INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK / ISW2011

ISS/SIC Foundation Travel Scholarship

The International Society of Surgery Foundation (ISS/SIC Foundation) will offer a number of travel grants to young surgeons from developing countries who have demonstrated interest in teaching and research. The award will permit the recipient access to the 44th Congress of the ISS/SIC at International Surgical Week ISW 2011 in Yokohama, Japan, August 28-September 1, 2011. Awardees will have their registration fee waived. The award is to be a contribution towards travel, hotel and living expenses. Please note that the award does not guarantee total coverage of these costs, which must be met from your own resources.

Applicants must be graduates of Schools of Medicine and younger than age 40 years. Applicants whose careers are in the developing stage are deemed more suitable candidates than those in senior academic positions. Please include your date of birth in the application and a photograph preferably of passport size. Applications will be accepted only when the applicant is in surgical practice, teaching or research for a minimum of one year following completion of all formal training.

Applicants must have demonstrated a commitment to teaching and/or research in accordance with the standards of the applicant's country of origin. They should provide separate lists of all published scientific journal articles, book chapters and abstracts (avoid articles in press), and a short statement of personal goals and career objectives in the discipline of surgery. Since the proceedings of the ISS/SIC Congress are in English, it is expected that applicants have a working knowledge of this language. Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from not more than three of their colleagues, one of whom must be the chairman of the department of surgery in which they hold their appointment. The chairman's letter must include a specific statement detailing the nature and extent of the teaching and other academic involvement of the applicant.

Further information and travel award applications for the 2011 Yokohama Congress can be obtained from the Foundation office or the ISS/SIC website (www.iss-sic.ch). Applications must be submitted electronically on or before December 31, 2010. Successful applicants will be notified by March 31, 2011. The award must be used for the Yokohama meeting. It cannot be postponed. Applicants who receive the award are expected to submit an abstract that will be evaluated for presentation at a travel scholar free paper session in Yokohama. Travel scholars are required to submit a report of the experience provided through the scholarship to the Foundation office at the completion of the meeting.

Submit to:

ISS-Foundation

c/o ISS/SIC

Seltisbergerstrasse 16

CH-4419 Lupsingen

Switzerland

Email : surgery@iss-sic.ch

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IAES Travel Scholarship

Eligibility: Presenting Authors of Oral Abstracts or Poster Abstracts at the IAES meeting in Yokohama, Japan, September 2011

Selection: Preference given to more junior presenting surgeons, and selections that support the IAES mission of broad geographic representation

Application: Presenters who have Oral or Poster Abstracts accepted for the 2011 IAES meeting and who wish to apply for a Travel Award from the IAES should submit:

A cover letter listing the title and number of the accepted abstract, as well as the importance of the award to the applicant
A curriculum vitae that includes listing of the applicant's years of surgical training and prior publications
A letter of reference from a mentor in surgery, explaining the importance of this award to the applicant

Submission: All applications must be complete in the IAES Secretary's office by June 13, 2011, and can be submitted either as hardcopy or electronically by email. Email is preferred, and all received emails will be confirmed by return message. Applicants will be notified of the awards by July 1, 2011.

Geoffrey B. Thompson, M.D.

Secretary-Treasurer, IAES Mayo Clinic

200 First Street SW

Rochester, MN 55905

USA

e-mail: churchward.marilyn@mayo.edu

Award: The awards of 1500 USD will only be made in person to the individual awardee at the IAES meeting in Yokohama

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BSI Travel Award 2011

Breast Surgery International will award a travel award of EURO 650.00 each to a minimum of five young (less than 45 years of age) Breast Surgery International (BSI) member surgeons from developing countries who have an abstract accepted for presentation in the BSI program, in order to help them participate in the ISW 2011 at Yokohama and present their work. The BSI travel award is meant to provide partial financial assistance, and it will be the recipient's own responsibility to organize rest of funds for participation in the Congress.

The travel awardees will be given:

1. Certificate of BSI travel award

2. An award of EURO 500.00 as cash towards registration and accommodation costs in Yokohama to attend the Congress

3. EURO 150.00 towards registration for the BSI Postgraduate Course on Monday, August 29, 2011

A cheque for award money and a certificate will be awarded during the BSI Business meeting on Wednesday, August 31, 2011.

Eligible BSI members are requested to apply with their CV and letter of recommendation from the chairman of their department or from a senior BSI colleague by June 1st, 2011 at the latest. The application may be sent as e-mail or letter to the secretary BSI at the address below. Applicants will be intimated of outcome by June 15th, 2011.

Application to:

Dr Gaurav Agarwal, MS FACS

Secretary BSI

Dept. of Endocrine & Breast Surgery

SGPGIMS

Raebareli Road

Lucknow 226 014

India

Fax: +91 522 266 80 17

E-mail: gaurav@sgpgi.ac.in or GauravBSI@gmail.com

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ISS/SIC US-Chapter Travel Scholarship

Information will be forthcoming.

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