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 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Annual Meeting Program
Member for a Day
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 31, 2024
- Deadline: January 16, 2025
Resident Abstract Mini Orals and Poster Competition
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 31, 2024
- Deadline: January 16, 2025
Resident Case Report Competition
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 31, 2024
- Deadline: January 16, 2025
Leadership Academy
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 15, 2024
- Deadline: January 28, 2025
Annual Meeting Travel Awards
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/20245
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Career Development Award
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: The next opening date is being determined.
Tirone E. David International Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 1, 2025
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Fellowship
Advanced Valve Disease Educational 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.
Tirone E. David International Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Deadline: July 1, 2025
Aldo R. Castañeda Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/15/2024
- Specialty: Congenital
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
International Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Jack A. Roth Fellowship in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Congenital
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Matthew Gerdisch Fellowship in Arrhythmia Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Clinical Trial Research Training Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Every Heartbeat Matters Valve Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2026
- Specialty: Cardiac, Congenital
- Opens: April 1, 2026
- Deadline: July 2, 2026
Lectureship
AATS Foundation Timothy J. Gardner Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
AATS Foundation Lawrence H. Cohn Lectureship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Research Grant
Tirone E. David Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2024
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2024
- Deadline: December 2, 2024
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Surgical Investigator Program
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Scholarship
Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum Scholarship
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: October 17, 2024
- Deadline: December 23, 2024
Medical Student Diversity Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Summer Intern Scholarship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Multi-specialty
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
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 7/1/2025
- Specialty: Cardiac, Congenital, Thoracic
- Opens: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: July 2, 2025
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
- Applicant Requirements: Deadline ends at 11:59pm Eastern on 12/1/2025
- Specialty: Thoracic
- Opens: September 1, 2025
- Deadline: December 2, 2025
Academic Award
Academic Excellence Award
- Specialty: Multi-specialty