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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES – FANUS (IUNS-FANUS) TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP 2019

BACKGROUND

As part of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) efforts to support learned

societies in the developing countries, the IUNS-FANUS Travel Fellowship 2019 Award supports deserving students worldwide to enable them participate in the 4th FANUS Nutrition Conference, Kigali, 26th to 29th August 2016.

CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING THE FELLOWSHIP

The Fellowship is open to university students or young scientists with an interest in nutrition

who wish to participate in the largest continental scientific gathering on nutrition in Africa taking place from 26th  to 29th  August 2016, in Kigali Rwanda. The award is given as a contribution towards travel costs including return air travel, accommodation and conference participation. In order to qualify for an Award, the applicant should have submitted an abstract for the conference which has been accepted either for an oral or a poster presentation. The selection for the award will also take into account equitable regional/ country distribution of those who meet the criteria.

Four to five will be presented and these will vary between  $800 - 1000 depending on costs.

This is a very competitive award and all applications including confirmation of conference registration and abstract acceptance (including copies of the abstracts accepted) and applicants’ CV will be assessed by an independent panel.

Applicants are encouraged to seek top funding from elsewhere, however, anyone trying to apply  to  more  than  one  award  that  is  being  advertised  by  the  FANUS  conference organisers will be disqualified altogether from receiving any of the awards.

Students from other countries outside of Africa with an interest in international nutrition and an interest in nutritional issues in Africa are also encouraged to apply.

Please email your application form to Dr Robert Fungo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 15th

July 2019 at 12 noon

IUNS-FANUS TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP 2019 APPLICATION FORM

Please attach your CV as a Word document and letter of confirmation of acceptance of your abstract for conference presentation (including the thematic code)

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Instructions for Oral Paper Presentation

• Total 15 Minute time slot has been allocated for each oral presentation (10-12 minutes), including questions and handover. On overrunning of time, the session chairs will terminate overrunning presentation to ensure same amount of time for every presenter.
• While preparing presentation, make sure that your slides are readable. Use sufficient large font sizes and avoid color combinations with poor contrast.
• Presentations should be either in Microsoft PowerPoint™ (2003 or 2007) or Adobe PDF™ format.
• Presenters should arrive in the session room at the latest 15 minutes before the start of the session in order to set up their presentation,
• Please stay in the session from start to end.

Instructions for Poster presentation

• Please bring your printed poster with you to the conference on one sheet of poster paper.
• Each poster will be displayed for 4 days of the conference.
• Poster should be mounted on Sunday, August 25^th before 8:30 a.m.
• The posters have to be in portrait (upright) format and should not exceed the following dimensions: 85 cm width, 119 cm height (DIN A0).
• The text, illustrations, etc. should be bold enough to be read from a distance of two meters.
• Space will be available for the mounting of posters according to the ID number. Fixing materials will be provided and distributed on-site in the poster area.

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Pre Conference Workshops

Publication Workshop at FANUS conference (Sunday 25^th August 2019)

The purpose of the workshop is to support and empower African scientists to prepare scientific publications for International Nutrition journals.

A total of 40 Participants will take part in this workshop. To register for this workshop, please write directly Prof HS (Salome) Kruger at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For details how to register for the conference please down load the workshop flyer at www.fanus.org or contact Prof HS (Salome) Kruger Professor of Nutrition. Centre of Excellence for Nutrition Tel +27 18 2992482.

Publication Workshop at FANUS conference (Sunday 25^th August 2019)

“Improving the Quality and Reliability of Food Composition in Africa by FAO and AFROFOODS”. To register please write directly to Professor Professor Henrietta Oboh, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.                         

 Post Conference Workshops (Friday 30^th August 2019)

Data Analysis Post conference workshop.

Sponsored By the Nutrition Society of UK and Northern Ireland. To register contact DR Tom Ndanu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and Professor Elahi Basma at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Those who are in urgent need to receive a Tentative Letter of Acceptance or an Invitation Letter to process Travel Grant, kindly send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to submit your request.