Travel Awards for the KBHN Annual Conference and Training Days

Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) is pleased to offer a limited number of travel awards to support trainees, persons with lived experience and family members to attend and present at the KBHN Annual Conference and Training Days.

KBHN also welcomes applications from trainees who reside and study in low- and middle-income countries as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at the time of application. Please read the eligibility criteria and further details before applying.

Benefits of Applying

These travel awards are intended to offset some of the costs of presenting and attending the conference and training days, including early-bird conference registration, travel costs (train/airfare and local transport), and accommodation (only for non-local attendees).

Travel awards will be processed in the form of an expense claim following conference participation and submission of receipts.

How to Apply

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  1. This award is conditional on your early bird registration for the annual conference;
  2. Priority will be given to applicants who have an accepted abstract that will be presented at the conference. In this case, the applicant must be the first author and presenter of the submitted abstract. There is an exception for people with lived experience and family members co-presenting with another researcher or trainee;
  3. Priority will be given to trainees, persons with lived experience and family members attending both the conference and the training days;
  4. Applicants may have other additional funding but are not permitted to accept the award if the total funds received (from all sources) exceeds the expenses of the conference travel;
  5. Applicants must write a personal statement (200 words maximum) outlining their motivations for attending KBHN Annual Conference and Training Days, and their need for travel support (included in the application form).

I received the travel award and it was an amazing opportunity for me. I participated some years back, and it was online. I have met different people, I’ve met families, and I’ve have different ideas come into my brain because I have the opportunity to attend in person. It’s quite expensive for me because I’m coming from another province, so with the travel award I was able to come to the conference.”

~ Dr. Bilikis Oluwatoyin Banire

Contact Us

We’re here to support you. If you want to learn more about the KBHN Travel Awards and other opportunities for trainees, please contact training@kidsbrainhealth.ca.