2022 TSF Awards Program – Now Accepting Applications

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) awards in the areas of cardiothoracic surgery research, education, leadership, and surgical outreach. Visit the TSF website to apply for funding. The deadline for most awards is September 15, 2021. The 2022 TSF Awards Program includes:

Research
• TSF Research Award – Up to $50,000 per year for 2 years
• STS Research Award – Up to $50,000 per year for 2 years
• Braunwald Research Award – Up to $50,000 per year for 2 years
• Braunwald Research Fellowship – Up to $40,000 per year for 2 years
• TSF Resident Research Fellowship – Up to $40,000 per year for 2 years
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Resident Research Award – Up to $40,000 per year for 2 years

Education
• TSF/Francis Fontan Fund International Traveling Fellowship – Up to $20,000
• Michael J. Davidson Structural Heart Fellowship – Up to $50,000
• Nicholas Kouchoukos Award – Up to $10,000
• Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Robert L. Replogle Traveling Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Sarns Terumo Perfusion Education Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Underrepresented Robotic General Thoracic (URGT) Surgeon Development Award – Up to $10,000
• The Levi Watkins Innovation and Leadership Development Scholarship –  Up to $5,000

Leadership
• TSF Alley-Sheridan Scholarship*: Leadership Program in Health Policy Management at Brandeis University, ACS Surgeons as Educators Course – $2,500 scholarship

Surgical Outreach
• Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Every Heartbeat Matters Award – Up to $37,500
• International Medical Volunteer Scholarship * – $2,500 scholarship
• Saha Scholarships/2022 STS Annual Meeting – Up to $3,075 scholarship

Visit thoracicsurgeryfoundation.org/awards to learn about each award’s eligibility criteria, deadlines, and funding amounts.  If you have questions about these grant opportunities, please contact Priscilla Kennedy, TSF Executive Director, at pkennedy@sts.org.

Visit thoracicsurgeryfoundation.org/awards for details.