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For Early Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Aldo R. Castañeda Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Congenital
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Congenital
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
For Medical Students
Medical Student Diversity Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
For Mid-Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
For Residents
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
For Fellows
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 2, 2023
For Perioperative/Team-Based Care Professional
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 Equity Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Academic Excellence Award
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: TBA
Emerging Thoracic Surgical Oncologist Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Jack A. Roth Fellowship in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Matthew Gerdisch Fellowship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Research
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
For Medical Students
Summer Intern Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
For Mid-Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Equity Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
For Residents
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
For Fellows
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2023
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2023
- Deadline: December 2, 2023
For Perioperative/Team-Based Care Professional
There are no upcoming programs for this audience at this time.
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.
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