
Travel Grants on offer for the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) & Cancer Symptom Trials (CST) Annual Research Forum 2023
- by Maria Lopez
- February 2, 2023
The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) is offering five $1,000 travel grants and complimentary registrations for the PaCCSC & CST Annual Research Forum 2023 on 15 and 16 March in Sydney.
PaCCSC is an Australia-wide research network that aims to improve the wellbeing of people with life-limiting illnesses through the generation of high quality research evidence to support effective palliative care clinical interventions.
PaCCSC and CST are
The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) is offering five $1,000 travel grants and complimentary registrations for the PaCCSC & CST Annual Research Forum 2023 on 15 and 16 March in Sydney.
The PaCCSC & CST Annual Research Forum is their principal annual event. Past forums have supported new study ideas, provided networking opportunities, and forged new collaborations.
This year’s theme is Bridging Silos: cross-disciplinary clinical trials.
To be eligible for the travel grants you must:
- Be a PaCCSC member (or have submitted a membership application by 25 February 2023).
- Work in rural or regional NSW (outside the Sydney metropolitan area).
- Work at least 0.4FTE in palliative care as a clinician (or researcher whose research is predominantly in a palliative population).
- Have an interest in palliative care clinical research.
- Have approval from your supervisor (to confirm your employment eligibility and to invoice for the travel grant funds).
Grants will be awarded to eligible parties on a first come first served basis with all grants issued by mid-February or until fully prescribed.
Please note:
- Travel grants will be paid to your employer on receipt of an invoice.
- Invoice details will be issued upon confirmation of travel grant.
- Complimentary forum registration will also be given (valued at $200) with a discount code being issued upon confirmation of travel grant.
- All travel bookings are to be made by the grant recipient and no further funding will be provided by PaCCSC if costs are greater than the grant amount.
Submit your expression of interest by 25 February 2023 to Linda Brown, National Manager, PaCCSC by email to linda.brown@uts.edu.au.
PaCCSC has received funding from the NSW Ministry of Health to support this initiative.

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