Travel Grant Application and Guide 2025
In an effort to forge a diversified MS community within the Asia Pacific Region, the PACTRIMS Travel Grant contributes funds to qualifying individuals’ travel expenses for Congress participation. This is done to encourage participation from healthcare professionals in the Asia Pacific Region, increasing the prominence and importance of research and interest in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the Region and encourage mutually beneficial interaction among MS healthcare professionals.
Eligibility
To qualify, individuals must satisfy the following criteria:
1. Be practicing Healthcare Professionals with experience of 5 years or less in Neurologyincluding the following:
- Specialists/Physicians, Post-Graduate Students/Training Neurologists, Registrars, Medical Officers, Pharmacists, Nurses
2. Have an abstract accepted at the 17th PACTRIMS Congress, 2025.
3. Non-Japanese citizen and from a low-lower-middle-income country (LMIc). See list below. (Travel grant does not apply to Japanese citizens or PR residing in Japan)
List of LMIc
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List of Low-Lower-Middle Income Countries |
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LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES |
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Afghanistan |
Guinea-Bissau |
Somalia |
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Burkina Faso |
Liberia |
South Sudan |
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Burundi |
Madagascar |
Sudan |
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Central African Republic |
Malawi |
Togo |
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Chad |
Mali |
Uganda |
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Congo, Dem. Rep |
Mozambique |
Yemen, Rep. |
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Eritrea |
Niger |
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Ethiopia |
Rwanda |
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Gambia, The |
Sierra Leone |
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LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES |
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Angola |
Jordan |
Samoa |
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Algeria |
India |
São Tomé and Principe |
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Bangladesh |
Kenya |
Senegal |
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Benin |
Kiribati |
Solomon Islands |
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Bhutan |
Kyrgyz Republic |
Sri Lanka |
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Bolivia |
Lao PDR |
Tanzania |
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Cabo Verde |
Lebanon |
Tajikistan |
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Cambodia |
Lesotho |
Timor-Leste |
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Cameroon |
Mauritania |
Tunisia |
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Comoros |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
Ukraine |
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Congo, Rep. |
Mongolia |
Uzbekistan |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
Morocco |
Vanuatu |
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Djibouti |
Myanmar |
Vietnam |
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Egypt, Arab Rep. |
Nepal |
Zambia |
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Eswatini |
Nicaragua |
Zimbabwe |
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Ghana |
Nigeria |
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Guinea |
Pakistan |
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Haiti |
Papua New Guinea |
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Honduras |
Philippines |
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Travel Grant Award Description
The PACTRIMS Travel Grant of USD$ 1,000 is only available to the first 25 applicants; and these applicants must not be Thai residents and PR residing in Thailand. A photocopy of your passport showing your name and nationality and a declaration as proof of five years or less experience as a healthcare professional is required and must be signed by the Head of Department or Institution with your Institution original letterhead. Applicants who are non-Japanese citizens but practice in Japan are not eligible for the grant.
Citizens of Iran, Syria, Crimea, North Korea and Cuba are not eligible for the Travel Grant.
Instructions
Qualifying individuals must fill out an application form available for download online or from the registration desk during the Congress from 13- 15 November 2025.
The following items are important and compulsory in your submission:
- The application form (inclusive of bank account information, and all required fields on the form must be filled in to allow for ease of banking transaction. Please note that the Singapore banks have adopted strict multiple verifications when transferring money to overseas banks and therefore would require complete information before the money could be transferred. Insert the correct SWIFT CODE. PACTRIMS does not guarantee payment if the information provided is incomplete).
- A photocopy of your passport showing your name and nationality
- A declaration of proof of experience from your department head or manager on your Institution's letterhead must be submitted in person to the Secretariat/registration desk latest by 10.00am, Saturday, 15 November 2025. Documents without official letterheads will not be accepted.
Payment
The grant will be credited to qualifying individuals via telegraphic transfer within 90 days after the end of the PACTRIMS Congress. Please provide complete and accurate bank details or PACTRIMS will deduct bank charges of USD$50 for every unsuccessful attempt.
Please note that after 2 unsuccessful attempts, PACTRIMS will rescind and cancel the travel grant.
Submission Deadline
Completed applications and accompanying documents must be received by the Secretariat on or before the last day of the Congress, 15 November 2025 by 10.00am Thailand local time. Late submissions will not be entertained and please adhere strictly to this deadline.