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Applications are now open for the 2025 IAS Media Scholarship Program. IAS – the International AIDS Society – will both award in-person and virtual scholarships for IAS 2025. IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 13 to 17 July 2025, with pre-conferences on 13 July. Apply now!
Opportunity Details
The IAS Conference on HIV Science is the world's most influential meeting on HIV research and its applications. This biennial conference presents the critical advances in basic, clinical and operational HIV research that move science into policy and practice. Through its open and inclusive program, the meeting sets the gold standard of HIV science, featuring highly diverse and cutting-edge research.
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Types of financial support
IAS – the International AIDS Society – will award both in-person and virtual scholarships for IAS 2025. Please indicate your selected attendance type in your application, as well as the types of financial support you require to participate. Note that given the high demand, we may not be able to grant full scholarships to all selected candidates. For those opting for virtual attendance, note that IAS 2025 is not a fully hybrid conference, so online sessions will be available on demand only.
In-person plus on-demand registration, including:
On-demand access to the recordings of all conference sessions, satellite sessions, pre-conferences and e-posters throughout the conference and until 19 August 2025
In-person access to all conference sessions, satellite sessions, pre-conferences, the poster exhibition and the exhibition
Travel support (pre-paid economy class return ticket from the nearest international airport in your country of residence) for the dates of the conference
Accommodation (single room in a budget hotel) for the duration of the conference
Daily living allowance for each day of the conference (some of the allowance may be provided in the form of lunch vouchers for use at the conference venue)
All scholarship recipients will also receive paid IAS membership for two years after the conference.
The following candidates will be given priority:
To apply, eligible candidates will have to answer questions about their organization/institution, experience in the HIV field, motivation to attend the conference, and community benefits of attending.
You will have to upload a letter of recommendation. The letter must:
Please ensure that the uploaded documents are fully legible and can be opened correctly. If we are unable to view or open your documents or if the document does not meet any of the above requirements, your application will be considered invalid.
Your application will also be considered invalid if it is plagiarized or written with overuse of AI. Your application must represent your own work.
In the application form, you will be able to indicate your preferred attendance type and request different types of financial support.
Apply for IAS Conference Media Scholarship Program