Convocatoria de Becas para Asistencia al AIDS 2026
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HIV
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On-site
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English
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Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Registration
Status
Available
Price
Free
Number of Grants and Coverage
A total of 15 grants will be awarded, which include:
- Registration for AIDS 2026.
- Round‑trip economy‑class airfare from the international airport closest to the beneficiary’s place of residence.
- Accommodation during the days of the conference.
- Travel insurance.
Interested applicants must submit their application through the official form enabled for this call. Applications submitted through other means or outside the established deadlines will not be accepted.
Information
Eligibility Requirements
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals may submit an application if they meet all of the following requirements:
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Be a practicing physician in Spain.
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Regularly attend to people living with HIV or individuals at risk of acquiring HIV infection.
Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be admitted to the evaluation process.
Prioritization Criteria
The evaluation committee will apply the following prioritization criteria:
- Having been invited to participate in a session as a speaker in the program or presenting an oral communication of a work accepted by the conference.
(60 points) - Having received a scholarship from AIDS 2026. In such cases, this grant will complement expenses not covered.
(50 points) - Participating in a research work (poster/abstract/oral communication) accepted by the conference, as first or last author, without being the presenting author.
(30 points) -
Participating in a research work accepted by the conference without being first or last author.
(20 points) -
Having the possibility to share the knowledge acquired due to being a professor at university schools or postgraduate units, or being part of a broader network of healthcare professionals.
(10 points)
In the grant application form, the applicant must attach the documents supporting each prioritization criterion.
If two or more applications remain tied after evaluation, priority will be given according to the order of receipt of the application, correctly submitted through the official form.
All applications received will be evaluated and scored, according to the aforementioned criteria, by a committee designated by the Fundación Lucha contra las Infecciones and ScienHub.
Call Timeline
| Stage | Start date (inclusive) | End date (inclusive) |
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| Application period | March 23, 2026 | April 13, 2026 |
| Application review | April 13, 2026 | April 14, 2026 |
| Error correction period | April 15, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Notification of selected / non-selected candidates | April 24, 2026 | April 24, 2026 |
| Formalization of grant acceptance | April 27, 2026 | May 1, 2026 |
| Opening of the waiting list in case of withdrawal by selected candidates | May 1, 2026 | |
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Processing of congress registrations and travel arrangements for the selected participants
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May 4, 2026 | May 31, 2026 |