Early Career Investigator Program

Students, post-doctoral fellows, or junior researchers less than 5 years out of training may apply. Applicants can apply for all of the four ECIP activities or for only some of them. Only individuals who submit an abstract for presentation either as a poster or for an oral will be eligible.

The Deadline for applications is now closed.

Below is a brief summary of the four activities:

TRAVEL AWARD:
The Travel Award is meant to defray parts of the cost incurred to attend the meeting. The award money is expected to range between 1000 and 2000 US $, depending on the actual costs of the travel involved. Travel Awardees are entitled to register at the student rate.

Applicants and must not have received travel award for the past 4 Meetings. Individuals from middle to low income countries are particularly encouraged. In addition to submitting an abstract, applicants must submit the following:

1) An updated curriculum vitae
2) A letter from a supervisor, mentor or Department Chair

ORAL PRESENTATION AND POSTER AWARDS:
The program committee will select from all abstract submissions about 25 whose authors will have the chance to compete for an Oral Presentation Award or Poster Award. These finalists will present their work within the regular oral and poster sessions. Poster presenters will present their work during a guided poster tour. From the list of finalists, a panel of referees will select the winners at the 2010 WCPG. A maximum of 3 Oral Presentation Awards and 3 Poster Awards will be presented. The Awards consists of an award certificate and a gift typical of the venue city Washington, DC.

WCPG MENTORING PROGRAM:
Both the Travel Awardees and the finalists for the Oral Presentation Award or Poster Award are invited to be part of this program. One senior researcher will serve as mentor to one or two mentees. Mentor and mentees will be able to establish contact already before the meeting if they wish. At the meeting, a mentor-mentee luncheon will be held.

RAPPORTEUR PROGRAM:
Anyone eligible for the ECIP may also assume a rapporteur role for one or more sessions at the meeting. This person will be responsible for summarizing the assigned sessions and their discussion and send their final write-up to a coordinator shortly after the conference. The rapporteur reports will be published in an appropriate journal as one combined manuscript with all rapporteurs as co-authors in a timely fashion once finalized.

Important Dates

CLOSED
Deadline for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Abstracts

CLOSED
Deadline for Symposium/Educational
Session Proposals

CLOSED
Deadline for Individual Oral and Poster Presentation Abstract Submissions

CLOSED
Deadline for ECIP Applications

Hotel reservations cutoff date
After August 22: Room reservations at the group discount may be made on a space and rate-available basis

August 31, 2011
Pre-registration CLOSED