ESMO is delighted to offer a limited number of travel grants to enable patient advocates to attend the ESMO Congress 2024 Patient Advocacy Track in Barcelona, from 13-17 September 2024.
Application deadline: Closed
Important: only patient advocates who are active ESMO members will be eligible to apply for a travel grant. Patient advocates can join ESMO for a very reasonable annual fee and enjoy full member benefits which include access to all of our resources.
Please review the Patient Travel Grant information and guidelines provided below before proceeding to submit your application via the designated link.
Patient Travel Grant Information and Guidelines
What does a patient travel grant cover?
A travel grant helps to cover travel, hotel, and registration expenses and is based primarily on an individual’s financial need, as well as current advocacy activities. Each grant will reimburse travel and accommodation costs up to a maximum of 1000 EUR, and includes free registration to the ESMO Congress 2024.
How will applications be evaluated?
- ESMO strives for an equal geographic representation of patient advocate organisations, an even participation between large and small patient advocates groups as well as balanced representation of cancer types.
What is the application process?
- The application submission deadline is 27 May 2024.
- All applicants will be notified in early June as to whether their application has been successful. Successful applicants will receive an email advising to proceed in arranging travel and accommodation.
When I will be reimbursed?
- A ‘Statement of Expenses’ form is to be submitted after Congress with relevant invoices
- Reimbursement will be processed after ESMO 2024 and one month (maximum) from receipt of details.
- The deadline to provide receipts is 17 October (after which date reimbursement requests will no longer be accepted).
- Please see our ESMO Congress 2024: Patient Advocates Travel Grant Reimbursement Policy page for more information.
What are my responsibilities by accepting a travel grant?
- To attend the entire Patient Advocacy Track sessions in person
- If requested, to provide a brief testimonial after the event that can be posted on the ESMO website/used in event reports/used on ESMO social media channels. This can be a written testimonial and/or a short (onsite) video. To be received by the end of September 2024.