NHIVNA Junior Nurse Scholarships
NHIVNA offered up to ten NHIVNA Junior Nurse Registration Concession Scholarships to assist junior nurses to attend the NHIVNA Annual Conference 2011. To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be NHIVNA members for 2011 and have worked as a nurse in an acute or community setting, caring for people with HIV, for 2 years or less. These scholarships enabled successful applicants to register for the conference at the reduced registration rate of £125. To apply, applicants were required to send a written statement of their status, signed by their manager, along with their registration form. Applications were administered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that non-NHIVNA members were able to apply for a Junior Nurse Scholarship if their registration form was accompanied by a completed NHIVNA membership form and the appropriate payment.
First-time Attendee Scholarship
NHIVNA offered up to ten First-time Attendee Registration Concession Scholarships to assist delegates who were attending a NHIVNA conference for the first time. To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be NHIVNA members. These scholarships enabled successful applicants to register for the conference at the reduced registration rate of £125. To apply, applicants were required to send a written statement along with their registration form. Applications were administered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that non-NHIVNA members were able to apply for a scholarship if their registration form was accompanied by a completed NHIVNA membership form and the appropriate payment.
Pre-Conference Study Day Scholarship
NHIVNA held a Pre-Conference Study Day in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals and Gilead Sciences on Wednesday 15 June 2011. NHIVNA Pre-Conference Study Day Scholarships were available for those who are able to attend, in full, both the NHIVNA Annual Conference on 16–17 June, and the NHIVNA Pre-Conference Study Day on the afternoon of Wednesday 15 June. There was a maximum of 50 scholarships available and scholarships covered a contribution of a maximum of £75 towards travel expenses, and a contribution of a maximum of £125 towards accommodation costs (15 and 16 June only). To apply, delegates were required to tick the appropriate box on the registration form when registering for the NHIVNA conference. Applications were administered on a first-come, first-served basis. Original receipts were required post-conference, and within two weeks of the event, in order for NHIVNA to reimburse monies.