Rural Surgeons: Apply for Oweida Scholarship to Fund Training and Research

The ACS has announced the availability of the Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship, which is awarded to surgeons serving rural or small communities. The deadline to apply is April 30.

This program provides up to three awards of $5,000 each to subsidize the participation of a Fellow or Associate Fellow serving a rural or small community. Awardees will either attend Clinical Congress or may propose a plan for additional training or research appropriate to a rural surgeon. 

Applicants pursuing non-Clinical Congress opportunities must provide information regarding their work setting, including their hospital and the patients they see, as well as their participation in quality improvement activities in this setting. They must also indicate their career goals, indicating how they plan to transfer their newly acquired learning to their current situation.