ABC TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP

Every two years, one Australian is selected by members of the Board of Directors of the Australian Orthopaedic Association to join six other Fellows in the United Kingdom for a five-week tour of orthopaedic centres in North America. The Fellowship offers the recipient an exceptional academic experience and is very highly regarded by all participating orthopaedic associations. The successful applicant will also be invited to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting of both the American and Canadian Orthopaedic Associations and may be invited to present a paper on their work. The tour takes place in April-June each year.

It is important to note that the American Orthopaedic Association now regionalises hosting of Fellowship tours in the United States, in order to avoid asking certain institutions to host multiple different tours of travelling Fellows each year. This means that ABC Fellows visiting the United States will travel within only one region of the country (West, Midwest or East). When applying for the ABC Fellowship, you may wish to plan your application around your preferred touring region.

The schedule of regions for ABC Fellowships is:

The Canadian Orthopaedic Association will continue to separately plan the Canadian portion of the tour, which may or may not be regionalised.

Eligibility

Australian applicants for ABC Travelling Fellowship must be under the age of 45 years at 31 December in the year before taking up the award and must be a Fellow or Associate Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.

Applications

Download the ABC Fellowship 2010 Application Form. Includes full instructions for applying.

Please note that all applicants are expected to make themselves available for interview by members of the Board of Directors of AOA. Interviews are normally held on the Sunday preceding the Annual Scientific Meeting in the city where the ASM is being held.

Information

Download ABC Fellowship Information

Download ABC Fellowship History

Further information on the ABC Travelling Fellowship may be obtained from:

The Chairman
ABC Travelling Fellowship Committee
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Ground Floor
229 Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
T 02 9233 3018
F 02 9221 8301
E admin@aoa.org.au

AUSTRALIAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

The purpose of the Australian Orthopaedic Research Fellowship is to promote research into clinical orthopaedics and basic science relevant to the practice of orthopaedics.

Applicants will be required:

1 to have shown ability or promise of ability in research
2 to have made suitable arrangements with an established investigator under whose supervision the work is to be conducted, and
3 to show that the proposed topic of research is acceptable to the institution concerned.

The Fellowship is for 12 months and is normally tenable only within Australia.

Eligibility

Application for this Fellowship may be made by Orthopaedic Fellows and registered advanced orthopaedic trainees.

Salary

$50,000. Additional earnings are allowed within the conditions of the Award.

Application

Formal application must be made on the application form to:

Australian Orthopaedic Association
Ground Floor
229 Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Download the AOA Research Fellowship application form.

Closing date is 30 June of the preceding year.