For many years, the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies have been supporting participants from preferably low – and middle-income countries and students to attend the biannual ESTSS Conferences and build networks as well as present at the biennial ESTSS Conferences to showcase their research and work. This increases opportunities for less advantaged individuals to participate in professional life at a European level, to gain new knowledge and disseminate it in their respective professional communities as well as share their research findings and clinical experience to the broader professional audience and thus contribute to the global development of psychotraumatology.
For the 2025 Tbilisi conference ESTSS provides conference fee-waivers and travel grant scheme as follows:
- Student travel grant initiative: 10 travel grants in the amount of 600 Euros each for ESTSS student members to visit the Tbilisi 2025 conference. Each grant is intended rather as an encouragement than a full subsidy of travel, accommodation or conference fee. The initiative is open to all student members, but students from financially less advantaged countries and regions in Europe are particularly encouraged to apply for the grant.
- UKRAINE DELEGATES CONFERENCE FEE WAIVERS: 5 delegates from Ukraine are eligible for a conference fee waiver for the Biannual ESTSS conference at Tbilisi, June 2025 plus 600 Euros towards travel expenses and accommodation.
To be eligible for the ESTSS fee waiver or travel grant you must be an ESTSS member, either through our local member societies or as a direct individual ESTSS member (see for information about membership: https://estss.org/members-only/registration/). The applicants should send the following documents to secretariat@estss.org before March, 10, 2025:
1. Fee-waiver/Travel grant application form
2. Cover letter, describing the following: why you need support to attend the conference, the importance of attending this conference, as well as any contribution you plan to make to the conference (e.g., oral/poster presentation, research collaboration, etc.) up to 500 words.
3. Short CV, max 1 page, including presentations in international conferences
4. Copy of submitted abstract (not applicable for Ukraine delegates)
5. Confirmation of the acceptance of the proposed contribution (not applicable for Ukraine delegates)
All applicants will be informed about the evaluation result before March 31, 2025.
