Mini Fellowships
ESPRAS Mini-Fellowship Program - ESPRAS High Potential Young Plastic Surgeon Award/Travel Grant
The ESPRAS Mini-Fellowship Program (EMFP) aims to create a network of European educational institutions in Plastic Surgery in order to improve attending/consultant and resident exchange across Europe.
European residents in their last two years of training and 1st and 2nd year attendings/consultants can apply via the link for financial support for short visits to Plastic Surgery Centres.
A list of participating centres will be available on the ESPRAS web page with further information to assist the applicant with their choice.
Mini-Fellowships range from 2 days to 2 weeks in duration, depending on the applicants wishes and the centres’ ability to host them.
ESPRAS will sponsor up to 10 Mini-Fellowships a year to a value of 500€ for applicants whose national society has paid their current ESPRAS membership dues.
An ESPRAS review board will evaluate the applications twice a year. Closing dates for applications are 30th June and 31st December and the review Board will take 4 weeks for evaluation and confirmation of awards.
The main goal of the ESPRAS Mini-Fellowship Program is to improve interprofessional relationships between plastic surgeons in all the countries and foster the further development of the European Plastic Surgery community .
We will open the application process for Fellows as soon we have enough host institutions!
Mini-Fellowship Rules
- The purpose of the ESPRAS fellowship is to provide the fellow with the opportunity to study the art, science, and skills of plastic surgery from excellent teachers and mentors.
- The ESPRAS Mini-Fellowship programme is intended for plastic surgeons in the last two years of training or who have completed their training within two years of the application in a country that is a member of ESPRAS.
- The applicant must be a citizen of a country that is a member of ESPRAS and the country must have paid their membership dues.
- The Mini-Fellowship is for up to two weeks in an ESPRAS accredited centre in Europe. The applicant can obtain information from the ESPRAS web page.
- The application is made electronically on the ESPRAS webpage and must be submitted by June 30th or 31st December.
The application must contain: - Application letter (one page max.) including the candidate’s preferred unit where they wish to spend their fellowship
- Recommendation letter from head of department or program director
- CV including:
- Contact information including Bank, IBAN and SWIFT/BIC
- Languages
- Current position/year of training
- Clinical field of expertise/interest
- Research experience (including list of presentations and publications)
- Previous visits to other departments
- The Mini-Fellowship must commence within 12 months of being awarded.
- Following approval of the Mini-Fellowship by the Mini-Fellowship Review Board the fellow liaises directly regarding the detailed arrangements with the responsible person at the host centre.
- On completion of the Mini-Fellowship the fellow will provide ESPRAS with written feedback regarding the details of the fellowship including the centre and time of the visit, any lessons learned and any suggestions for further development, (max. 2 pages).
- Each successful fellow will be awarded a printed certificate and 500 Euros transferred to his/her account after the Mini-Fellowship report has been uploaded on the ESPRAS Web page
- The decision of the Mini-Fellowship Review Board is final in all matters related to these Fellowships.
Application as Host
To be accepted into the program, interested institutions should submit their information to the Mini-Fellowship Review Board using the form below:
The responsible person of the hosts site arranges further details of the stay with the fellow. The host provides free accommodation for the time of the fellowship.
In accordance with the local legal requirements the host provides access to the ward, outpatient clinic, operation theatres, and research facilities, and endeavours to provide the best possible education of the fellow.
