Education and Travel Bursary

These awards are for BSSH members who wish to travel to centres of Hand Surgery, nationally and internationally and can be used to cover travel and accommodation (costs for childcare, UK rent, mortgage and similar routine living costs will not be covered). These awards also cannot be used to cover course fees or travel expenses purely to attend a course.

These awards comprise of individual grants of up to £2,500 and are to support the education and training of BSSH members. Up to £10,000 in total will be awarded each year at the discretion of the Education and Training Committee.

If support is requested for a salaried fellowship then a clear explanation of the discrepancy between salary and costs incurred must be detailed

The closing dates are:

31 January annually for awards to be announced in March/April

and

31 July annually for awards to announced in September/October.

Please submit your application and abridged curriculum vitae to the Chairman of the Education and Training Committee by completing the application form below and returning it to secretariat@bssh.ac.uk

Please note that these awards will not be awarded retrospectively except in exceptional circumstances, which must be detailed.

Successful applicants are required to submit a short written report within two months of completion.