2026 E. K. Zavoisky Stipend Program
Deadline for Abstract Submission & Stipend Application:
The ISMRM invites applications for stipends from the E. K. Zavoisky Program, established to support the attendance of scientists and clinicians residing in countries with R&D expenditure below US$250 per capita and don’t have the financial means to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting may apply. The program is named in honor of E. K. Zavoisky, pioneer in MR research from the former USSR. Those applicants who are first authors on the abstract will be given priority. If an applicant has received more than two (2) E. K. Zavoisky stipends to date, the applicant should be the senior or first author of an accepted abstract or case study to receive any further Zavoisky awards. Read more about E.K. Zavoisky in the sidebar.
Who Should Apply?
Scientists and clinicians residing in countries with R&D expenditure below US$250 per capita and don’t have the financial means to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting may apply. Application to the Zavoisky stipend program is incorporated into the online abstract submission process. 2026 ISMRM membership is not required to apply, but will be required of any applicants whose abstracts are accepted (notifications are emailed to first authors in late February). If you are not a member and your abstract is accepted, you will need to complete the membership application process before you can receive your stipend.
Application Requirements:
Application to the E. K. Zavoisky Stipend program is incorporated into the online abstract submission process. It is mandatory that applicants complete the application on the ISMRM abstract submission website, which will require:
- ISMRM ID number;
- Supervisor’s name and contact information (institution and email address); and
- Abstract (first authors will be given preference)
- A copy of the electronic confirmation of your online abstract submission (available on the abstract submission site);
- A letter of application containing the name and contact information of your supervisor, including email address; and
- Your curriculum vitae.
Zavoisky Stipend Application Deadline:
29 October 2025 at 23:59 UTC
See your local time above.
For online abstract submission guidelines, click here.
For the online stipend application form, go to echo.ismrm.org.
Joseph J. H. Ackerman, Ph.D.
Chair, ISMRM Subcommittee on Trainee Stipends
2300 Clayton Road, Suite 620
Concord, CA 94520
Fax: +1 510-841-2340
zavoisky26@ismrm.org
IMPORTANT!
2026 membership is required for this stipend only if your abstract is accepted.
E. K. Zavoisky stipend applicants whose abstracts are accepted must join or pay 2026 dues in order to receive the stipend. You do not need to be a member to apply for this stipend. Failure to join or pay dues after having your abstract accepted will result in your stipend application being denied.
Abstract acceptance notifications will be sent to first authors by early February 2026.
2026 new member applications and dues payment options will be available beginning 01 October 2025. Please contact membership@ismrm.org if you have any questions.
About E. K. Zavoisky
E. K. Zavoisky, from Kazan, Tatarstan, is nowadays acknowledged as the inventor of electron spin resonance. There is also strong support for the thesis that he was the first to observe an NMR signal as early as 1941, but he could not detect the signal reproducibly with the very basic apparatus he was able to build with the limited means available to him.
Due to the political situation at that time, Zavoisky’s work remained largely unnoticed in the West. Although Zavoisky was unquestionably the first to observe spin resonance, the Nobel Prize Committee did not further consider his contribution due to the lack of follow-up papers and his move to other fields.
It is interesting to note that the C.V. of Zavoisky explicitly reports his first trip to an international conference (1961). There is little doubt that the history of spin resonance would be seen from a different perspective if Zavoisky had been able to pursue his work within the awareness of an international scientific community.
It seems, therefore, to be more than appropriate to name a program established to help scientists from around the world to communicate their achievements in the memory of E. K. Zavoisky.