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The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) is seeking applications for a distinguished award of international importance for recognizing outstanding young scientists: The Richard J Bing Young Investigator Award.

The monetary prize is $1,500 for the winner of the Richard J Bing Award and $1,000 for three runner-up Finalists. This high-profile recognition will be presented at the XXV ISHR World Congress in Nara, Japan, May 11-14, 2025.

The Winner and Finalists will be announced on the ISHR-International website and in Heart News and Views (the newsletter of ISHR-International).

Full details of this award, including a list of previous recipients and relevant guidelines, is provided on the ISHR website. The guidelines should be consulted before preparing any application.

The ISHR International Council will sponsor Visiting Research Fellowships for Early Career Investigators (ECI) to undertake training in new techniques/methods at local Section institutes within Japan, the host region of the World Congress in 2025.

Fellowships will be awarded to successful applicants prior to the World Congress. Funding is specifically for subsidizing travel and accommodation costs related to visiting the nominated lab to train in a new technique. Visiting Research Fellowships will be awarded at the same rate as the stratified 2025 Travel Grants depending on the home Section of the applicant (US$500 for JPN, CHI, US$1000 for AUS, IND, SEA, and US$1500 for EUR, NAS and LAT). Lab visits should occur immediately before or after the Congress and the expected duration is at least one week.

A list of potential host laboratories is available on the ISHR website. Please note that this list is not comprehensive; all laboratories in the Japanese Section that satisfy the eligibility and selection criteria are potential host laboratories.

Deadline for applications: Monday 16th December, 2024.

All relevant information and application forms can be found on the ISHR website

ISHR International has announced the availability of 2025 World Congress Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Awards for qualifying applicants from all participating ISHR Sections. The awards will range from $500 to $1,500 depending on distance (travel cost) from the World Congress ($500 for JPN, CHI, $1000 for SEA, IND and AUS and $1500 for EUR, NAS and LAT).

Requirements for the awards are:

• Each recipient must be a paid member of an ISHR Section. Preference will be given to those who were members in 2024 and before.
• Recipients must be graduate students or within 8 years of their terminal degree (e.g. PhD or MD) at the time of the World Congress (May 11, 2025).
• Recipients must be the first author and presenter of an abstract submitted to the World Congress.
• Recipients of Travel Bursaries and Richard Bing Young Investigator finalists are not eligible for Travel awards (i.e. they cannot combine travel awards with the travel support provided for these other awards).

To apply for a Travel Award, eligible ECIs should:

• Send an email confirming their eligibility and: 1) a copy of a first-authored abstract that has been submitted to the World Congress and 2) a biosketch documenting that they are a student or within eight years of their terminal degree (eg PhD or MD) as a single pdf (titled: Travel_Award_2025 – LastName) to the Executive Secretary (llobaugh@ishrworld.org).
• Deadline for receipt of applications is February 1, 2025.

Successful applicants will be notified by March, 2025