EU Funding opportunity for Med-e-tel conference

December 14, 2010

Copied as fair use from HIFA.

Vijay

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European Commission awards grants to the 3 best abstracts from developing

countries submitted to the Med-e-tel 2011 conference. In order to promote

eHealth research and participation of developing countries, the

Directorate-General of Information Society and Media of the European Commission

will fund 3 researchers' expenses to present their projects in the Med-e-tel

conference during an EC supported session on " Global eHealth Strategy " .

Conditions and terms:

1. All abstracts submitted before 10 January 2011 will be evaluated by the

Med-e-tel Scientist Committee (this includes abstracts that have already been

submitted in the past weeks before the initial December 10th deadline, as well

as newly submitted abstracts before the new January 7th deadline). The 3 best

projects from developing countries will be selected.

2. EC will participate as observer in the selection processes.

3. The decision will be communicated to the researchers by 17 January 2011.

4. The grant consists of travel, accommodation and registration fee for the main

researcher of the project.

5. EC will contact the winners to manage the logistic tasks. Visa application

and/or any other administrative requirements shall be managed by the researchers

themselves according to current rules.

6. The projects shall be presented during an EC symposium organised in the

framework of the Med-e-tel 2011 conference.[*]

[Forwarded by Najeeb Al-Shorbaji: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji has been working for World

Health Organization (WHO) since 1988 in different capacities. He is currently

Director of Knowledge Management and Sharing at WHO headquarters, Geneva.

Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO

(Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of

national and international professional societies and associations specialised

in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 70

research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in

professional journals. shorbajin AT who.int]

[*Note from HIFA2015 moderator:

The Med-e-tel 2011 conference is an official event of the International Society

for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), and takes place in Luxembourg on 6-8 April

2011. Further details: http://www.medetel.lu

Many thanks, Neil PW]

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