09 Dec
30 Jan 2026

Convocatoria de Becas para Asistencia al CROI 2026

  • HIV
  • On-site
  • English
  • Denver, Colorado

Registration

Status

Available

Price

Free

Number of Grants and Coverage

A total of 30 grants will be awarded, which include:

  • Registration for CROI 2026.
  • Round-trip economy class airfare from the international airport closest to the recipient’s residence (Madrid or Barcelona).

  • Accommodation during the days of the conference.

  • Travel insurance.

Interested individuals must submit their application through the official form provided for this call. Applications submitted by other means or outside the established deadlines will not be accepted.

Information

This grant call aims to facilitate the attendance of practicing medical professionals in Spain at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), which will be held in Denver (USA) from 22 to 25 February 2026.

Eligibility Requirements

Exclusion Criteria

Applications may be submitted by those who meet all of the following requirements:

  • Be a practicing physician in Spain.

  • Regularly care for people living with HIV or people at risk of acquiring HIV infection.

  • Have been officially accepted to attend CROI 2026.

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 received a registration and travel grant from CROI (CROI Scholarship). In these cases, this scholarship will cover expenses not included.
    (60 points)
  • Presenting a research work at the conference (oral communication) accepted by the conference and being the presenting author.
    (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.
    (40 points)

  • Participating in a research work accepted by the conference without being first or last author.
    (30 points)

  • Have the possibility to share the knowledge acquired due to being a professor in university schools or postgraduate units, or by being part of a broader network of healthcare professionals.
    (20 points)

In the grant application form, applicants must upload the documents that support each prioritization criterion.

In case of a tie between applications, the order of receipt of the complete application will be considered, provided it was submitted correctly via the official form.

All applications received will be evaluated and scored, in accordance with the criteria mentioned above, by a committee appointed by the Fundación Lluita contra les Infeccions and ScienHub.

Call Dates

Stage Start Date (inclusive) End Date (inclusive)
Registration Period 9 December 2025 17 December 2025
Application Evaluation 18 December 2025 19 December 2025
Notification of Selectes/Not Selected 22 December 2025 22 December 2025
Data Collection and Verification, including travel authorization (valid ESTA) 23 December 2025 6 January 2026
Notification of Accepted / Not Accepted (*) 7 January 2026 8 January 2026
Reservation Confirmation Until 30 January 2026

* In case the travel documentation has not been provided correctly and/or the required authorizations are not available.

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