E O Myers Trust Fund

The E O Myers Trust Fund provides grants to support medical education, advancing the knowledge and skill of cardiology health professionals in South Australia.

Travel criteria

This travel grant is available to assist with expenses relating to:

• Travel costs to attend a cardiology-related conference or meeting

• Travel costs to gain experience and knowledge from other cardiac units

• Travel costs associated with inviting recognised experts from interstate or overseas to impart their skills and experience

• The costs of hosting a cardiology-related meeting within Australia

Eligibility 

For an application to be eligible, the applicant must:

• be a health professional working in a cardiac unit of a South Australian hospital, or a postgraduate student based in South Australia,

• meet one of the above travel criteria,

• be applying for future travel and not for retrospective expenditure,

• acknowledge any similar funding received from another source, and 

• not have received funding from the E O Myers Trust within the last two years.

What’s the value of the grant? 

In 2024 we are pleased to offer the following grants:

• three grants up to the value of $1500 for domestic related activities.

• two grants up to the value of $3000 to support international activities.

When can you apply?

The E O Myers Trust Travel Grant opens once per year for applications.

Applications open 15 April 2024

Applications close 31 May 2024

How should you apply?

Applications should be in the form of a letter outlining the purpose of the grant request and must include supporting documentation regarding relevant costs (provide quotes/estimates where possible).

Applications also require a letter of support from either a senior manager in your hospital or your supervisor at your institute.

Email applications to [email protected]