Anatomy Grants

American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section on Tumors/BrainLAB International Research Fellowship

The AANS/CNS Section on Tumors is pleased to announce the establishment of a new international research fellowship program called Section on Tumors /BrainLAB International Research Fellowship.

This name recognizes the partnering of the Tumor Section with BrainLAB AG, who has generously provided the funding for this new fellowship program.

Purpose of Fellowship: To provide a program for neurosurgeons from outside the United States or Canada to perform clinical, translational or basic research in the field of neurosurgical oncology in a clinical and/or laboratory setting within the United States.

Eligibility: The fellowship is open to foreign neurosurgeons or graduating residents from outside the United States or Canada.

Stipend: $50,000 salary support & travel expenses for a period of one year

Important Dates:

* Annual application submission is November 17th
* The fellowship will be awarded on January 15th
* Commencement of the fellowship is July 1 of each year.

Application: The application includes a formal proposal (not to exceed 5 pages) that outlines the aims of the project, the background/rationale for the work, any preliminary results or supporting data for the project, and a detailed study design. The applicant must also submit a personal biographical sketch, a description of future academic plans, and a statement of why studying in the U.S.A. will be important for the completion of the work.

The Sponsoring Investigator of the accepting laboratory/program will be required to submit a letter in support of the applicant, verifying the investigator’s willingness to mentor the applicant and provide necessary space and supplies for the applicant during the project/study period. Two letters of recommendation are also required. Sponsor must be a member of the AANS/CNS Tumor Section.

Host institutions: The Tumor Section has established a list of investigators in the U.S.A. who are interested in sponsoring a foreign neurosurgeon:

Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic/Brain Tumor Institute-Center for Translational Therapeutics
Johns Hopkins
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Stanford University Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, David Gaffen School of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Toronto

Review Process: Fellows will be chosen through a competitive application process open to all foreign neurosurgeons or graduating residents from outside the United States or Canada. A review committee, consisting of the chairman of the AANS/CNS Tumor Section and five others appointed by the chairman, will examine all submissions. Applications will be judged based on the novelty and scientific merit of the proposed study, the credentials of the applicant, and the support provided by the accepting program/laboratory.

Investigative Categories: Although the focus must be on neurosurgical oncology, all categories of investigative studies will be considered eligible for this fellowship, including (but not limited to) basic science, epidemiology, anatomic studies, preclinical or translational studies, and clinical trials. Areas of study may be within any subspecialty of neurosurgical oncology, including (but not limited to) primary brain tumors, metastatic brain tumors, spine and spinal cord tumors, peripheral nerve tumors, and skull base tumors. Preference will be given to proposals undertaking hypothesis-driven research.

Awarded Fellows: The winning fellow will be required to submit a written Mid-Year Progress Report and, at the completion of the project, a written Summary Report describing the results of the study. The applicant may also present an oral summary of the project at the AANS or CNS Annual Meeting upon completion of the fellowship.

It is hoped that this fellowship will become a source of education and collaboration between centers in the US and foreign countries. The Section on Tumors thanks all those who have worked so hard to make this fellowship possible. The Section is particularly grateful to BrainLAB AG who have provide the financial support for this program through an educational grant.

For more information please contact the Development Department of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) at 847-378-0500 or jaq@aans.org.

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Peter B. Samuels Essay Award Competition

The Peter B. Samuels Award winner will receive a $1,000 Cash Award, reimbursement for roundtrip coach airfare travel to the meeting (the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery's 39th Annual Symposium), and 2 night’s hotel accommodations.

-- This competition is open to medical students of a University or Affiliated Hospital, residents in a Surgical or Vascular Surgical Residency or fellows in a Vascular Surgery Fellowship. Open to training programs in the United States or Canada only.
-- Submissions for consideration must be original papers on a subject related to vascular surgery that have not been previously published nor presented.
-- Abstracts may be based on either experimental or clinical observations, or may be analytical, based on analysis and review of previously published data on the anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, or genetics of the vascular system and its disease.

Finalists for this award will be notified and must submit an electronic copy of their manuscript to the Society’s office by January 7, 2011. You may indicate your interest in being considered for this award, by checking the appropriate box during the abstract submission process.

Allastair Karmody Poster Competition

First Round winners will each receive a $500 cash award.

The Karmody Poster Competition winner will receive an additional $500 cash award.

-- The competition is limited to Fellows, Residents and Medical Students.
-- All abstracts accepted for Poster Presentation will be considered. No additional field needs to be marked during the abstract submission process.
-- Submissions must be original papers on a subject related to vascular surgery that have not been previously published nor presented.
-- Abstracts may be based on either experimental or clinical observations, or it may be analytical, based on analysis and review of previously published data on the anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, or genetics of the vascular system and its disease.
-- An author can only present one paper for the competition. Additional papers must be presented by another author.

The Karmody Poster Competition will feature a 2-round judging process. Posters will be divided into topic groups with approximately the same number of posters in each group. Authors must attend the entire First Round session to be considered for the Karmody Award.

First Round: Authors give a timed, 3-minute presentation; then respond to questions posed by other authors and attendees in their topic group. Topic groups run concurrently until all posters have been presented once. The authors and attendees of each group will score all posters in that group. Based on the peer scoring, a First Round winner will be selected for each group.

Final Round: First Round winners will again give 3-minute presentations / 2 minutes discussion to the entire poster session audience. The assigned moderators of the First Round will score the Final Round presentations. The Final Round winner is designated the Allastair Karmody Competition winner.

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
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Beverly, MA 01915

phone: 978-927-8330
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