The International Photoacoustic and Photothermal Association offers partial support for travel expenses to the biennial ICPPP. Among other contributors (subject to fluctuating availability) the fund has been endowed through the generous contribution of Mrs. Eugenia Tam, the wife of the late photoacoustics pioneer Andrew C. Tam. Partial travel funds are distributed to selected scientists (primarily students working on their research degrees and having been approved by the ICPPP Scientific Committee to present their research at the biennial Conference in person), who normally would have financial difficulty in attending the conference. There are no restrictions on the country of application or the location of the conference.
Application for the funds should include the applicant’s curriculum vitae, a short abstract of the work accepted by the ICPPP Committee to be presented at a scheduled conference, and the amount of funding requested (up to US $ 500). An accompanying letter justifying the need for the travel fund is expected to be submitted along with the request.
Applications must be received at least two months before the conference. For the 2026 ICPPP22 in Bonito, Brazil, the deadline for receipt of applications by the IPPA is Friday, April 24, 2026.
Send applications to (emailed applications preferred):
Professor Andreas Mandelis
University of Toronto
5 King’s College Road
Toronto M5S 3G8
CANADA
E-mail: mandelis@mie.utoronto.ca