TIAFT recognizes the need for quality continuing education of its members. The purpose of the TIAFT Travel Grant Awards is to promote active attendance at the TIAFT annual scientific meeting by providing financial assistance to members. These travel grants are awarded to selected members actively working in the field of forensic toxicology that show the need for financial assistance, have an accepted, high-quality abstract for the annual meeting, and agree to certain requirements of receiving the grant.
Award 2025
Application procedure and deadline to be announced.
- Eligible Persons
- Any Standard or DCF member is eligible to receive a travel grant provided that they have been a member for at least one year at the application’s closing deadline for that year’s meeting.
- Applications
- All TIAFT Travel Grant Applications must be received by the TIAFT President by April 22, 2024. Please submit your complete application package to info@tiaft.org. When emailing please enter the following heading in the subject line "TIAFT Travel Grant Application - St. Gallen". Late applications will not be considered.
- Evaluation Criteria
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Among the criteria that will be evaluated are the following:
- Length of TIAFT membership
- Previous TIAFT Travel Grants received
- If a quality abstract was accepted for the annual meeting
- Length of time actively working in the field of forensic toxicology and positions held
- Attendance and presentations at previous TIAFT meetings and other scientific meetings
- Explanation as to why attendance is important for the individual applicant
- Explanation of the need for the financial assistance
- If others from the same agency have also applied for a TIAFT Travel Grant
- Estimated costs for transportation and lodging for the annual meeting
- Award
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Annual Travel Grants will provide financial assistance of a maximum of USD 2,000 plus the registration fee for that year’s annual meeting (to include the annual banquet). Granted awards may only be used for the annual meeting of TIAFT in which the application was made. They cannot be used for a future year’s meeting.
Each Travel Grant awardee is required to attend the entire TIAFT annual meeting. This includes being present in all scientific sessions, poster sessions, the business meeting, and social events, including the farewell banquet. Failure to actively attend the annual meeting may result in forfeiture of the grant.
The grant will cover the most cost-effective direct travel to and from the annual meeting (e.g., airfare, train, etc.), as well as the cost of economical accommodation for the night prior to the first day of the annual meeting through the night of the farewell banquet. The grant is not to be used to cover the cost of meals and miscellaneous personal expenses. Additionally, other than the annual meeting registration fee, the Travel Grants serve as reimbursements of travel and lodging expenses and not prepayments of such.
Within three months after the end of the TIAFT annual meeting, each Travel Grant awardee for that year’s meeting is required to provide a report to the TIAFT Bulletin Editor(s) on the value they gained from attending the meeting. This report will be published in the TIAFT Bulletin.
Other than the meeting registration fee, Travel Grants are reimbursements of travel and lodging expenses and not prepayments of these expenses by TIAFT. Grant payments are arranged with the TIAFT Treasurer and are made after receipts of expenses are provided. All payments will be made within 30 days after the last day of the annual meeting and can be made by check, wire transfer, or PayPal transfer. Grant awardees are responsible for any bank fees (i.e. wire transfer fees, PayPal fees, or international check fees).
For complete information on restrictions, limitations and requirements, please see the Travel Grant Guidelines.
The maximum number of Travel Grants to be awarded in a given year is decided by the Board when setting that year's annual budget.
- Award Committee
- The TIAFT Executive Board chooses Travel Grant awardees from among eligible candidates.
- Notification of Awardees
- All applicants will be notified after a decision has been made.
