Traveling Fellowship to Australia and New Zealand Grant

The Traveling Fellowship to Australia and New Zealand, offered by the American College of Surgeons, promotes international collaboration in surgical science and education. Applicants can receive $10,000 to cover travel costs while engaging in professional exchanges. The fellowship requires a minimum stay of two to three weeks, participation in key surgical congresses, and visits to medical centers. This initiative fosters academic partnerships and cultural interactions between surgeons from North America and the Australasian region.

The International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons announces the availability of a traveling Fellowship to Australia and New Zealand. Open call for applications is in September.
The ACS Traveling Fellow will visit Australia and New Zealand, and a Traveling Fellow from Australia or New Zealand will visit North America. The purpose of this fellowship is to encourage the international exchange of information concerning surgical science, practice, and education and to establish professional and academic collaborations and friendships.
Financial Support
The College will provide the sum of $10,000 U.S. to the successful applicant.
The awardee must meet all travel, living expenses, and registration. Senior Chapter representatives will consult with the Fellow about the centers to be visited in Australia and New Zealand, the local arrangements for each center, and other advice and recommendations about travel schedules. The Fellow is to make their own travel arrangements in North America, which makes available reduced fares and travel packages more available for travel to Australia and New Zealand.

Eligibility

The Fellow is required to spend a minimum of two or three weeks in Australia and New Zealand.To attend and participate in the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, which will be held in Perth, AustraliaTo participate in the formal convocation ceremony of that congressTo attend and address the ANZ Chapter meeting during that congressTo visit at least two medical centers in Australia and New Zealand before or after the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to lecture and to share clinical and scientific expertise with the local surgeonsIn the event that the selected applicant is from a surgical specialty which is not participating in the RACS Congress, specific negotiations will be necessary to ensure the Traveling Fellow’s participation in a national meeting of that specialty.The academic and geographic aspects of the itinerary will be finalized in consultation and mutual agreement between the Fellow and the President or designated representative of the Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. The surgical centers to be visited depend to some extent on the special interests and expertise of the Fellow and his or her previously established professional contacts with surgeons in Australia and New Zealand.His or her spouse is welcome to accompany the successful applicant. There will be many opportunities for social interaction, as well as these professional activities.