IASP^® Research Symposia

Grant: Up to US$40,000

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010 (for a symposium to be held in 2011)

Purpose:
This program, established in 1998, sponsors research symposia on topics of interest to basic scientists and clinical researchers. Each symposium may be followed by a state-of-the-art volume covering the topic of the meeting.

Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must be members of IASP.

Guidelines:

• One symposium will take place each year, except during the years of the IASP World Congress on Pain and will be named the “Nth IASP Research Symposium” adding the specific title of the symposium.
• Each symposium will focus in depth on one specific topic of pain research, covering several approaches and points of view. The symposia are not intended to address very general topics or those usually addressed by a more general meeting.
• Each symposium will last for a maximum of three days, will include not more than 25 speakers, and will be attended by not more than 200 people.
• The organizer(s) must be prepared to complete a proposal for IASP Press Advisory Board approval, for a book of 250–400 printed pages comprising contributions from those presenting papers at the symposium. If the proposal is accepted, the book will be intended for publication by IASP Press within a year of the date of the meeting. The organizer(s) will sign a publishing contract with IASP Press and will review manuscripts and submit them to the Press not later than 4 months after the symposium.
• The IASP Fellowships, Grants and Awards Working Group will evaluate all proposals according to:
  1. topics of current interest to both basic and clinical pain researchers;
  2. a well-balanced program of topics and speakers;
  3. participation of both young and senior investigators with a reasonably wide geographical distribution.
• IASP will provide financial support up to a maximum of US$40,000. Evidence of supplementary funding by other public or private agencies and organizations and a detailed budget must be presented before the release of IASP funds to the organizer(s).
• IASP sponsorship will be in the form of a grant to the organizer's institution. Eighty percent of the grant will be paid on approval of the symposium by IASP and 20% immediately after the meeting if needed, following the submission of a full financial statement to IASP. IASP will not accept any liability for financial losses.
• The organizer(s) will use a proportion of the IASP grant or other funds to enable the attendance of speakers and participants from developing and currency-restricted countries. The scope of this participation will be left to the discretion of the organizers, taking into account the topic of the meeting and the feasibility of travel to the meeting location.
• After the symposium, the organizers will provide a brief report to be published in a subsequent IASP Newsletter. 

How to Apply:
(All applications must be submitted in English.)

Include with your application form:

• A brief curriculum vitae of each of the organizers
• The proposed dates and location of the symposium
• A proposed list of speakers indicating whether or not they have agreed to participate
• A one-page description of the aims and objectives of the symposium, including the topics to be addressed and a preliminary program
• The proposed sources of funding in addition to IASP sponsorship

Email your completed application to: IASPDesk@iasp-pain.org or
Fax your completed application to: +1-206-283-9403

The deadline for receipt of applications is March 15, 2010 (for a symposium to be held in 2011).

On June 4-5, 2009, the 8th IASP Research Symposium took place in Chicago, Illinois, USA. "A Global Problem: Cancer Pain from the Laboratory to the Bedside" aimed to provide a forum for in-depth discussion and analysis of basic and clinical research surrounding the problem of cancer pain. Conference Organizers: Rae Bell (Norway), Eija Kalso (Finland), Judith Paice (USA), Olaitan Soyannwo (Nigeria). The Symposium was held at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Building, Hughes Auditorium, 303 East Superior Street – First Floor, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Click here to view the program.

Please contact iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org if you have any questions, or call +1-206-283-0311.

Click here to see previous recipients of IASP Research Symposia grants.