2023 TSF Awards Program – Now Accepting Applications

Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) awards in the areas of cardiothoracic surgery research, education, leadership, and surgical outreach. Visit the TSF website to apply for funding. The deadline for most awards is September 15, 2022. The 2023 TSF Awards Program includes:

Research

• STS Research Award – Up to $90,000 per year for 2 years
• TSF Research Award – Up to $85,000 per year for 2 years
• Braunwald Research Award – Up to $85,000 per year for 2 years
• Braunwald Research Fellowship – Up to $60,000 per year for 2 years
• TSF Resident Research Fellowship – Up to $60,000 per year for 2 years
• STSA Resident Research Award – Up to $40,000 per year for 2 years
• New! AstraZeneca Lung Cancer Research Award – Up to $50,000 per year for 2 years
• New! AstraZeneca Reversing Health Disparities in Lung Cancer Research Award – Up to $50,000 per year for 2 years

Education

• TSF/Francis Fontan Fund International Traveling Fellowship – Up to $20,000
• New! TSF/Francis Fontan Fund International Traveling in Partnership with LACES – Up to $11,000
• Michael J. Davidson Structural Heart Fellowship – Up to $50,000
• Every Heartbeat Matters Structural Heart Diversity Fellowship – Up to $50,000
• Nicholas Kouchoukos Award – Up to $10,000
• Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Robert L. Replogle Traveling Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Sarns Terumo Perfusion Education Fellowship – Up to $10,000
• Underrepresented Robotic General Thoracic Surgeon Development Award* – Up to $10,000
• Advanced Robotic Cardiac Surgery Fellowship* - $25,000 per award
• Levi Watkins Innovation and Leadership Development Scholarship – $5,000 per scholarship

Leadership

• TSF Alley-Sheridan Scholarship* – $2,500 per scholarship
  1. Leadership Program in Health Policy Management at Brandeis University
  2. Surgeons as Educators Course hosted by the American College of Surgeons

Surgical Outreach

• TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award – Up to $35,000
• International Medical Volunteer Scholarship* – $2,500 per scholarship
• Saha Scholarships/2023 STS Annual Meeting* – Up to $3,075 per scholarship
• TSF Travel Scholarships/2022 STS/EACTS Latin America Cardiovascular Surgery Conference* – $1,250 per scholarship

Visit thoracicsurgeryfoundation.org/awards to learn about each award’s eligibility criteria, deadlines, and funding amounts.  If you have questions about these grant opportunities, please contact tsf@sts.org.