Surgeons International Award
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Applications for the 2025 Surgeons International Award will open mid-2024. Stay tuned for updates on this page.
Professor Richard Bennett and his wife Enid established the Surgeons International Award in 1989.
The objective of the Surgeons International Award is to provide awards to doctors, nurses or other health professionals from developing communities to support short-term visits, usually of four to six weeks duration, to one or more Australian and New Zealand institutions for the purpose of acquiring knowledge, skills and contacts needed for the promotion of improved health services in the recipient's country.
Between its inception and 2017, the Surgeons International Award has enabled 70 health professionals (including surgeons) from 20 countries to access further training opportunities.
The award may cover a return economy class airfare, necessary accommodation costs and living expenses for the recipient. The value of the award varies up to a total amount of A$12,000, depending on the requirements of the candidate's program. More than one award can be made in any one year.
Nomination criteria
- Surgeons participating in the RACS Global Health Program are encouraged to nominate worthy individuals they have identified while undertaking international development activities;
- Surgeons who nominate worthy individuals with whom they have had contact must be willing to accept the responsibility for arranging a suitable program and acting as a personal host to the award recipient.
Nomination information
Nominations must include:
- personal and professional information concerning the nominee;
- objectives of the proposed visit;
- anticipated benefits to the nominee and their home country;
- names of the Global Health Program team members responsible for organising the visit (including accommodation, training program and travel within Australia);
- an outline of the proposed training program and activities;
- letters of recommendation from the nominee's hospital and/or health department with an indication of the local importance of any upskilling resulting from the award.
The award may cover a return economy class airfare, necessary accommodation costs and living expenses for the recipient.
Contact
Scholarships Coordinator, Global Health
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Email: [email protected]