EACD Grant Programme:

Bursaries to EACD Galway 2026

To support people who may otherwise not attend EACD Annual Meetings, the EACD Galway 2026 Organizing Committee is providing a number of bursaries! Please click on the button below to go directly to the Bursary Application Form:

Go to Bursary Application Form

Timeline:

Monday 3 November 2025: Launch call for bursary applications for professionals & bursaries for families
Friday 28 November 2025: Deadline submissions for bursaries for professionals & bursaries for families
Friday 12 December 2025: Communication of acceptance/rejection to submitting applicants for bursaries for professionals

General guidelines

To support professionals from low income countries to attend EACD Galway 2026, we are providing bursaries for professionals, and bursaries for families, for on-site participation to the main congress. The EACD Galway 2026 Organizing Committee seeks out applicants who are highly motivated, and who are ready to disseminate knowledge acquired at the meeting to others in their home country once they return. Particular emphasis is placed on assisting those from Hinari countries (https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibility/).

Bursary recipients receive:

Waived on-site registration to EACD Galway 2026;
Valuable networking opportunities;
Opportunity to learn from multi-disciplinary experts in the field of childhood-onset disabilities.

Application process

To apply for an EACD Galway 2026 Bursary for Professionals or an EACD Galway 2026 Bursary for Families, please submit your application via the Bursary Application tool (click on the button below) by at latest Friday 28 November 2025. Please note incomplete applications will be rejected.

Please note that the data entered to apply for the bursaries will be sent and processed to/by the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability ivzw to evaluate the submissions.

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Bursaries for professionals

Your bursary application should include:

Your name
Your institution/company
Your country of residence
Your date of birth
Your CV (current employment, academic and clinical interests, career objectives, research and/or teaching experience )
Your motivation letter (statement of your motivation for applying for the scholarship, how you propose to implement any new knowledge obtained into your current practice and share the information with others)

Bursaries for families

Your bursary application should include:

Your name
Your family status (e.g. person with a disability; parent; sibling, etc.)
Your country of residence
Your date of birth
Your motivation letter (statement of your motivation for applying for the bursary and why you would like to participate to the congress)

Go to Bursary Application Form

EACD MEMBER ACCOUNT

ABOUT ASSOCIATION

The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) is an international not-for-profit association founded in 1989, and is an association for anyone with a clinical and/or scientific interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe and beyond. EACD's mission is to promote research and education for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities throughout Europe and beyond.

CONTACT

Email: admin@eacd.org