Clinical Scholarship for medical students in the field of Orthopaedic sports medicine, knee surgery and Arthroscopy. Study Subject: orthopaedic sports medicine, knee surgery and arthroscopy. Employer: ESSKA. Level: Postdoctoral. Scholarship Description: The ESSKA Scholarship programme is reserved to young colleagues from Eastern Europe (10 candidates each year) and from throughout the world (5 candidates each year), who strongly wish to enlarge and improve their knowledge and competencies in orthopaedic sports medicine, knee surgery and arthroscopy. The scholarship allows the scholars to visit highly qualified teaching surgeons and recognized sports medicine centres in Western Europe for several weeks.

Candidates must be, at the time of application, below 40 years of age. The scholars will be notified of their selection during the month of June of each year. The scholarship lasts 1 month and the exact date of the scholarship will be chosen by the Head of the selected Centre in accordance with his availability. The scholarship can only be won once. Applicants who have not been selected are allowed to apply again. The amount of the grant is 1.700 EUR, which will have to cover all expenses of the applicant who, during his stay, will be lodged at his own expense. Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 May 2011.

Further Scholarship Information and Application: www.esska.org/en/ education/scholarship.