ACIMH Offering Complimentary Student Scholarships to 2016 ICIMH

The Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH) has offered 10 complimentary student registrations to the 2016 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH). The ICIMH will be held May 18–20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 10 scholarships will be awarded through a competitive process. Applicants are invited to submit their resume plus an essay that describes in less than 500 words the applicant’s interest, experience, and commitment to any of the four tracks explored at the conference: clinical care, education, research, and policy. Materials may be submitted to rclugston@accahc.org.

The deadline for submitting applications is January 7, 2016; decisions will be announced by February 1, 2016.

The award is only for the conference fee—travel costs to Las Vegas are not included.

For more information on the conference, visit www.icimh.org.

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