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ESGE Grant Programme Applications 2010

Application deadline July 1, 2009!

Each year the ESGE awards ten Postgraduate Grants to young endoscopists who wish to undertake further training in highly specialised endoscopic techniques. The eight weeks training takes place at officially recognised ESGE training centres. Currently there are 15 such units located throughout Europe. Detailed descriptions of the units can be accessed via the ESGE website.

Application available to ESGE individual members
The application term for the 2010 Grant Programme is now ongoing and will end on July 1, 2009. Applicants are required to be fully trained endoscopists under the age of 40 in the year of application, and they must be ESGE members. A high proficiency in English, French or German is essential.

ESGE Postgraduate Grants cover the following expenses:

Economy travel Basic hospital/university accommodation in a single room (possibly shared) Monthly allowance of € 750 Insurance: where applicable. Applicants should have their own private health insurance.

Officially recognised ESGE training centres

Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria
Host: R. Schöfl
Hopital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Host: J. Devière
Gentofte university hospital, Denmark
Host: P. Vilmann
Aarhus Community Hospital, Denmark
Host: A. Kruse

Institut Arnault Tzanck, St Laurent du Var, France
Host: J.-F. Rey
Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
Host: T. Ponchon
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Germany
Host: H. Neuhaus
Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Italy
Host: A. Zambelli
Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Host: G. Costamagna
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Host: P. Fockens
Riskhospitalet university hospital, Oslo, Norway
Host: L. Aabakken
Silesian Medical academy, Katowice, Poland
Host: A. Nowak
University college hospital, London, UK
Host: S. Pereira