The Organizing Committee of the 18th ICDMFR wants to encourage DMFR-radiologists from Asian countries to attend the conference in Hiroshima. This involves preferably delegates participating actively by presenting their work, but it can also involve delegates who want to be just observers during the conference. The applicants from the lower and lower-middle-income economies are on a priority basis.

The requirements to qualify for the travel grants are listed below.

• The potential delegates should originate from Asian countries that are categorized by the World Bank as a Low Income or Lower-middle Income economy. In this category, we included Pacific area. For a listing of countries see tables below.
• The potential delegates should live in one of the Asian countries, but delegates born in one of these countries but spending some time abroad for training or education are also considered eligible.
• The potential delegates participating should preferably participate actively by presenting their work (paper or poster).
• Members of the IADMFR have the preference, but other delegates fulfilling the requirements can also apply.
• The applicants who received the Travel Grant in 17th ICDMFR are NOT eligible.

With help of the Trust Fund of the IADMFR, we would like to support potential delegates by providing financial resources.The resources will cover:

Complimentary registration fee and a contribution in the costs of travel, hotel expenses to a maximum of JPY 100,000 per person for delegates from countries in Region 2.

The grants for the delegates from Region 2 will be settled at the congress in Hiroshima.

Please consider submitting your application prior to November 15, 2010 to Keiji Tanimoto, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, preferably by email (kg@hiroshima-u.ac.jp).
The applicants will be informed about the final decision by January 15, 2011 at the latest.

http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income

Low-income economies ($995 or less)

Lower-middle-income economies ($996 to $3,945)