[2 Dec 2022]
- Purpose
The scholarship aims at providing a one-off financial support to local young hand surgeons who intend to have overseas visit outside Hong Kong in the interest of academic activities pertained to Hand Surgery or Microsurgery applicable to orthopaedic practice.
- Amount
The scholarship provides a grant of maximum HK$ 10,000 per applicant for sponsorship of one return economy class air-ticket, hotel accommodation fee and registration fee of overseas hand conferences held in the year of 2023. One scholarship is available for application this year.
- Qualification
The applicants must be HKSSH Life Members or paid-up HKSSH full members and preferably be a young surgeon (< 40 years old) in active practice of Hand Surgery and/or Microsurgery as applicable to orthopaedic practice.
- Application procedure
The applicant shall send an e-mail to the Secretary of the Society between 20th August 2022 and 23 December 2022 together with a proposed plan of overseas visit, a brief curriculum vitae and a copy of recent personal photo.
- Deadline of application
23rd December 2022
- Selection and Issuing Process
All applications will be processed in the Council meeting of the Society. Priority for selection will be given to applicants who have not received any form of scholarship issued by the HKSSH before. Formal notification letter of acceptance will be sent out to individual successful applicant before the issue of the Scholarship at the Annual Congress.
- Duty of successful applicant
The applicant should accomplish the proposed trip personally. The applicant should provide certified documentation of the trip together with a written report to the Secretary within one month upon return from overseas. The report will be published in the Newsletter of the Society. The applicant should also present an oral report at the next HKSSH Annual Congress. Under normal circumstances, the scholarship grant will be reimbursed after the accomplishment of the overseas visit. The applicant must have accomplished the overseas trip in the year of 2023.
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