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TSFRE Accepting CT Surgery Research Grant Applications - October 15, 2014 Deadline

 

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) is offering several 2015 awards to qualified applicants. Please visit the TSFRE Awards Page or website for detailed information and applicant guidelines.

TSFRE looks forward to receiving your applications. If you have any additional questions, please contact Priscilla Kennedy, TSFRE Executive Director, at 312-202-5868 or by e-mail at pkennedy@tsfre.org.

 

 

TSFRE Research Grant

Operational support of original research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $40,000 per year for up to two years are granted to support the work of an early-career cardiothoracic surgeon (within five years of first faculty appointment). Deadline: 10/15/14

Nina Starr Braunwald Research Grant

Operational support of original research efforts by women cardiac surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $40,000 per year for up to two years are made each year to support the work of an early-career woman cardiac surgeon (within five years of first faculty appointment). Deadline: 10/15/14

Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship

Support of up to $30,000 per year for up to two years for a woman resident working in a cardiac surgical clinic or laboratory research program who has not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training. Deadline: 10/15/14

Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship

Support of $10,000 for a clinically established woman thoracic surgeon to travel to another institution for the purpose of learning a new skill or technology. Deadline: 10/15/14

TSFRE Alley-Sheridan Scholarships:

     Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management

     TSFRE offers up to ten partial scholarships of $2,500 toward the $5,200 cost to attend the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at the Heller School of Public Policy and
     Management at Brandeis University. Deadline: 3/15/15

     Surgeons as Educators

     TSFRE will support up to two scholarships of $2,500 toward the cost of tuition to attend the Surgeons as Educators course hosted by the American College of Surgeons. Deadline: TBD

 

TSFRE Research and Education Committee

Richard Battafarano, MD, PhD Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD Jules Lin, MD
Juan A. Crestanello, MD Edward H. Kincaid, MD Mark W. Onaitis, MD
James L. Donahue, MD Paul M. Kirshbom, MD Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD T. Brett Reece, MD
Arnar Geirsson, MD Alexander S. Krupnick, MD Brendon M. Stiles, MD
Thomas G. Gleason, MD Christine L. Lau, MD Elaine E. Tseng, MD
John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD* Scott A. LeMaire, MD Thomas K. Waddell, MD**

*2015 Chair/**2016 Chair

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