We are pleased to have a number of travel and registration grants, scholarships, and awards available for participants and presenters at IPVS 2026.  

Details on awards, criteria, and how to apply may be found below.   

Application Deadline for IPVS Travel Scholarship: 16 March 2026

Award Notifications for IPVS Travel Scholarships will be sent by early May 2026.
Award Notifications for the rest of the grants and awards will be sent by mid-end July 2026.

Grants / AwardsEligibility CriteriaSelection DetailsAwardHow to Apply?

IPVS Travel Scholarships for Low and Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LLMIC)

Supported by the Gates Foundation

  • Healthcare or allied health professional, or research scientist with experience in the field of papillomaviruses or papillomavirus-related diseases.
  • Reside* in a low- or lower-middle income country, as per the World Bank country classification.
    *Reside is defined as living at least 50% of the year in the specified country.
  • No membership requirement

  • Your main employer/host-institution is based in a low- or lower-middle
    income     country

  • 50 grants are available
  • Selection based on eligibility criteria
  • Free registration
  • Flight reimbursement up to a certain entitlement per region
  • 5-night accommodation on a single room basis in Athens (booked by organizers)
  • Meal allowance of EUR160 (in total for the duration of the conference)
  • IPVS membership for the year 2027

Online Application Form

IPVS Founders Travel Award in Memory of Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan and Ronald Jones
  • Early Career Researcher*
  • Accepted abstract presenter
  • IPVS Member
  • 3 Awards – each awardee from a different country
  • 1 per track
  • Only top scored abstracts considered
  • Free registration
  • 2 nights’ hotel on a single room basis in Athens (booked by organizers)
  • Flight reimbursement up to a certain entitlement per region

Via abstract submission form

Registration Grants for Early Career Researchers and also for applicants from Low and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

Sponsored by donations

  • Priority will be given to abstract presenters with highest rated abstracts
  • Free registration

Via abstract submission form

Early Career Researcher Oral Presentation Awards
  • Early Career Researcher*
  • First author and presenter selected for oral presentation
  • No membership requirement
  • 6 Awards
  • 2 per track
  • Only top scored abstracts considered
  • Award Plaque

Via abstract submission form