# Julian Costello Travel Bursaries Genoa 2026

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## Post #1 by @marcusbaw

## Opportunity for Future Leaders in Primary Health and Care Informatics to attend the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) 2025 Conference in Genoa.

The British Computer Society Primary Health Care Specialist Group is offering up to three £1,250 travel awards for early career Health and Care Informaticians to attend Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) in Genoa on 25-28 May 2026.

MIE is the annual European Informatics conference co-organised by the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI). These awards are named in memory of Dr Julian Costello a long-time member of the PHCSG.

Applications for 2026 will open on 1st December.
Further information:

https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/primary-health-care-specialist-group/prizes-and-awards/julian-costello-travel-bursaries/

Application details can be found [here](https://www.bcs.org/media/rngbicuz/the-julian-costello-travel-bursaries-genoa.pdf).

Previous winners are listed below.

## 2025 Winner

[Dr Oluyemisi Ibiteye - MIE 2025: Glasgow, United Kingdom](https://www.bcs.org/media/l2wnmlog/mie-2025-reflections-oluyemisi_ibiteye.pdf)

## 2024 Winners

[Dr Hartesh Battu - MIE 2024: Athens, Greece](https://www.bcs.org/media/zbchuvwz/mie2024-blog-hartesh-battu.pdf)
[Dr Jung Yin Tsang - MIE 2024: Athens, Greece](https://www.bcs.org/media/gm4lkbdd/mie2024-blog-jung-yin-tsang.pdf)
Nunu Abdullaa - MIE 2024: Athens, Greece

## 2023 Winners

[Dr James Roberts - MIE 2023: Gothenburg, Sweden](https://www.bcs.org/media/10734/mie2023-blog-james-roberts.pdf)
[Michael Claydon - MIE 2023: Gothenburg, Sweden](https://www.bcs.org/media/10843/mie2023-blog-michael-claydon.pdf)

[Full details about MIE 2023](https://www.mie2023.org/)

## 2022 Winners

Dr Thomas Thwaites – MIE 2022: Nice, France
Dr Bhekizulu Bayana – MIE 2022: Nice, France

The awards are funded by the Medical Software Group.

### Related topics and further information

[Dr Julian Costello - Obituary - #2 by EDU](https://discourse.digitalhealth.net/t/dr-julian-costello-obituary/16349/2)

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