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Travel Grant

Background

As part of the African Nutrition Society’s efforts to support young scientists, researchers, students, and nutrition and dietetics professionals in the developing countries, the ANS/ANC Travel Fellowship 2026 Award supports deserving applicants worldwide to enable them to participate in the 10th Africa Nutrition Conference (ANC X 2026) in Windhoek, Namibia, from November 30 to December 04, 2026.

Criteria for Receiving the Fellowship

The Fellowship is open to university students or early-career young scientists with an interest in nutrition and dietetics who wish to participate in the largest continental scientific gathering on nutrition in Africa taking place between the 30th of November and the 4th of December 2026 in Windhoek, Namibia. The award is given as a contribution towards travel costs, including return air travel, accommodation, and conference registration. To qualify for an award, the applicant should have submitted an abstract for the conference that has been accepted either for an oral or a poster presentation. The selection for the award will also consider equitable regional/country distribution of those who meet the criteria. These will vary between 400 and 1000 USD depending on the cost.

This is a very competitive award, and all applications, including confirmation of conference registration and abstract acceptance (including copies of the abstracts accepted) and applicants’ one-page CVs, will be assessed by an independent panel.

The 10th African Nutrition Conference (ANC X) Travel Fellowship 2026

Application Form

ANC X Travel Grant for Fellows

Personal Information

File Uploads

Please attach your CV (1 page) as a Word document and letter of confirmation of acceptance of your abstract for conference presentation (including the thematic area)

Award Benefits

Paragraph describing how receipt of the Award will benefit your participation at 10th ANC conference:

Source of Funding

Where do you intend to receive other source of funding from?  If so, how much and what is the shortfall against your travel costs? We encourage applicants to demonstrate effort to source for some funding to augment travel grant.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS

  1. The award is given based on the merit of each application including equity of regional distribution in the case of the number of applicants from the same country in Africa.
  2. Applications must include a paragraph describing how receipt of the Award will benefit their participation in the ANC (ANEC) conference.
  3. Recipients must note that the funds can only be released upon arrival at the conference in Windhoek, Namibia
  4. Recipients must submit a brief report of their experience following the conference to the ANS, to be published in the ANS & NAN Newsletters and/or online on the contribution of the travel fellowship to the awarding body. A copy will also be shared with the funding organisation on request. The report should be brief but of a high standard and include and photographs as appropriate and should be submitted within four (4) weeks after the conference.
  5. Note that ANS reserves the right to reclaim the award in full if the report is not provided.
  6. No application will be accepted later than 16th October 2026 at 12 noon GMT sharp.Please note any application after this date will not be accepted.