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For Early Career Surgeons
Matthew Gerdisch Fellowship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 1, 2026
Aldo R. Castañeda Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Congenital
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Aortic Training Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Jack A. Roth Fellowship in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Congenital
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Tirone E. David International Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
AATS Meeting Travel Awards
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
For Medical Students
Medical Student Opportunity Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
AATS Meeting Travel Awards
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
For Mid-Career Surgeons
Tirone E. David International Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
AATS Meeting Travel Awards
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
For Residents/ Fellows
Matthew Gerdisch Fellows Training Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 1, 2026
Matthew Gerdisch Fellowship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 1, 2026
Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Clinical Trial Research Training Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
AATS Meeting Travel Awards
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
For Program Directors/ Lectureships
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Senior Surgeons
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
Upcoming Programs
The AATS or AATS Foundation are not currently accepting applications for the following programs.
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For Early Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Academic Excellence Award
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: TBA
Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: TBA
James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
For Medical Students
Summer Intern Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
For Mid-Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
For Residents/ Fellows
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: TBA
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 2, 2026
For Program Directors/ Lectureships
AATS Foundation Lawrence H. Cohn Lectureship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: TBA
AATS Foundation Timothy J. Gardner Lectureship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: TBA
For Senior Surgeons
Matthew Gerdisch Institutional Scholarship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2026
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
Recent Donors
The AATS wishes to thank the following donors for their recent contributions to the important work of the Foundation. Join the list by making your donation to the next generation of surgeons.
Dr. John J. Lamberti
Dr. Robin Varghese
Dr. Jay K. Bhama
Dr. Pablo G. Sanchez
John G. Markley
Dr. Siavash Saadat
Dr. David Berkheim
Michael J. Reardon
Dr. Saad Hasan
Mr. Robert Kroslowitz
Michael T. Jaklitsch
Mr. Matheus Cipriano Vidal Heluany
Dr. Peter Wearden
Prof. Kuang-Tai Kuo
Allison Davila
Dr. Christos I. Stavropoulos
Ourania A. Preventza
Dr. Stephen James Huddleston
Dr. Ravi Rajaram
Dr. YIYU YIN
Dr. Hossein Almassi
Dr. Semih Bayraktar
Anelechi C. Anyanwu
Dr. Afshin Ehsan
Dr. Wei Feng
John H. Sanders, Jr.
Jason Long
Sudish C. Murthy
Dr. Michael Lanuti
Dr. Ashok Muniappan