IPVS 2026 Travel Grants & Awards List

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

• 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

• Early Career Researcher* OR
• Work address in an LLMIC Country, as per World Bank country classification
• Accepted abstract presenter
• No membership requirement

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

• Free registration

Via abstract submission form

• 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