Holding Pressure - Medical Student Conference Travel Scholarships

Travel/Research Scholarships for Medical Students

 

National Meetings:

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) and Vascular Annual Meeting

Date: 6/15-18, 2022 in Boston

Hosting organizations: Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), and VESS
Available scholarships for students

• SVS General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship
• Includes: A financial award to be used toward the cost of travel expenses during the period of the Vascular Annual Meeting, Complimentary meeting registration. Opportunity to participate in a mock interview practice session
• Application: Demographic information and Statement of interest in written or video form
• Deadline: 3/9 4pm EST
• Link

 

SVS Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship

• Same deadline and process as above but for medical students who are part of minority group based on gender or ethnicity
• Link

 

VESS Winter

Date: 2/23-26, 2023 in Whistler, Canada

Host: VESS

Available scholarships for students

• 2022 VESS Next Generation Student Mentor Program
• To introduce medical students from around the country to the dynamic specialty of vascular surgery.
• To embrace the students and make them feel part of the fellowship atmosphere of the VESS annual meeting.
• To provide opportunities for meaningful interaction between the students and vascular surgery residents, fellows, and young faculty in attendance.
• The VESS will provide each student in attendance a $1,500 scholarship to defray the cost of travel to the meeting.
• Deadline: to be determined, but applications will open this summer
• Link  

 

VRIC (Vascular Research Initiative Conference)

Emphasizes the exchange of basic and translational vascular science 

Date: 5/11/2022 in Seattle

Host: SVS

Available scholarships for students

• Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Award
• Award of 1,000 dollars for any trainee from pre-medical students all the way to fellows to present their research at VRIC conference
• Top-scoring abstracts submitted to the VRIC by trainees will be considered for the award.
• Deadline: past but should be recurrent
• Link

 

 

The Venous Symposium (Virtual)

Date: 4/21-4/23

Abstract submission open until 3/24

Available scholarship for students

• Venous Symposium Physician-in-Training Scholarship
• Tuition for the 2022 Venous Symposium Virtual on Thursday, April 21 – to Saturday, April 23, 2022
• On-demand access to the educational program and exhibit hall for an entire year
• Course materials and access to presentations online
• Deadline: no specific deadline, but reviewed regularly
• Link

 

 

VENOUS2022:

Date: 2/23-26 in Orlando

Hosting Organization: American Venous Forum (AVF)

 

SCVS 49th Annual symposium

Date: 3/19-23 in Las Vegas

Host: Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS)

 

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SVS Foundation Student Research Fellowship

Aimed to stimulate laboratory and clinical vascular research by undergraduate college students and medical school students registered at universities in the United States and Canada.

• Includes: a $3,000 award and a two-year complimentary subscription to the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
• Application:
• Needs SVS member as sponsor, and a letter of support from the sponsor
• Have a research plan and fill out a research plan instruction and form
• Submit NIH style Biosketch and CV for both the student and sponsoring member
• Deadline: February 14, 2022
• Link 

 

 

Additional Resources

 

Getting Started Using the VQI for Research

Getting Started with Basic Science Research

 

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