The European Wound Management Association (EWMA) is committed to the advancement of wound care and wound management in Europe and it encourages international understanding and learning between nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers. Therefore, EWMA provides travel grants to young practitioners who wish to develop their skills within wound care and wound management abroad. The travel grants will primarily be given for educational purposes or clinical experiences outside the applicants’ own countries.

The EWMA travel grant is not given to support conference participation.

Novice practitioners have priority, but more experienced applicants are also accepted.

Requirements:

• Applicants must have been a member of EWMA for 1 year.
• The grants are limited to travelling within Europe.
• The maximum amount that can be applied for per applicant is 3000 EUR
• All grant receivers must write a report of 1-2 pages about their stay abroad. This report will be published in EWMA Journal

How to apply:

1. Write a letter in English to EWMA stating
1. the purpose of your travels
2. what you aim to achieve during your travels
3. where you are traveling to (address(es), institution(s) etc.)
4. dates and duration of your stay
2. Attach a letter of acceptance from centre/institution to be visited
3. Address the letter to Jan Apelqvist, President of EWMA, and send the letter and the letter of acceptance electronically and via regular post to:

EWMA Secretariat
Nordre Fasanvej 113, 2.
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Email: ewma@ewma.org

Next deadline for submission of applications is 15 February 2012

You will receive notification of whether or not you have been given a travel grant by 15 March 2011.

After your travels:

1. It is mandatory to write a report (1-2 pages) about your travels and what your outcome of the stay was. This report will be published in EWMA Journal.
2. Please send this report to the EWMA Secretariat

Fur forther information about travel grants please contact the EWMA Secretariat at ewma@ewma.org