The purpose of this scholarship is to provide funding to:
- conduct a small study or complete an existing study* (where funds are currently insufficient); and
- present study findings at the ISBNPA 2026 conference.
(*) please note that the timeframe is limited and the abstract needs to be submitted for the late breaking abstract submission deadline (March 4, 2026)
1. Who is eligible?
- Applicants should be early or mid-career researchers residing and working in an LMIC, as recognised by the World Bank. Applications from early career researchers from high-income countries will be assessed only when an appropriate justification of the difficulties of getting research funding is provided in the application.
- Each applicant should identify a mid-career or senior researcher willing to act as a mentor for their project. This person could be in the same country or from another country. It would be preferable for the mentor to be a member of ISBNPA.
2 Available funding
- If applying to present in the in-person meeting:
- US$1500 research grant + US$1500 conference travel scholarship + free conference registration + registration to the NESI pre-conference workshop (if the applicant is an early career researcher)
3 What the funding can be used for:
- Research-related costs, e.g., transport for data collection, fieldworker costs, equipment, materials and supplies for data collection.
- Salary costs of an early career researcher (Masters or PhD student, or postdoc ≤5 years post PhD) to complete a specific research task, e.g., collect data, complete data analysis.
4 What the funding cannot be used for:
- Salary contribution for a mid-career or senior researcher
- Institutional costs (e.g., university research levies, overheads)
- Article publication fees. The applicants may submit a waiver request to IJBNPA that will be considered by the editor-in-Chief.
5. Timeline and procedure
| Task | Dates |
|---|---|
| Call opens for funding applications | September 3, 2025 |
| Deadline for funding applications | October 12, 2025 |
| Decision on funding applications communicated | October 26, 2025 |
| Successful applicants will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with ISBNPA | November 9, 2025 |
| Funding awarded and first payment 800 USD (only once MoA signed) | November 15, 2024 |
| Complete data collection and analysis | January 31, 2026 |
| Submit abstract | March 4, 2026 |
| Second Payment (US$700) | March 29, 2026 |
| Travel funding awarded when submitted abstract is accepted, the funds will be available only after the conference, via reimbursement | March 29, 2026 |
| Attend ISBNPA 2026 | May 27-30, 2026 |
6. What if deadlines are not met?
– A motivation for extending deadline/s should be submitted to the ISBNPA selection committee.
– If two deadlines are not met, ISBNPA reserves the right to not pay further instalments, and to withdraw the offer of funding to attend the ISBNPA conference.
7. Application form:
The application form is available in the link below. We strongly advise you to visit the form in advance of preparing the submission.
8. Any questions?
Please contact: Dr Ana Maria Contardo-Ayala, [email protected].
Page updated: 2025-09-01
