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IASP® Grants and Awards

IASP has an extensive grants and awards program to support investigators working in basic or clinical research and to support education in developing countries. Please see below for Congress-related grants and awards. Click here to see a list of past awardees.

  • IASP Early Career Research Grants: 7 Grants of US$20,000 each (including 2 funded by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun). The IASP Early Career Research Grants support researchers who are in the early career stage of pain investigations. Application deadline is January 20, 2011.
     
  • IASP Developing Countries Project: Initiative for Improving Pain Education: Educational support grants for up to US$10,000 are available to improve essential pain education for clinicians in developing countries. Application deadline is February 15, 2011.
     
  • IASP Collaborative Research Grants: These grants of up to US$15,000 support collaborative research between two or more research groups located in different countries. Application deadline is March 15, 2011.
     
  • IASP Research Grants funded by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun: These awards sponsor collaboration between investigators in Scandinavia and the United States. Two grants of up to US$25,000 are available, one for clinical and one for basic research. Application deadline is March 15, 2011.
     
  • IASP John J. Bonica Trainee Fellowship: Established in 1998 in memory of IASP’s founder, this fellowship supports training in various aspects of pain research. This is now a 2-year fellowship. IASP provides a stipend of up to US$100,000 (US$50,000 per year for two years) toward the salary at an institution selected by the trainee. Application deadline is July 1, 2011.
     
  • IASP International Trainee Fellowship funded by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun: This fellowship, established in 2006, supports training in pain research. Two fellowships of up to US$50,000 each are available. This stipend can be used for the trainee’s salary and travel costs. Application deadline is July 1, 2011.
     
  • IASP Research Symposia: Grants of up to US$40,000 support the costs of a symposium on a specific pain-related topic that is of interest to both basic scientists and clinical researchers. Application deadline for symposia taking place in 2013 is March 15, 2012.

     

IASP Visiting Professor Grants: These grants are available to our chapters. They cover the cost of airfare for a visiting professor to travel to and from a chapter event. Application deadline is at least six months prior to the chapter event.


Congress-Related Grants and Awards

IASP Award for Excellence in Pain Research and Management in Developing Countries: Two awards will be granted for free registration and a travel grant for applicants from low income countries (per the World Bank List) of up to US$10,000 towards the cost of attending the next World Congress on Pain, two years of IASP membership, and three books from IASP Press.

Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award for Basic Science: Selected nominee will receive a plaque to be presented at the Congress, discount airfare for travel to the Congress and accommodation expenses, free Congress registration, and a cash award of US$1,000.

Ulf Lindblom Young Investigator Award for Clinical Science: Selected nominee will receive a plaque to be presented at the Congress, discount airfare for travel to the Congress and accommodation expenses, free Congress registration, and a cash award of US$1,000.

Ronald Dubner Research Prize: Selected nominee will receive a plaque to be presented at the Congress, discount airfare for travel to the Congress and accommodation expenses, free Congress registration, and a cash award of US$2,500.

John D. Loeser Distinguished Lecture Award: Chosen recipient will receive a plaque to be presented at the Congress, IASP membership, discount airfare for travel to the Congress and accommodation expenses, free Congress registration, and a cash award of US$2,000.

John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecture Award: Chosen recipient will receive a plaque to be presented at the Congress, IASP membership, discount airfare for travel to the Congress and accommodation expenses, free Congress registration, and a cash award of US$3,000.