ISPN meeting attendance scholarships
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarships – 2025
To encourage younger people from low and lower-middle income countries (per World Bank classification) to attend and present, the ISPN is once again offering ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarships of up to USD 2,000.
The amount of the scholarship awarded will vary based on travel distance/time.
The deadline to submit your application is 9 June 2025.
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship
The ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship is to be used towards registration, travel and accommodation for the ISPN 2025 Annual Meeting in Lyon, France, 26-30 October 2025.
The scholarship will only be transferred (via bank transfer) after you have attended the ISPN 2025 Annual Meeting. No payments will be made before the meeting.
Eligibility
To apply for the ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship you should fulfil the following criteria and complete the online submission application form:
- Submit an abstract for the meeting through the meeting website https://ispnmeeting.org/submit-your-abstract/, which needs to be accepted for presentation (abstract submission deadline: 20 May 2025)
- You have to be under 35 years of age by the time of the deadline
- Applicants should be members of the ISPN (Note: Student members are not eligible for this scholarship) – If you are not yet an ISPN member, please join ISPN >
- You should come from a low or lower-middle income country per World Bank classification – You will be requested to upload a proof of annual income during the application
- You have preferably not received any previous ISPN support
- You have to be professionally involved in neurosurgery for children
- You need to provide a written letter of recommendation (head of department or ISPN member)
You will only receive the Scholarship (and only via bank transfer) after you have attended the meeting.
Please note that ISPN membership is required to be eligible for the scholarship. Therefore, please join ISPN as a member before applying.
Timing
Abstracts should be submitted by the 20 May 2025 deadline. You will be notified of the result of your abstract submission by the end of June 2025.
Your scholarship application can be submitted until Monday 9 June 2025.
Submit your application by completing the application form and selection will be done according to the above mentioned criteria.
You will be informed about the result of your scholarship application by 1 July 2025.
Previous ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2024
The following young people with an interest in pediatric neurosurgery were awarded an ISPN Annual Meeting Attendance Scholarship to attend the 50th Annual Meeting – ISPN 2024 – in Toronto, Canada.
- Giuliana Agras Menghi (Argentina)
- Alkim Demirci (Bulgaria)
- Kwadwo Darko (Ghana)
- Mikael Aseged Shimekit (Ethiopia)
- Jonis Michael Esguerra (Philippines)
- Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt)
- Sheila Sumargo (Indonesia)
- Priya Narwal (India)
- Mohamed Badran (Egypt)
- Adithiya Kumar (India)
- Biruk Kebede (Ethiopia)
- Amol Mittal (India)
- Kadek Dede Frisky Wiyanjana (Indonesia)
- Bethelehem Yesehak Worku (Ethiopia)
- Abdelaziz Abdelhamid Ismail (Egypt)
- Aprajita Chaturvedi (India)
- Shahzeb Ahmad (Pakistan)
- Nina Alvarez (Philippines)
- Kevin Sudevan (India)
- Martin Kiriinya (Kenya)
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2023
The following young people with an interest in pediatric neurosurgery were awarded an ISPN Annual Meeting Attendance Scholarship to attend the 49th Annual Meeting – ISPN 2023 – in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Beste Gulsuna (Türkiye)
- Gembong Satria Mahardhika (Indonesia)
- Ahmed Marei (Egypt)
- Iracema Estevão (Brazil)
- Stephanie Suyhogo (Philippines)
- Yamila Basilotta (Argentina)
- Aliyu Ladan (Nigeria)
- Mariela Salerno (Argentina)
- Carolina Maldonado (Argentina)
- Adnan Qasim (Pakistan)
- Maria Eugenia Badaloni (Argentina)
- Maurice Bayhon (Philippines)
- Diego Velasco Sanchez (Argentina)
- Sina Zoghi (Iran)
- Kibruyisfaw Zewdie (Ethiopia)
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2022
The following young people with an interest in pediatric neurosurgery were awarded an ISPN Annual Meeting Attendance Scholarship to attend the 48th Annual Meeting – ISPN 2022 – in Singapore.
- Ei Ei Khaing (Myanmar)
- Benjamin Mutiso (Kenya)
- Noor Ul Huda Maria (Pakistan)
- Mitesh Karn (Nepal)
- Reem Elwy (Egypt)
- Manilyn Ann Hong (Philippines)
- Hemaswaroop Kurumella (India)
- Ananth Abraham (India)
- Sivaraman Kumarasamy (India)
- Antari Rahmadani Harmani (Indonesia)
- Mansur Idris Muhammad (Nigeria)
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2019
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship Winners 2019
The following 10 young people with an interest in pediatric neurosurgery were awarded an ISPN Annual Meeting Attendance Scholarship to attend the 47th Annual Meeting – ISPN 2019 – in Birmingham, UK.
- Ghassen Gader, Tunisia
- Cleiton Formentin, Brazil
- Amparo Saenz, Argentina
- Salman Mohammed Shaikh, India
- Elam Mesfin Sebagades, Ethiopia
- Binod Rajbhandari, Nepal
- Florencia Ferraro, Argentina
- Mohamed Mohsen Amen, Egypt
- Muhammad Arif Hossain, Bangladesh (could not attend due to VISA restrictions)
- Mohamed Safouane Ben Achour, Algeria
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2018
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship Winners 2018
The following 10 promising young people with an interest in pediatric neurosurgery were awarded an ISPN Annual Meeting Attendance Scholarship to attend the Annual Meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Victoria Tcherbbis Testa, Argentina
- Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu, Ethiopia
- Lakshmi Prasad Govindaraju, India
- Sergei Kim, Russian Federation
- Maguette Mbaye, Senegal
- Inthira Khampalikit, Thailand
- Peter Kato Ssenyonga, Uganda
- Taras Havryliv, Ukraine
- Andriy Smolanka, Ukraine
- Davron Kadyrov, Uzbekistan
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2017
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship Winners 2017
- Toni Dimitrov Kondev, Bulgaria
- Mohamed Mohsen Amen, Egypt
- Mayank Garg, India
- Lalgudi Srinivasan Harichandra, India
- Shweta Kedia, India
- Nishanth Sadashiva, India
- Gopa Sedain, Nepal
- Hammed Oshola, Nigeria
- Sarah Ive, South Africa
- Nodirbek Kadirbekov, Uzbekistan
