With a grant from Zimmer GmbH, IGASS will support up to 3 travelling fellowships during 2011. IGASS Zimmer Travelling Fellowship Program is reserved for young surgeons from Europe, Middle East and Africa who strongly wish to enlarge and improve their knowledge and competencies in spine surgery. These fellowships will allow the candidates to visit highly qualified teaching surgeons and recognized spine centers of IGASS for 4 weeks duration in max 2 locations.
Candidates must be, at the time of application, below 40 years of age. The fellows will be notified of their selection during the month of January of each year. (except for 2011/ selection will be made in May 2011). The exact date of the fellowship will be chosen by the Head of the selected Centre in accordance with his availability.
Each Zimmer grant consists of maximum 4500 Euro and is meant to cover travel and living expenses of the applicant during his visit.
The fellowship can only be won once. Applicants who have not been selected are allowed to apply again.
Application guidelines:
If you are interested to apply for an IGASS travelling fellowship program for a visit of 4 weeks, you are kindly invited to fill in this application form. Upon receipt a dedicated committee of IGASS will examine your application. You will be informed in written about the decision of the IGASS Fellowship Committee.
The following supporting documents have to be presented together with your application:
Supporting documents
Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Copy of your MD licence
2 letters of recommendation
Name 3 hosting places by your preference according to the “fellowship programs directory”
