Travel Grants 2008

In 2008, the Cancer Institute NSW will be continuing to support the ongoing professional development of cancer health professionals from NSW working in community or acute healthcare settings in both the Public and Private sectors. Cancer Institute NSW Travel Grants have been established to enable medical registrars in training, cancer nurses, clinical trials nurses, data managers, cancer nurse coordinators, social workers, psychologists, radiation therapists, medical physicists, Cancer Institute NSW Clinical Fellows and other health professionals working in the area of cancer services (e.g. cancer genetic counsellors) across NSW to attend national or international conferences and seminars related to cancer management and supportive care. Research personnel are not eligible for these grants.

Funds will support registration, return economy airfares (when required) and reasonable accommodation expenses to attend the conference. At no point may a recipient or associated institution use the funds for any other purpose. Eligible applicants may choose from recognised conferences listed on the Cancer Institute NSW web site Conference Diary. Other relevant conferences or seminars will be considered through the application process.

The candidate must complete the 2008 Travel Grant Application Form following the 2008 Travel Grant Guidelines. Applications must be submitted by the next scheduled evaluation date and eight weeks prior to the conference for administration purposes. The Travel Grants Review Panel will assess all applications. Only applicants that meet the required criteria will be considered. Applicants are advised to read all documents for adherence and completion in full before submitting.

Applicants will be advised of receipt of their application following the close date. Each will also be advised by letter of the outcome of the review shortly following the evaluation. Evaluation meeting dates for 2008 are listed below. Please ensure applications to attend conferences are made well in advance of the conference date to allow for processing. Requests for additional funding to grants awarded will not be accepted by the Cancer Institute NSW should circumstances change.

Travel grant recipients are all required to submit a completed 2008 Travel Grant Report Form within 28 days of their return.

2008 Review Dates

Round 1

Applications close COB Friday 7 March 2008
Evaluation Meeting to be held Thursday 10 April 2008

Round 2

Applications close COB Friday 4 July 2008
Evaluation Meeting to be held Thursday 7 August 2008

Round 1 2008 (April)

The Cancer Institute NSW is pleased to announce the awarding of 11 Cancer Institute NSW Travel Grants in its first round of funding for 2008. The Cancer Institute NSW congratulates all recipients.

Ms Alison Baker, Nurse Unit Manager, The Children's Hospital, Westmead Fifth International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ms Justine Battersby, Cancer Nurse Coordinator, The Children's Hospital, Westmead 3rd International Nursing Conference on Child and Adolescent Cancer Survivorship, Ontario, Canada

Mr Ben Britton, Psychologist, Calvary Mater Newcastle, International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), Madrid, Spain

Mr Shaun Clifford, Specialist Radiation Therapist, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSCCAHS AAPM ISEP Training Course on Clinical Dosimetry and Quality Assurance for Advanced Radiation Therapy Techniques, Prague, Czech Republic

Ms Kate Lenthen, Senior Social Worker, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, SESIAHS Navigating the Seas of Change, Association of Paediatric Oncology Social Workers 32nd Annual Conference, Maine, USA

Ms Shannon Tracey, Oncology Social Worker, The Children's Hospital, Westmead Navigating the Seas of Change, Association of Paediatric Oncology Social Workers 32nd Annual Conference, Maine, USA

Ms Alison Pryor, Senior Social Worker & Cancer Support Group Coordinator, Liverpool Hospital, SSWAHS Association of Oncology Social Work 24th Annual Conference, Kentucky, USA

Ms Kiran Singh, Clinical Trials Nurse, North Coast Cancer Institute, NCAHS Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Dr Farnosh Noushi, Clinical Fellow, Mater Misericordiae Hospital European Society of Surgical Oncology, The Hague, The Netherlands

Dr Gail Lawrence, Clinical Psychologist, Gosford Hospital Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS) ACT Summer Institute IV, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dr Lakshmi Venkateswaran, Advanced Medical Oncology Trainee, Westmead Hospital 2008 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, Illinois, USA