Biennial Meeting
ISER holds a Biennial Meeting bringing together leading scientists, both basic and clinical, from all around the world to share their latest research. The meeting has a strong international flavor and by virtue of its different venues has played a major role in promoting the communication of research between local, national and international organizations. The next Biennial Meeting will be held in Berlin, Germany, July 21 - 25, 2012.
- A dedicated website for the 2012 Biennial Meeting is available at: www.kenes.com/iser
- The Abstracts from the 2010 ISER Biennial Meeting (Montreal, Canada) can be found at: http://www.kenes.com/iser2010/cd/
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2012 MEETING:
| Registration Opens | November 1, 2011 |
| Abstract Submissions Accepted | November 1, 2011 - March 1, 2012 |
| Travel Fellowship Applications Accepted | January 4, 2012 - March 1, 2012 |
| Abstract Acceptance Notification | April 10, 2012 |
| Early Registration Closes | April 23, 2012 |
| Travel Grant Selection Notification | April 24, 2012 |
| Regular Registration | April 24, 2012 - July 16, 2012 |
| On-site Registration Opens | July 21, 2012 |
| Congress Dates | July 21 - 25, 2012 |
For more information on ISER prizes and awards or on the nomination process, see the Prizes & Awards page.
Future Biennial Meetings
The International Society for Eye Research (ISER) announces that its 2014 meeting will take place in San Francisco, CA, United States.
The ISER Travel Fellowship program is funded through a variety of sources to support the participation of young scientists at each Biennial meeting of the International Society for Eye Research. The ISER Membership Committee reviews and ranks applications, and selects the final travel fellowship recipients, based on established criteria.
ISER Travel Fellowships are intended to assist in defraying the travel costs of Fellowship recipients who attend the Biennial Meeting. This will include waiver of registration fees as well as partial payment of air fare; the latter will be based upon average, round-trip coach air fare from the Fellowship recipient's geographical region to the airport most proximal to the meeting city. Travel Fellowships will be paid by check in U.S. dollars; recipients are responsible for converting these payments to the currency of their choice.
International Society for Eye Research
Travel Fellowship Criteria
Criteria for Candidates
- Must be a current (membership dues paid) ISER member
- Must be a symposium speaker or the first author of a poster
- Meets the definition of a Young Investigator (See Bylaws in Governance section of web site)
- If a predoctoral or postdoctoral (PhD, MD/PhD, OD/PhD, or equivalent) student, clinical resident, or clinical fellow, must have been engaged in vision/eye research for at least 2 years
- May not be a previous ISER Travel Fellowship awardee
- May not be a corporate employee
- Only 1 travel fellowship awardee from a given laboratory
- Limit two awardees from a given department or institute
- Awards are based primarily upon scientific merit of submitted abstract; secondary consideration is given to geographic origin of candidate in an effort to achieve international representation
- Awardees are expected to attend or participate in the entire International Congress of Eye Research program
- A selection committee consisting of the ISER Membership Committee and 1 ISER Council member, appointed by the President of ISER, reviews the applications and selects the Travel Fellowship awardees based on the criteria listed above
Forms
To use the MS Word forms listed below:
Right click link for the form, “Save Target As” on your hard drive, then open,complete AND SAVE the form with MS Word.) E-mail your completed, saved document as an attachment to: mail@iser.org. If e-mailed, do not also mail.
- Travel Fellowship Application Form (MS Word format) - application deadline March 1st, 2012.
- Travel Fellowship Biographical Sketch Form (MS Word format) - submission deadline March 1st, 2012.