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Invitation to International HIV Investigators to Submit Abstracts For Meeting of IDSA

MAR-25-11 On behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America/HIV Medicine Association and the Center for Global Health Policy, you are invited to submit abstracts in the category of HIV/AIDS for presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of IDSA, October 20-23, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Annual Meeting provides outstanding opportunities to have your research viewed by leaders in the field. IDSA/HIVMA and the Center for Global Health Policy have received funding from the National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research to provide travel grants in the amount of $3000 to up to six international investigators who submit excellent research. All abstracts submitted in the category of HIV/AIDS from outside the US and Canada will be considered.

IMPORTANT 2011 DATES: Abstract submission deadline Wednesday, May 18. Awards and grants submission deadline Wednesday, May 18, 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The Call for Abstracts is now available on the IDSA website, www.idsociety.org/abstracts.htm, where you will be able to review the policies and procedures in detail before submitting an abstract.