Education & Training
Awards & Fellowships
Abdel Hay Mashhour/SICOT Award
Funded by Prof Abdel Hay Mashhour (Tantra University, Egypt)
Three prizes of USD 1,000 each are awarded at the Closing Ceremony of Triennial World Congresses. One prize is given to a trainee of the Faculty of Medicine of Tantra University in Egypt, and two other awardees are chosen from all applications received. The purpose of the award is to help young orthopaedic trainees attend a SICOT Triennial World Congress.
Prerequisites: candidates must be trainees.
Documents to submit: application letter, CV, and letter from supervisor.
Deadline: applications should be sent to the SICOT Head Office before 1 April in the year of the Triennial World Congress. (Next deadline: 1 April 2011)
Assiut University/SICOT Training Fellowships
Co-funded by the Assiut University, SICOT, and the SICOT Foundation
Four to eight annual fellowships for a 3 to 6 months' training programme in the Assiut University Teaching Hospital are available for young English-speaking surgeons from Africa. The fellowship includes:
- free full-board accommodation at the hospital,
- USD 100 per month for expenses, and
- a round trip economy class air ticket.
The purpose of the fellowship is to receive training and experience. Permanent training programmes start in March and September.
Prerequisites: candidates must be under 40 at the beginning of the fellowship and members of SICOT.
Deadline: applications are welcome throughout the year and should be sent to Prof Galal Zaki Said.
Canadian SICOT Scholarship
Funded by the SICOT Foundation
A travel award to support the service visit of an orthopaedic surgeon, experienced in administration, to an orthopaedic unit for an evaluation. The evaluation is to recommend means by which the quality or quantity of care to patients can be improved.
Deadline: applications are welcome throughout the year and should be sent to the SICOT Foundation.
German SICOT Fellowship
Funded by the SICOT German section
The fellowship was awarded for the first time in 2005 to the two best candidates who passed the annual SICOT Diploma Examination. The two fellows are invited to visit well-known German orthopaedic centres for a period of four weeks. Travel is organised by the German Section of SICOT. Special interests of the fellows will be taken into consideration in the choice of hosting centres. The sponsorship also includes: an economy class air ticket, food and accommodation, travel expenses within Germany and an allowance up to a maximum total of EUR 2,500 per fellow.
The two candidates (who must be members of SICOT) are selected by the Board of Examiners at the end of the SICOT Diploma Examination. Besides an excellent exam, good knowledge of the English language is the main selection criterion.
The purpose of the fellowship is to reward participants in the examination for their achievements and to give them the opportunity to meet with leading German orthopaedic surgeons.
Korean SICOT Award
Funded by the SICOT Foundation
Awarded at the Closing Ceremony of each Triennial World Congress to young orthopaedic surgeons. The prize of USD 3,000 is granted to one surgeon, or shared by two orthopaedic surgeons. The purpose is to help young surgeons attend a SICOT Triennial World Congress.
Prerequisites: candidates must be under 40 and members of SICOT.
Documents to submit: application letter indicating travel costs, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and SICOT Membership Application Form (unless already a SICOT member).
Deadline: applications should be sent to the SICOT Head Office before 28 February in the year of the Triennial World Congress. (Next deadline: 28 February 2011)
Lester Lowe SICOT Awards
Funded by the SICOT Foundation
Two prizes of up to USD 1,000 each to help cover travel costs and a diploma are awarded at the Closing Ceremony of Annual International Conferences. The purpose is to allow trainees to attend a SICOT Annual International Conference.
Prerequisites: candidates must be trainees under 35 and members of SICOT.
Documents to submit: application letter stating the cost of an economy return airfare to the conference location, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and SICOT Membership Application Form (unless already a SICOT member).
Deadline: applications should be sent to the SICOT Head Office before 1 April in the year of the Annual International Conference. (Next deadline: 1 April 2012)
Marcela Uribe Zamudio Awards
Funded by the SICOT Foundation
Two prizes of up to USD 2,000 each are awarded during the Closing Ceremony at each Triennial World Congress to women orthopaedic surgeons under 40 or trainees who have completed original scientific work in orthopaedics or traumatology within the last three years. The purpose of the award is to encourage young researchers and clinicians.
Prerequisites: candidates must be women orthopaedic surgeons under 40 or trainees who have completed original scientific work in orthopaedics or traumatology within the last three years.
Documents to submit: application letter, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and copy of one piece of personal work completed within the last three years.
Deadline: applications should be sent to the SICOT Head Office before 28 February in the year of the Triennial World Congress. (Next deadline: 28 February 2011)
SICOT Oral Presentation Awards
Sponsored by the SICOT Congress/Conference
The presenting authors of the ten best oral papers present their papers for a second time at the Best Papers Session during the Annual International Conferences and Triennial World Congresses. The presenting authors of the three best oral presentations selected during this session are each awarded a prize of EUR 500 at the Closing Ceremony. All ten presenting authors receive a diploma of recognition.
SICOT Poster Awards
Sponsored by the SICOT Congress/Conference
Ten diplomas of recognition together with three prizes of EUR 500 each for the three best posters are awarded at the Closing Ceremony of each Annual International Conference and Triennial World Congress to presenting authors.
SICOT/SIROT Award
Funded by the SICOT Foundation
USD 2,000 are awarded during the Closing Ceremony at each Triennial World Congress to the author(s) of original research work in orthopaedics or traumatology completed within the three years prior to a SICOT Triennial World Congress. The purpose of the award is to help candidates attend the Congress.
Prerequisites: candidates must be under 45 and members of SICOT.
Documents to submit: CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, copy of the scientific work (full text and illustrations), and SICOT Membership Application Form (unless already a SICOT member).
Deadline: applications should be sent to the SICOT Head Office before 31 December in the year prior to the Triennial World Congress. (Next deadline: 31 December 2010)
SICOT Trainees Best Paper Award
Sponsored by the SICOT Trainees' Meeting
A diploma of recognition and a prize are awarded at the Closing Ceremony of each Trainees' Meeting to the author of the best paper. The prize is a three-year free membership to SICOT.
SICOT Travelling Fellowships
Funded by SICOT
Information about the SICOT Travelling Fellowships is available here.
Addresses for applications
Please check the name of the organisation you should apply to before sending your application!
SICOT aisbl
Rue Washington 40 – b.9
BE-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Fax: +32 2 649 8601
E-mail: awards@sicot.org
The SICOT Foundation
395 Ellerton
Town of Mount-Royal
P.Q. Canada H3P 1E1
Prof Galal Zaki Said
Faculty of Medicine
Assiut University
P.O. Box 110
Assiut
Egypt
Fax: +2088 2400 435
E-mail: gzsaid@yahoo.com