ISPN meeting attendance scholarships
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarships – 2026
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 10 June 2026.
ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship
The ISPN Meeting Attendance Scholarship is to be used towards registration, travel and accommodation for the ISPN 2026 Annual Meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 7-11 October 2026.
The scholarship will only be transferred (via bank transfer) after you have attended the ISPN 2026 Annual Meeting and by the end of 2026. 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 April 2026)
- 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 April 2026 deadline. You will be notified of the result of your abstract submission at the beginning of June 2026.
Your scholarship application can be submitted until Wednesday 10 June 2026.
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 2026.
Previous ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners
ISPN Meeting attendance scholarship winners - ISPN 2025
A record number of applications were received for ISPN 2025 (67). 37 of them were approved to attend the 51st Annual meeting – ISPN2025 – in Lyon, France, as follows:
- Emanuel de Jesus Silva (Angola)
- Kevin Sudevan (India)
- Marouan El Ouahabi (Morocco)
- Shahzeb Ahmad (Pakistan)
- Bharat Kumar Subramanya (India)
- Midlred Marfo (Ghana)
- Bernice Limann (Ghana)
- Utkarsh Kumar (India)
- Nidhisha Sadhwani (India)
- Vedang Mahajan (India)
- Madhusudhan Nagesh (India)
- Mohamed Badran (Egypt)
- Mahak Sipani (India)
- Dawit Workneh Gechu (Ethiopia)
- Emmanuel Kwadwo Adjei Osei (Ghana)
- Mekdes Musie Awano (Ethiopia)
- Bereket Mekuria (Ethiopia)
- Jaymin Gupta (India)
- Zohra Souei (Tunisia)
- Nischal Soti (Nepal)
- Seare Halefom Kahsay (Ethiopia)
- Francois Rutayisire (Rwanda)
- Eyerusalem Bergene Banti (Ethiopia)
- Pranav Kumar Yallakara (India)
- Mazen Agour (Egypt)
- Joseph Mary Ssembatya (Uganda)
- Mahrukh Afreen (Pakistan)
- Biruk Kebede (Ethiopia)
- Aprajita Chaturvedi (India)
- Kabelele Mariane Siaplo (Zambia)
- Chizowa Ezeaku (Nigeria)
- Rel Gerald Boukaka Kala (Congo)
- Abhishek Patel (India)
- Kwadwo Darko (Ghana)
- Abdelaziz Ismail (Egypt)
- Maame Amma Doudua Boateng (Ghana)
- Francois Xavier (Rwanda)
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
