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AATS & AATS Foundation Scholarship Programs

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