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Open Programs
The AATS or AATS Foundation are currently accepting applications for the following programs.
For Early Career Surgeons
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Medical Students
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Mid-Career Surgeons
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Residents
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Fellows
There are no open programs for this audience at this time.
For Perioperative/Team-Based Care Professional
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.
For Early Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Equity Award
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
AATS Foundation Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 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
Academic Excellence Award
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: TBA
Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship
- Specialty: Cardiac
- 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 1, 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 1, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Emerging Thoracic Surgical Oncologist Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: This next opening date is being determined.
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Congenital
- Opens: April 1, 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 1, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 2024
- Deadline: July 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
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: TBA
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
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
For Medical Students
Medical Student Diversity Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 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
For Mid-Career Surgeons
AATS Foundation Equity Award
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
AATS Foundation Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 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 1, 2024
- Deadline: July 2, 2024
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
For Residents
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- 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
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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
For Fellows
Honoring Our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 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
For Perioperative/Team-Based Care Professional
There are no upcoming programs for this audience at this time.
For Senior Surgeons
There are no upcoming programs for this audience at this time.
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