Scholarship submission | The Union World Conference on Lung Health

The Coordinating Committee of Scientific Activities (CCSA) of the Union World Conference base their scholarship selection decisions upon the review criteria below.

Scholarship submission was closed on 1 July:

328 scholarship submissions were received for accepted symposia speakers and abstract authors. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two people from the CCSA and heads of department from The Union.
135 scholarship submissions were received for affected communities or community volunteers. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two people from the CCSA, The Union’s Community Advisory Panel (UCAP) and by heads of department from The Union.

Speaker scholarship: review criteria

TOPICS TO BE SCORED	CRITERIA	Scoring
Letter of motivation	Assessed on the motivation of the applicant, their current activities in lung health and their plans for disseminating the knowledge they gain at the conference upon their return home.	0 – Very low 1 – Average 2 – Good 3 – Excellent
Letters of support	One point given if candidate supplied letters of support. The letters are also used to support the score above. This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with
Geographic representation	This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	1 – Low and lower-to-middle income countries 0.5 – Upper-middle income countries 0 – High-income countries
Type of participant	This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	4 – Oral and short oral abstract authors 3 – Symposia speakers 2 – E-posters and posters
Currently enrolled student (with proof of registration from University)	One point given if candidate is a student This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with
Ability to Demonstrate Partial Funding	One point given if candidate has partial funding This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with

Maximum score: 11

TOPICS TO BE SCORED	CRITERIA	Score
Letter of motivation	Assessed on the motivation of the applicant, their current activities in lung health and their plans for disseminating the knowledge they gain at the conference upon their return home.	0 – Very low 1 – Average 2 – Good 3 – Excellent
Submitted an abstract to the Conference	This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with
Accepted abstract	This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with
Letters of support (two)	One point given if candidate supplied two letters of support. The letters are also used to support the score above. This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	0 – without 1 – with
Geographic representation	This will be pre-populated by the Secretariat	1 – Low and lower-to-middle income countries 0.5 – Upper-middle income countries 0 – High-income countries

Maximum score: 7

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