PURPOSE & GUIDELINES

The focus of this SAGES Foundation supported award is to provide funding for a young surgeon or surgeon-in-training for the development of critical skills required for their academic career in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery. The intent of this award is to delay the start of a faculty role or ongoing residency training for supplemental training/traveling fellowship or intense research time. This grant will provide the awardee with a unique educational opportunity that would not otherwise be available. Awards are conferred on a competitive basis by submission of a grant application, which is reviewed and evaluated by the SAGES Research and Career Development Committee and approved by the Governing Board.

AVAILABLE GRANTS

The award will be $60,000 to support travel, salary, and/or tuition. (Note: The salary support portion of the grant will be taxable)

GRANT GUIDELINES

Eligible applicants must be SAGES candidate members (including residents and Fellows), or members early in their faculty appointment (within five years of completed training).

This award is not intended to be used for research supplies. The time commitment for the project is to be at least 6 months.

Awardees will summarize their experience at the SAGES Annual Meeting and submit results to Surgical Endoscopy or Mini-SCOPE.

Examples of successful proposals could include, but are not exclusive to the following:

• Salary support for basic or clinical investigation by the awardee.
• Salary support for intensive training in a clinical area (interventional endoscopy, NOTES, advanced laparoscopic techniques).
• Salary support for research, management, leadership or related training (outcomes, legislative, safety, financing

INSTRUCTIONS – NEW FOR 2009

SAGES Career Development Award applications must be submitted online and you must be logged in as a member to submit a grant application. To begin, click here.

DEADLINE - Grant Proposals must be received by the SAGES office by Monday, December 22, 2008 at 5PM Eastern. The applications will be reviewed in late January and the top three candidates will interview via phone in February. A decision for funding will be made by February 2009 and will be announced during the award ceremony at the SAGES 2009 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona April 22-25, 2009.

SAGES would like to acknowledge the

SAGES Education and Research Foundation, which pledged a generous educational grant for the inaugural 2008 Career Development Award.