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ISC Hamao Umezawa Memorial Award

ISC Masaaki Ohkoshi Award

ISC Inter American Society (IASC) Travel Grant

ISC African Travel Bursaries

ISC Young Investigator Travel Award (YITA)

Tom Bergan Memorial Award

John David Williams Memorial Award

Yen's Award (Taiwan) sponsored by the Taiwan Society of Microbiology

ISC International Fellowships
This year, the ISC is launching its International Fellowship Programme. This is an exciting new initiative to fund young investigators to develop their research and / or clinical experience in institutions outside their region. Young colleagues are invited to learn from experienced specialists within the ISC and to take home new ideas and processes that help them improve their clinical or laboratory practice. Click here for full details on how to apply. Please note the deadline for applications was 1st January 2013. Results to be announced very soon.

ISC Research Grants
This is a funding initiative sponsored by the ISC Working Group on Endocarditis and Bloodstream Infections (BSI) to support scientific research projects in the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy of endocarditis and bloodstream infections.

The successful applicant of the BSI grant was the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network which will carry out a "Randomised Controlled Trial of Meropenem versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Definitive Treatment of Bloodstream Infections Due to Ceftriaxone Non-Susceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp."

One of ISC’s principle activities is production of the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents in collaboration with the publisher Elsevier.

The journal provides comprehensive and up-to-date peer reviewed reference information on the physical, pharmacological, in vitro and clinical properties of individual antimicrobial agents. In addition, it signals new trends and developments in the field through highly authoritative review articles on antimicrobial agents, immunomodulators and immunotherapy. Special attention is given to articles providing insight into the problems of antimicrobial resistance, local as well as world-wide, both in the hospital and in the community. Papers on the underlying mechanisms and on immunomodulating agents are also welcome. Both solicited reviews by top experts in the mentioned fields and high-quality original research papers are published.

The journal is thriving due, in no small part, to the diligence of our Editor-in-Chief: Professor Alasdair Geddes, Birmingham, UK. Professor Geddes is also one of the ISC Trustees. 

Note * ISC member societies can take advantage of reduced subscription rates. For further information go to the International Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy click here.

Manuscripts may be submitted via http://ees.elsevier.com/IJAA