Previous awardees
| Year | DCF Members | Standard Members |
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| 2024 | Asif Raza, Pakistan Chanté du Toit, South Africa Isadora Lolicento Denkena, Brazil Lokmane Dali Braham, Algeria | Carlos Espinoza Cruz, Chile Michaela Kenneally, Australia |
| 2023 | Shahzad Kamran, Pakistan Leonardo Rodrigues, Brazil Gabriela de Pala Meirelles, Brazil Jade Mader, South Africa Humera Shafi Makhdoom, Pakistan |
Xin Wang, China Ester Schallmach, Israel Rafael Linden, Brazil |
| 2022 | Asia Abdullah, Iraq Leticia Birk, Brazil Nicola Brown-Baxter, Jamaica Aline Martins, Brazil André Fabris, Brazil Yannick Oyono, Cameroon Najam Ud Din, Pakistan |
Bethany Keen, Australia María José Castro Santos, Uruguay Amvrosios Orfanidis, Greece Jinni Yan, Australia Pïnar Efeoglu, Turkey |
| 2019 | Melike Aydogdu, Turkey Kelly Cunha, Brazil Ana Luiz Linhares, Brazil Thanuja Priyadarshani, Sri Lanka |
Rhiannon Alder, Australia Daniela Diaz, Uruguay Katharina Grafinger, Switzerland |
| 2018 | Muhammad Imran, Pakistan Innocent Mutambuze, Uganda Mariana Dadalto Peres, Brazil Courtesy of The Toxicological Society of Belgium and Luxembourg: Natalia Bordin, Brazil Marco Martinez, Costa Rica |
Geraldine Dowling, Ireland Mariza Insaurralde, Paraguay Michael Kraemer, Germany Shimpei Watanabe, Sweden |
| 2017 | Fabricio Souza Pelicao, Brazil Flávia Lopes Roveri, Brazil Giovana Piva Peteffi, Brazil Ana Doina Radu, Romania Paula Andrea Fuentes Azocar, Chile Dilek Battal, Turkey Jenna Johnston, South Africa |
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| 2016 | Ana Miguel, Brazil Lilia Melo, Brazil Rachel Bulcao, Brazil Jalilov Fazilddin, Uzbekistan Bronwen Davies, South Africa |
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| 2015 | Younes Zebbiche, Algeria María Josefina Domínguez Cabrera, Argentina Dayanne Cristiane Mozaner Bordin, Brazil Linda Matua, Albania Mirnela Cinije Kocibelli, Albania Jose Luiz da Costa, Brazil |
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| 2014 | Ahmed Mandour, Egypt Mareta Ibragimova, Uzbekistan Suresh Vir Singh Rana, India Rafael Menck, Brazil Paula Fuentes, Brazil Diana Jazmin Marino Gaviria, Colombia Maria de los Angeles Arias Rodriguez, Costa Rica |
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| 2013 | Samar Alzeer, Syria Aminata Touré, Sénégal Dayanne Bordin, Brazil Zolzaya Dovdon, Mongolia |
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| 2012 | Yeshvandra Verma, India (Could not attend) Leda Gianuzzi, Argentina Magda El Karadawy, Egypt Noriko Hikichi, Uruguay Diana Jazmin Marino, Colombia Sakuntahal Tennakoon, Sri Lanka |
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| 2011 | Wenceslao Kiat, Philippines Rafael Lanaro, Brazil Jose Luis da Costa, Brazil Marcelo Nogueira Rabelo Alves, Brazil Chimid Althankhishid, Mongolia Batbayar Lamchin, Mongolia Courtesy of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Hatem Abdul Moniem Ahmed, Egypt Fabricio Souza Pelicao, Brazil Sandra Doris Uria Huaita, Bolivia |
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| 2010 | Isabel Kazanga, Malawi Chalongkwan Tangbanluekal, Thailand Gafer Rageh Ahmed, Egypt Flavia Thiessen, Brazil Mariza Insaurralde, Paraguay |
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| 2009 | Bruno Spinosa De Martinis, Brazil Kamon Foihirun, Thailand Ampika Lelapojanaporn, Thailand Tarek Mahdy Ebead, Egypt Tanuj Kanchan, India Luis Ferrari, Argentina |
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| 2008 | Farzaneh Jowkar, Iran (Could not attend) Sandra Doris Uria Huaita, Bolivia (Could not attend) Giner Gretchen, Philippines |
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| 2007 | Jose Luis Costa, Brazil Ping Xiang, China |
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| 2005 | Serap Akgur, Turkey Tien Vung, Vietnam Razwan Gligor, Romania Khaled Massoud Mohamed, Egypt Tasdooq Abdullah Juan Trisz, Brazil Ranjar Kumar, India |
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| 2004 | Carolina Troncoso, Colombia Raphael Linden, Brazil Bruno De Martinis, Brazil Neva Duya, Philippines Wenceslao Kiat, Philippines Natalia Krupina, Russia Abdelkader Battah, Jordan Carlos Colangelo, Argentina |
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| 2003 | Leda Giannuzzi, Argentina Alice Chasin, Brazil |
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| 2002 | Luis Ferrari, Argentina Razwan Gligor, Romania Serap Akgur, Turkey Chitta Sahu, India |