ESSO 2012 Congress Fellowships & Travel Grants

The ESSO 32 Scientific Committee will award a number of Fellowship Grants to participants from emerging countries* to attend the 32nd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology in 2012.
* Low income economies and low-middle income economies as per the classification of the World Bank.


To meet the requirements to be considered for a Fellowship Grant the applicant should:

• Be a member of ESSO;
• Be under the age of 40;
• Submit an abstract for ESSO 32. Applicants whose abstracts have been accepted for oral or poster presentation will be considered first;
• Submit a letter explaining the benefit to attend the ESSO 32 Congress;
• Provide a two-page CV (including date of birth and list of 5 publications);
• Provide a letter of support from the Head of the Department/Organisation stating that the applicant is not the recipient of any other financial support;
• Provide a copy of the submitted abstract.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 12 April 2012. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.


The Full Fellowship will include:

• Free registration to the meeting;
• Free accommodation in one of the selected hotels (up to maximum 2 nights);
• Reimbursement of travel costs up to maximum 500 Euro (Economy ticket)

Travel Fellowships will include:

• Reimbursement of travel costs up to maximum 500 Euro (Economy ticket);

Fellowship Grants will be paid within one month after the congress upon submission of receipts; No-show or the absence of a poster will have as a consequence the cancellation of the Grant.

Please send your application via e-mail to the ESSO Secretariat at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The ESSO 32 Scientific Committee will decide on the recipients of such Fellowship Grants. Successful applicants will be notified by end of May 2012.