VESS/Medtronic Vascular Resident Research Award Grant

VESS/Medtronic Vascular Resident Research Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Vascular And Endovascular Surgery Society
Amount: US $12,500
Last Updated: August 23, 2025

Summary

The VESS/Medtronic Vascular Resident Research Award offers a $12,500 grant for residents engaged in basic, translational, educational, clinical, or health outcomes research. This funding supports projects initiated during protected academic time, promoting future academic potential and extramural funding opportunities. Eligible residents must collaborate with a VESS Active Member as a mentor. The award may cover direct research costs and limited travel expenses for presenting findings at scientific meetings.

Overview

VESS/Medtronic Resident Research Award One $12,500 grant for basic/translational science, educational, clinical or health outcomes research will be awarded during the VESS annual winter meeting. The VESS Resident Research Award is specifically designed to help residents in training initiate projects during protected academic development time that will lead to future academic potential toward extramural funding for basic or clinical research. Eligible candidates must identify with an accredited general or integrated vascular surgery residency program. Within the award application, along with a proposed academic development plan, a VESS Active Member must be identified as either the dedicated research mentor, sponsor or collaborative investigator on this project.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Residents in training are eligible to apply to initiate projects during their protected academic development time.The purpose of this will lead to future academic potential toward extramural funding for basic or clinical research.It is expected that the winning candidate will be present to accept the award.Recipients of these awards must demonstrate that they have the dedicated research time to complete their proposed project during the year of the award. As a reminder, a VESS Member must be identified as either the dedicated research mentor, sponsor or collaborative investigator on this project.The funds from these awards can only be applied to direct research costs and cannot be used for salaries, benefits, overhead or indirect institutional costs.Funds may be applied to anticipated travel for the applicant to present research findings at a scientific meeting, but must be limited to a maximum of $1,000.

Ineligibility

Applicants are not eligible for award if they are funded by similar resident grants from other societies (ie: SVS, ACS, AAS, etc.).