The ESSO Education Committee offers a number of training fellowships to support trainees in Surgical Oncology. Both European and non-European citizens can apply. European applicants may choose to visit European or non-European units, while non-European applicants must choose to visit a European centre. The Education and Training Committee grants two types of fellowships each year: (1) Up to 10 Standard training fellowships (value 2.000 EUR): from 1 to 3 months, (2) 1 major training fellowship (value 10.000 EUR): from 4 to 12 months. The application deadline is 31st October 2015.
Study Subject(s): Fellowship is awarded in the field of Surgical Oncology.
Course Level: Fellowship is available for clinical training or research training to young surgeons.
Scholarship Provider: European Society of Surgical Oncology, Belgium
Scholarship can be taken at: European applicants may choose to visit European or non-European units, while non-European applicants must choose to visit a European centre.
Eligibility:
-Applicants must be a specialist, trainee or junior doctor with a declared intention of specialising in a sub-specialty of surgical oncology (breast, upper GI, hepatobiliary and pancreatic, colorectal, endocrine, head and neck, thoracic, skin cancer and melanoma, gynaecology, urology, sarcoma).
-Applicants must be or become ESSO members before the start date of the award.
-Applicants must be younger than 40 years of age.
-Both European and non-European citizens can apply. European applicants may choose to visit European or non-European units, while non-European applicants must choose to visit a European centre.
-Previous Fellowship recipients will be ineligible to apply for a second award.
Scholarship Open for International Students: European and non-European citizens can apply for these fellowships.
Scholarship Description:
The ESSO Education Committee offers a number of Training Fellowships to support trainees in Surgical Oncology. The aim is to allow young surgeons to visit a specialist centre outside of their own country, expand their experience and learn new techniques. These fellowships are competitive and applicants require support from the Head of their own department as well as from the Head of the department they wish to visit.
Number of award(s): The Education and Training Committee grants two types of fellowships each year: up to 10 Standard training fellowships and 1 major training fellowship.
Duration of award(s): The trainee-ship period should occur within one year. Standard training fellowships duration is from 1 to 3 months and 4 to 12 months for major training fellowship.
What does it cover?
The value of Standard training fellowships is 2.000 EUR and 10.000 EUR for major training fellowship.
The value of Standard training fellowships is 2.000 EUR and 10.000 EUR for major training fellowship.
Selection criteria: Not Known
Notification: Not Known
How to Apply: Please send back your application form duly completed and all supporting documents by post, by fax or via e-mail. Applications must be submitted in English only and include the following information:
-a motivation letter describing the applicant’s area of interest, research plan and reasons behind the visit;
-a completed curriculum vitae application form available from the ESSO website,
-a letter of support from their Head of Department,
-a letter of invitation from the Head of the Department they wish to visit.
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