Application Requirements 2009

International Surgical Society Foundation (ISS/SIC Foundation)
International Travel Grants for Surgeons

The International Society of Surgery Foundation (ISS/SIC Foundation) will offer a number of USD 2,000 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 43rd Congress of the ISS/SIC at International Surgical Week (ISW) in Adelaide, Australia September 06-10, 2009. 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. The selection committee represented by the Board of Directors of the Foundation requires that:

• Applicants must be living and working in a developing country at low salary
• 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
• Applicants must have demonstrated a commitment to teaching and/or research in accordance with the standards of the applicant’s country of origin
• Applicants must submit separate lists of all published scientific journal articles, book chapters and abstracts (avoid articles in press)
• Applicants must submit a short statement of personal goals and career objectives in the discipline of surgery
• Applicants must submit a portrait photograph
• 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

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 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.

Travel award applications for the 2009 Adelaide Congress must be received at the address below on or before December 31, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified by March 31, 2009.

download:  ISSF_announcementISW2009_ApplicationForm080730.doc

Please complete the application form and submit all material as noted above to Prof. Jay L. Grosfeld, Secretary-Treasurer of the ISS Foundation and send a copy to the ISS/SIC Administrative Office electronically (See email addresses below). The award must be used for the Adelaide meeting. It cannot be postponed. Applicants who receive the award are expected to submit a report of the experience provided through the scholarship to the Foundation office at the completion of the meeting.

Awardees should be prepared that Visa application for Australia might take a long time and therefore should initiate the process in good time.

Submit to:

Jay L. Grosfeld, MD
Secretary-Treasurer, ISSF
702 Barnhill Drive – Suite 2500
Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
e-mail: jgrosfel@iupui.edu

Send copy to:
ISS/SIC Administrative Office: surgery@iss-sic.ch