Travel grant awards are now available ranging from $1,000 and up to $5,000 for abstract presenters to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, May 1-3, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The IARS International Outreach Travel Grant supports scientists globally and will grow the richness and diversity of background, location and expertise at the IARS Annual Meeting. These IARS travel grants are designed specifically for individuals located in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries who are involved in research related to anesthesia. The IARS travel grants aim to make it possible for individuals, who would not otherwise be able to participate in the meeting, to access the wider global anesthesiology community through meaningful engagement at our leading-edge annual meeting.
DEADLINES:
August 2025: Travel Grant submission site opens.
November 23, 2025: Travel Grant submissions due, 11:59 pm ET.
February 2026: Travel Grant applicants will receive submission status notification.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
- Principal applicant must be a current IARS member.
- Principal applicant must be currently located in a low-income, lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income country.
- Applicants must have submitted an abstract to the 2026 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, by December 7, 2025 via the meeting abstract submission site at https://meetings.iars.org/abstracts/submissions/. Submitting an abstract through the travel grant process in ProposalCentral is not sufficient.
- Applicants may submit only one application. If you are submitting multiple abstracts for consideration, choose the one that you believe to be strongest and has the highest likelihood of acceptance, and submit your travel grant application based on that abstract.
- Applicants must be an early-career or mid-career investigator or currently in-training.
- Applicants must be pursuing a career that involves research.
- Applicants must be conducting research related to anesthesiology or perioperative medicine
- Applicants must be connected directly or collaboratively to an anesthesia department.
- Medically challenging cases and case reports do not qualify for this grant.
- Former recipients of this grant are not eligible to apply.
Abstract Project Guidelines
- The abstract submitted to the 2026 Annual Meeting must be related to anesthesiology or perioperative medicine.
- The conducted research should be connected directly or collaboratively to an anesthesia department.
View the Application Guidelines and Instructions for more information.
What You Will Gain
- International exposure and support for your research
- The opportunity to present your work in a multinational context
- Connections to your next potential collaborators, mentors and colleagues
Grant Recipients
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Gonzalo Boncompte, BS, MS, PhD in Neurosciences Aperiodic Activity in Preoperative EEG Predicts Postoperative Delirium Above and Beyond Patient’s Age in Cardiac Elderly Patients |
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Jonathan Matias Chejfec-Ciociano, MD A Systems Approach for Analyzing Fatal Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Linked to Neuraxial Anesthesia in Mexico |
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Gerald Kirenga, MD, MMED Prevalence and Interrelationship of Insomnia and Depression Among Medical Students at the UMST |
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Prajjwol Luitel, MBBS Optimal Ephedrine Dose to Prevent Maternal Hypotension in Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery |
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Gebrehiwot Tegu, MSc, PhD Fellow Priorities for African Postoperative Pain Research: An International Delphi Study |
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Eugene Tuyishime, MMED Solutions To Reduce Burnout Syndrome Among Perioperative Professionals in Low Resources Settings |
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Xinyan Wang, MD Effects of Vasopressors on Cerebral Hemodynamics in Patients with Carotid Endarterectomy |
2025
Gonzalo Boncompte, BS, MS, PhD in Neurosciences
Researcher
Anesthesiology Division, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile
Aperiodic Activity in Preoperative EEG Predicts Postoperative Delirium Above and Beyond Patient’s Age in Cardiac Elderly Patients
Jonathan Matias Chejfec-Ciociano, MD
Research Associate
Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Anestesiología (Mexican Federation of Colleges of Anesthesiology)
Mexico City, Mexico
A Systems Approach for Analyzing Fatal Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Linked to Neuraxial Anesthesia in Mexico
Gerald Kirenga, MD, MMED
Clinical Lecturer, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Rwanda
Gikondo Campus
Kigali, Rwanda
Prevalence and Interrelationship of Insomnia and Depression Among Medical Students at the UMST
Prajjwol Luitel, MBBS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Perioperative Health Equity and Anesthesia,
T. U. Teaching Hospital,
Maharajgunj, Nepal
Optimal Ephedrine Dose to Prevent Maternal Hypotension in Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
Gebrehiwot Tegu, MSc, PhD Fellow
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Bahir Dar University College of Medicine and Health Sciences School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesia
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Priorities for African Postoperative Pain Research: An International Delphi Study
Eugene Tuyishime, MMED
Assistant Program Director for Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine,
University of Rwanda,
Kigali, Rwanda
Solutions To Reduce Burnout Syndrome Among Perioperative Professionals in Low Resources Settings
Xinyan Wang, MD
Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University,
Beijing, China
Effects of Vasopressors on Cerebral Hemodynamics in Patients with Carotid Endarterectomy
Thank You to the IARS International Subcommittee!
The IARS recognizes and thanks the IARS International Subcommittee for all they contributed to making this travel grant opportunity possible for the global anesthesiology community. We greatly appreciate their vision and hard work. The IARS is extremely fortunate to have dedicated volunteer leaders like them to help lead our mission to advance the science and practice of medicine.
IARS International Subcommittee
Chair
Dr. Patrick Olomu, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Members
Dr. Ezzat Samy Aziz, Cairo University Hospital, EGYPT
Dr. Xueqin Ding, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Lena E. Dohlman, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Bradley Fritz, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Mada Helou, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Yuguang (Gary) Huang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, CHINA
Dr. Marina Moguilevitch, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Dr. Hiroshi Morimatsu, Okayama University, Okayama, JAPAN
Dr. Kristin Schreiber, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Shagun Bhatia Shah, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, INDIA
Dr. Coridalia Wald, UMass Chan Medical School, Worchester, MA
Dr. Patrick Olomu, University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Members
Dr. Ezzat Samy Aziz, Cairo University Hospital, EGYPT
Dr. Xueqin Ding, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Lena E. Dohlman, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Bradley Fritz, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Mada Helou, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Yuguang (Gary) Huang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, CHINA
Dr. Marina Moguilevitch, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Dr. Hiroshi Morimatsu, Okayama University, Okayama, JAPAN
Dr. Kristin Schreiber, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Shagun Bhatia Shah, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, INDIA
Dr. Coridalia Wald, UMass Chan Medical School, Worchester, MA
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