AVBS:

AVBS will provide up to 5Travel Awards each valued at AU$2000. Eligibility criteria are 1) Current Ph, D students, or Post-doctoral Fellow within 3 years of award of Ph. D, 2) Abstract(s) accepted for presentation as oral or poster. Applications need not be members of the Society. To apply, please submit 5 copies of 1) Submitted abstract(s), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) Cover letter outlining reasons for wishing to attend the meeting (no longer than 2 pages) to Dr. Khachigian at the following address by January 15, 2002.

Dr. Levon Khachigian

President, Australian Vascular Biology Society

Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research

School of Pathology, University of New South Wales

Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Tel +61-2-9385-2537; Fax +61-2-9385 1389;

Email: L.Khachigian@unsw.edu.au

EVBA:

EVBA will award up to 5 bursaries of 1000 Euros- for young European scientists who attend IVBM in Japan. Applications for these awards, which must be accompanied by a copy of the abstract submitted to IVBM, should be sent to:

Prof. Jeremy Pearson, (EVBA Fellowships)

EVBA Secretariat, Center for Cardiovascular Biology & Medicine

Kingﾕs College London, Guyﾕs Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

FAX: +44 20 7848 6220 Email: jeremy-pearson@kcl.ac.uk

EVBA Council members will judge the awards on scientific merit. The deadline for receipt of applications is January 15, 2002.

JVBO:

10 scholarships at 50,000 Japanese yen will be provided. Japanese applicants should be 39 years old or less. The following documents should be submitted to the JVBO Secretariat by January 15, 2002:

Dr. Yoshio Yazaki

International Medical Center of Japan

1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan

1) membership of JVBO

2) 5 copies of the abstract

3) major figures/tables arranged on one page of letter size paper and their legends written in Japanese on a separate letter size page with five photocopies of each.

4) C.V.

The selection will be made by the JVBO Committee.

NAVBO:

NAVBO will provide up to 4 travel awards at US$1000. To be eligible, applicants must be members of NAVBO, and be post-doctoral fellows, instructors or assistant professor (within 5 years of initial appointment). Trainee membership in NAVBO is $US25 and those interested can apply for membership at the time of application for the award. Applicants must submit a copy of the abstract and their C.V. to:

NAVBO Awards Committee

9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3993 U.S.A

Granted by the organizing committee of XIIth IVBM. Young investigator award

at US$1500 will be awarded to 5 selected poster presentations.

It will be selected from posters presented, and applicants should be

1) Current graduate school. students, or Post-doctoral fellow,

2) 39 years old or less.

The winners will be announced at the conference site.