Ecohealth 2010

We have a number of competitions, awards and bursaries available at Ecohealth 2010. These are outlined below

Student Awards

Awards will be given to the top student oral presentations and top student posters.  Please find the rubric that will be used for judging here.  If you are presenting at the conference and registered as a student, you are automatically entered into the competition.  If you would rather not have your presentation judged, please contact Micah Hahn ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to remove yourself from the judging list.

Judges Needed
Judging for the student oral and poster presentations will be done by judging pairs.  There will be one practicing EcoHealth professional and one student in each pair in order to create a mentoring environment throughout the judging process.  Judges will be provided with a rubric for scoring presentations, and each pair will only be asked to commit to one poster or oral session.  Judges must be members of the International Association of Ecology and Health.  If you are interested in volunteering to judge student presentations, please contact Micah Hahn ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

London Photographic Competition for London Schools

To promote the conference themes internationally, we are holding a new award for Ecohealth photography, for young people in London’s schools to show us what they think of the themes of Ecohealth. We will launch this new award in London in 2010, developed in collaboration with the London Photographic Association, who will support and promote this award internationally.  Please click here for further information

Art Competition

We are proud to host an art competition, designed to highlight the organisation and its mission.  Please click here for further information

Scholarships

There are a selected number of scholarships for researcher and students from Less Developed Countries. These will be awarded based on merit and active participation at the International EcoHealth 2010.

These scholarships will be directed towards EcoHealth researchers and students in Hinari Band 1 and 2

(with less than 3 years of paid or voluntary EcoHealth work experience) who:

• are actively involved in EcoHealth related activities and are currently working on a PhD or Master thesis or whose thesis has been accepted or having completed a Masters or PhD degree in the past 3 years and able to represent in different formats the activities in which they are involved.
• have submitted abstract(s) for the Forum and the abstract(s) have been accepted. (E-mail Notifications of selected abstracts are to be sent out during May-June 2010).
• are willing and able to participate in a variety of ways at the Forum organized by the Forum Scientific Program Committee, for example in round tables, different panels, networking events, note-taking (specific details to be discussed with the Forum Scientific Program Committee after the scholarships are awarded).

Requirements:

• Each applicant must present a 2-3 page letter that includes:
  • a clear description of major educational experiences or professional activities;
  • a description of recent involvement in EcoHealth related activities (community and academic activity, research, policy making, etc.) and any specific awards/recognition received;
  • Information on proposed, current or recent PhD or Master thesis work;
  • the title(s) of the abstract(s) submitted and the possible ways the applicant sees to present the work at the Forum.
• Letter of support from educational institution or organization where academic work will/is/was carried out, indicating enrollment dates and programme (from e.g., programme director, supervisor, professor, mentor or adviser on organization/university’s letterhead paper, as well as, full name, signature, phone and e-mail of the person who recommends you).
• No more than 5 years after having obtained Master's or PhD degree
• Not older than 40

To qualify for a scholarship, the applicant must submit an abstract to the forum and this abstract must be accepted for presentation. However, please note that acceptance of an abstract does not guarantee a scholarship due to the limited scholarship funding available.  The scholarship selection process will be managed by the Scholarship sub-committee of the Scientific Programme Committee. These scholarships will be awarded based on merit ONLY and ONLY if the applicant meets all the requirements described above. These awards will be FULL Scholarships and are meant to cover registration to the Forum, travel expenses, per diem and hotel 

*Online scholarship application forms will be available to download shortly.  Successful applicants will be notified by June 1 2010.

Any further enquiries about the scholarships should be directed to Paul Elbourn at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with “Ecohealth Scholarship” clearly indicated in the subject of the e-mail.