WFSA RESEARCH GRANTS 2011

This year the WFSA Scientific Committee will start a programme of research scholarships. These grants will be provided to young researchers from less affluent countries to help them to travel to a foreign country to study and learn in a research programme. The recipient will have to develop a research project in a Department or a Laboratory of Anaesthesiology for a period of six months to one year, with a final goal of publishing an original paper in an indexed journal. This could form part of an advanced diploma or a PhD thesis.

Three grants of 00 US each will be awarded for the first year. This sum will serve mainly for travel and food. Hosting Departments or Laboratories are asked to provide accommodation during the scholarship.

This call is both for trainees and for Departments and Laboratories who would be willing to host a young researcher.

The deadline for application is October 1^st 2011.

3 copies of the application must be submitted to the WFSA Scientific Committee Chairman:

Professor Philippe SCHERPEREEL

Departement d’Anesthesie Reanimation

Hôpital Claude Huriez

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille

59037 LILLE FRANCE

The applications will be submitted to 2 reviewers, WFSA Scientific Committee members, from geographical areas different to the candidate. They will report their conclusions to the Committee which will decide on the final selection. After informing the WFSA Executive Committee, the results will be communicated to the candidates before December 31, 2011. The grants will be officially awarded during the WFSA General Assembly during the next World Congress of Anaesthesiology in Buenos Aires on March 25-30, 2012. (No travel sponsorship is provided for that but there will be a separate competition for sponsorship to the WCA to which applicants may apply. Application forms are available on line from www.wca2012.com).

Submission of application

To submit an application the candidate must provide:

• the exact title of the project which can be a clinical or laboratory topic,
• a presentation of the objectives and the methods of her/his project (2–3 pages),
• a letter explaining the aim of her/his application,
• a curriculum vitae with the list of previous publications,
• a letter from the Head of the hosting Department/Laboratory indicating his willingness to receive and monitor the candidate, to endorse the project and to provide some facilities for meals and accommodation during the period of fellowship,
• a letter from the candidate’s Chair and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology to support the candidacy and to indicate why the project is useful for the Institution and for the candidate’s career,
• a letter of support from the President of the National Society,
• a letter of commitment from the candidate:
  
  • to use the allocated funds exclusively for purposes of the research project;
  • to publish, within one year after the end of the scholarship, a paper giving the results of her/his research, and acknowledging the WFSA funding;
• Complementary grants are encouraged but must be declared by the candidate.

The Presidents of the National Societies, WFSA members, and the Chairs of Departments of Anaesthesiology are kindly requested to disseminate this information to all the potential candidates.

More information may be obtained from the WFSA Scientific Committee Chairman

Pr. Philippe SCHERPEREEL

Département d’Anesthésie Réanimation

Hôpital Claude Huriez

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille

59037 LILLE France

philippe.scherpereel@chru-lille.fr