AATS and AATS Foundation programs are advancing innovation in cardiothoracic surgery around the world. Some have been in effect for decades, others have been added over time. The Association and Foundation have been a major force in the field, reaching surgeons from six continents. Fellowships and research scholarships bring the community of cardiothoracic surgeons together and create bonds that last lifetimes. Below is a complete listing of research and educational programs available. You may also use our search feature to filter program opportunities.
Flagship Program
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Research
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Annual Meeting Program
Resident Poster Competition
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 31, 2023
- Deadline: February 5, 2024
Resident Case Report Competition
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 31, 2023
- Deadline: February 6, 2024
Annual Meeting Travel Awards
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: February 1, 2024
- Deadline: March 15, 2024
Career Development Award
AATS Foundation Equity Award
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Fellowship
Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Emerging Thoracic Surgical Oncologist Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Aldo R. Castañeda Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Congenital
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Jack A. Roth Fellowship in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Congenital
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Matthew Gerdisch Fellowship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Lectureship
AATS Foundation Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
AATS Foundation Lawrence H. Cohn Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Research Grant
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Research
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Scholarship
Medical Student Diversity Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Summer Intern Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Training Program or Course
Cardiac Surgical Robotics Program
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 15, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
Academic Award
Academic Excellence Award
- Specialty: Multi-specialty