Prakash Fellowship Call for Proposals
Proposals due: October 30, 2020
Fellowship starts: between 2021 January1st and 2022 December 31st
Amount available: Up to $80k for one year
Purpose: To link surgeons in low income countries with educational opportunities provided by the University of Toronto Department of Surgery.
How Long? Attachments of 3 to 12 months can be considered.
Who? The low income country surgeon may be a resident, clinical fellow, or visiting scholar. The University of Toronto surgeon must be a faculty member.
Where? The training must include a period of time spent at the University of Toronto.
What? Clinical surgery, education, research.
Evaluation Criteria
It is most important to design the right program for the trainee and country needs, and any well justified application will be considered. The following criteria are guidelines, not mandatory components.
- Scholarship recipient and sponsoring faculty surgeon are clearly identified.
- Educational objectives are explicit.
- Benefit of receiving the training in Toronto is clear.
- Strong preference if trainee is participating in direct patient care in Toronto with educational license.
- Observership model discouraged.
- Plans for return to home country/region and incorporation of training into career progression are described.
Support from home program is documented. - Host department in Toronto provides a portion of financial support.
- Patient population and benefit are identified.
- Preference is given to applications supporting vulnerable or disadvantaged patient populations (eg. children, women, the poor).
Application Process
Please send:
1) Letter of application (three page maximum) addressing the bullet points above
2) Budget and justification (one page)
3) Letter of support from host surgeon / division in Toronto
4) Letter of support from home country division / institution
Subject line: LINCSS Scholarships
Thank you,
Andrew Howard
Director, Office of International Surgery, University of Toronto
