1. Radiology Post-graduate students who are presently in training as part of MD, DMRD or DNB course in Radiology.
2. The student must have duly registered and attended one of the Radiology Residents HOT-SEAT Review Course in 2019 or later.
3. The applicant is also eligible to apply for the travel grant, after registration for the course and before attending the same course. The student may therefore apply for the grant, soon after his/her successful registration for the forthcoming course.

Selection procedure:

1. The applications will be invited twice every year and ONE student will receive the grant during each HOT-SEAT course in the month of February and August. The last date of application for the February course will be 31st January and for the August course will be 31st July.
2. Submitted applications will be initially evaluated for fulfillment of eligibility criteria. ONE student will be selected from the eligible applicants based on the Curriculum Vitae and personal statement by the applicant.
3. The decision of selection panel will be final. Any queries or requests for reevaluation will not be considered.

How to Apply:

1. The application should be submitted through E-mail only and should be sent to radiologyhotseatreviews@gmail.com
2. Last date for submission of application for the February course will be 31st January and for the August course will be 31st July.
3. The application E-mail should clearly state the subject – ‘Application for travel grant’ and should have following documents as PDF attachments:

- Duly filled-in signed Application form (Downloaded from www.delrad.in and uploaded as PDF file).

- Document from University / NBE to certify student’s registration for the MD/DNB/DMRD course in Radiology.

- Letter from applicant’s department head stating the training details and permission to attend RSNA.

- ‘Certificate of attendance’, if the applicant has already attended the Hot Seat Course.

- ‘Course registration acknowledgement’, if the applicant is duly registered for a forthcoming course.

- Detailed Curriculum Vitae.

- Recent photograph.

- Personal statement (in 300 words) to explain how the applicant plans to utilize the chance to attend RSNA/ESR annual meeting for Radiology education and for his/her academic growth.

Grant disbursement:

1. The name of the student selected for the travel grant will be announced during the Hot Seat Review Course in February & August every year. The selected student will receive the Certificate at this time. Travel grant amount will be paid by account payee cheque / online money transfer, only after the submission of conference attendance certificate, conference registration details, airline boarding passes and student’s bank account details.
2. The selection for the travel grant will remain valid for maximum of TWO years and the selected student should submit the documents for the disbursement of the grant within TWO years, from the date mentioned on the grant certificate.
3. Grant recipients are also expected to provide a brief report summarizing their trip to RSNA, learning experiences and the potential impact on their careers.

Disclaimer:

1. The travel grant by DelRad is only meant to provide PARTIAL financial support to Radiology Post-graduate students to attend the RSNA / ESR annual conferences.
2. The grant will be disbursed as a partial reimbursement after the submission of required documents of the expenses and conference attendance, as mentioned. DelRad will not be responsible for the additional expected or unexpected expenses incurred during the trip.
3. If the selected student fail to provide the stated documents or does not travel to RSNA/ESR meeting within the stipulated period, the grant amount will not be paid at all.
4. Bookings for Air travel & hotel accommodation, visa application and the conference registrations need to be performed by the selected students themselves.