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American College of Phlebology Walter P. de Groot, MD International Scholarship

Eligibility
International Physicians
Both international members and non-members who have not attended a meeting of the ACP are eligible to apply for the de Groot Travel Scholarship Award which will provide funding to attend an ACP educational meeting.

Purpose
The award, in the amount of $2500.00 (US dollars) will help defray travel, accommodation, and registration costs of the ACP Meeting chosen. Three international physicians will be chosen annually.

Requirements
Applicants must submit a completed application form. Write a letter (written in English) that explains their anticipated benefits from participation in this ACP educational meeting along with a copy of their curriculum vitae (CV).

Review Process
Applications must be submitted by the deadline stated below. They will be reviewed by the ACP International Affairs Committee. Members will have preference, but membership to ACP is not a requirement. The selection process will be based on demographic location, experience in phlebology, and past, present and future contributions to phlebology.

Those applicants who are awarded the de Groot award will be funded on site at the end of the educational meeting. Awardees will be responsible for registration, hotel and accomodations. Recipients will be requested to provide a follow-up essay or white paper describing the benefits they received from attending the meeting. This essay may be posted on the ACP website and/or in the Vein Line newsletter.

Applications are DUE on June 1, 2012.

American College of Phlebology
101 Callan Avenue, Suite 210
San Leandro, California
94577 USA

Phone: 510.346.6800

Fax: 510.346.6808

JOBST Research Award of the Advancement of Phlebology

The purpose of the JOBST Research Award of the Advancement of Phlebology is to stimulate research in the expanding specialty of phlebology. Through this award, we aim to fund projects directed at wound healing (value of compression), edema/lymphedema management, venous hemodynamics with compression, comparative studies with various sclerosants, ambulatory phlebectomy, venous surgery and vascular malformations.

Eligibility
Applicants must complete and submit the application by the designated deadline. Award recipients must be available to attend the Annual Congress to present their research on the approved topic. Acceptance of the award also includes approval to publish results in Phlebology, the official journal of the American College of Phlebology.

Award
$15,000 ($2,400 per month for quarterly or as scheduled, depending on timeline, plus a $3,000 stipend for presentation at the November Annual Congress)

Application Deadline: May 1, 2012

Presentation: Present research at the November Annual Congress of the American College of Phlebology following the application acceptance

Publication: Results may be published in Phlebology, the official journal of the American College of Phlebology

American College of Phlebology
101 Callan Avenue, Suite 210
San Leandro, California
94577 USA

Phone: 510.346.6800

Fax: 510.346.6808