maximum) through a peer-reviewed comprehensive process. These grants are designed to stimulate travel medicine research by supporting comprehensive research projects or, for larger projects, providing support for pilot studies to enable researchers to collect data/test hypotheses so that they can then apply to other agencies for more substantive research grants.
Award recipients are expected to provide updates to the committee chair every 6 months. The research project should be completed within 2 years of money receipt, and published within one year of project completion. All awardees are expected to present their data to the scientific community, and are encouraged to publish their findings in the Journal of Travel Medicine.
As of 2010, there will be an annual research grant award competition, where a maximum of $10,000 grant(s) will be awarded. Grant applications will be accepted from 31 October to 31 March 2010, and awards will be announced in May 2010. A new grant application form is available by clicking here.