this fellowship/grant offers young investigators/physicians/allied health and nursing professionals (defined as less than 10 years in the sub-specialty, or less than 10 years from the last post-graduate/terminal degree training) from low income or low middle income countries (A preference will be given to non-profit or public/low-cost centres adhering to the Declaration of Istanbul) a financial contribution to spend a short period (up to 3 months) at a supporting institution to learn a new clinical/diagnostic/therapeutic procedure or techniques not available in their home country/institution, or to learn how to set up a specific service/healthcare model, and/or to accomplish a focused research project.

Max $5,000 USD.

• Candidates must be active IPTA members in good standing or have applied for membership at the time of the application
• Candidates must reside in LIC or LMIC (Data for Low income, Low & middle income | Data (worldbank.org)
• Candidates must be less than 10 years in the sub-specialty or less than 10 years from the last post-graduate/terminal degree training
• Research/clinical supervisor in hosting institution must be an active IPTA member in good standing.

Please ensure your application includes the following:

• A current CV
• A letter of intent with a brief description of the planned project/visit with specific learning aims outlined.
• A detailed budget must be provided. Ideally this should include a stipend, travel to the site and accommodation, and educational materials. It should not be used for purchasing materials or equipment
• 2 x reference letters (one from supervisor or head of department of the home institution and one from the hosting institution indicating the time and support available for supervision and/or research opportunity if relevant, equipment, etc.)

• A final report must be submitted to the IPTA Outreach Committee upon completing the fellowship/projects. This will take the form of a pro forma developed by the IPTA Outreach Committee. Failure to do so within 6 months of completion will result in request for reimbursement of funds.
• Results of the training program or the research projects (if applicable) are strongly encouraged to be submitted for presentation as poster/oral presentation at the next IPTA Congress and/or submitted to Pediatric Transplantation for publication.

• must be different from the home country.
• The research/clinical supervisor in the hosting institution must be an active IPTA member in good standing.
• Skill/technique/research which candidate wants to acquire must be available and the host should be willing to support the candidate’s training in this field.

• Candidacy should be to be submitted to Katie Tait IPTA Section Manager at katie.tait@tts.org before January 15, 2023. Please ensure that all applications include everything outlined in the above Applications section. Incomplete applications will be declared ineligible.
• The winners for 2023 will be announced at the Awards & Business Meeting on March 27 at the IPTA Congress in Austin, Texas.
• Supported activity should take place within one year from this date.
• A final report should be sent within 6 months of the end of the supported activity.