International Junior Surgeon Travel Exchange supports US and international early-career surgeons with exchange visits and travel to Digestive Disease Week to broaden expertise and encourage collaboration.
Applications are now closed: the funder replaced the September 30, 2026 application date with “Application deadline has passed” and removed the online application link.
Traveling Fellowship for Surgeons in Low- and Middle-Income Countries supports surgeons’ institutional visits and learning exchanges to improve gastrointestinal surgery in their home countries.
Traveling Fellowship supports SSAT members in academic practice with visits to gastrointestinal surgical units abroad to learn from host surgeons’ clinical, research, service, and teaching activities.
Traveling Fellowship supports Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract members visiting academic practices in the United States or Canada to foster professional interaction and learning.
SSAT International Chapter Research Grants support faculty, fellows, and trainees pursuing new gastrointestinal surgery research to improve patient care and strengthen international collaboration.
SSO-ESSO International Career Development Exchange Programme supports an early-career surgical oncologist through US observation, meeting attendance, and mentoring to benefit oncology in their home region.