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Rio de Janeiro TWC 2014

Awards

 
Important notice: Applications for the following first three awards should be sent to awards@sicot.org. Candidates may only apply for one award for the Congress. Free congress registration will be granted to award winners who must attend the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 22 November 2014 to receive their prize. For more information please e-mail awards@sicot.org.

Abdel Hay Mashhour/SICOT Awards

Funded by Prof Abdel Hay Mashhour (Tanta University, Egypt)

Three prizes of USD 1,000 each are awarded at the Closing Ceremony of Triennial World Congresses. One prize is given to a trainee of the Faculty of Medicine of Tanta University in Egypt, and two other awardees are chosen from all applications received. The purpose of the award is to help young orthopaedic trainees attend the Congress.

Prerequisites: candidates must be trainees under 40.

Documents to submit: application letter, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and letter from supervisor. 

Application deadline: 31 March 2014 (closed)

Winners: Samer Mahmoud (United Kingdom), Ali Omran (Egypt) & Akshay Saxena (India)

   

Korean SICOT Awards

Funded by the SICOT Foundation

Awarded at the Closing Ceremony of each Triennial World Congress to young orthopaedic surgeons. The prize is granted to one surgeon, or shared by two orthopaedic surgeons. The purpose is to help young surgeons attend the Congress.

Prerequisites: candidates must be under 40 and members of SICOT.

Documents to submit: application letter indicating travel costs, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and SICOT Membership Application Form (unless already a SICOT member).

Application deadline: 31 March 2014 (closed)

Winners: Musa Muhammad (Nigeria) & Yuriy Prudnikov (Ukraine)

   

Marcela Uribe Zamudio Awards

Funded by the SICOT Foundation

Two prizes of up to USD 1,000 each are awarded during the Closing Ceremony at each Triennial World Congress to women orthopaedic surgeons under 40 or trainees who have completed original scientific work in orthopaedics or traumatology within the last three years. The purpose of the award is to encourage young researchers and clinicians.

Prerequisites: candidates must be women orthopaedic surgeons under 40 or women trainees who have completed original scientific work in orthopaedics or traumatology within the last three years.

Documents to submit: application letter, CV, copy of birth certificate or passport, and copy of one piece of personal work completed within the last three years.

Application deadline: 30 April 2014 (closed)

Winners: Chinyelu Menakaya (United Kingdom) & Chasanal Rathod (India)

OrthoPediatrics/SICOT Congress Scholarships

Sponsored by SICOT and OrthoPediatrics

Four prizes of USD 1,250 each to help cover travel costs and a diploma will be awarded at the Closing Ceremony of the Congress.

The purpose is to allow Associate Members of SICOT from SLAOT member countries to attend the combined 2014 SBOT/SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress in Rio de Janeiro.

Prerequisites:
  • doctor from a Latin American country
  • must be under 40 years of age
  • must be an Associate Member of SICOT (2014 annual membership fee: 20€)
  • must have an abstract (oral or poster) accepted for the Rio de Janeiro Congress
  • must be registered for the Congress and the fee must be paid (reduced fee of 75€)
Deadline for applications: 20 October 2014 (closed)

Applications should be sent to: awards@sicot.org

German Travel Awards

Funded by the SICOT German section

Candidates must reside in Germany and be members of SICOT.

More information can be found here.

Winners: Till Orla Klatte, Philip Peter Rößler, Denis Gümbel, Maximilian Schenke, Daniel Wagner, Marc Hanschen (Germany) 
 

No application is required for the following awards. The winners of the awards below will be selected from all presenters at the Congress. Award winners will be notified in advance and must attend the Closing Ceremony to receive their prize.

Henri Bensahel Award

Sponsored by the SICOT Congress

This Award was established in 2009 in memory of Henri Bensahel, Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedics and a Founding Member of IFPOS (International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies). A prize of EUR 300 is awarded at the Closing Ceremony to the best oral presentation in Paediatrics.

 

Shanmuga S. Jayakumar Award

Sponsored by the SICOT Congress
This Award was created in 2013 in honour of Shanmuga S. Jayakumar, considered to be amongst the greatest paediatric orthopaedic surgeons in the United States. A prize of EUR 300 is awarded to one of the best oral presentations in Paediatrics.

SICOT/AAOS Annual Meeting Scholarships

Sponsored by SICOT & AAOS

AAOS will provide two free registrations for the AAOS Annual Meeting to SICOT-selected scholarship recipients, who will be chosen from a pool of candidates under 45 years of age comprised of the winners of the best oral and poster presentations in Rio de Janeiro. Travel expenses up to EUR 500 will be covered by SICOT. 

  

SICOT/CCJR Meeting Awards

Sponsored by SICOT & CCJR

The best oral and poster presentations in Arthroplasty will be granted this award, which includes one free registration (worth USD 850) for the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) Winter Course and one free registration for the Spring Course. Travel expenses up to EUR 500 will be covered by SICOT.

 

SICOT Oral Presentation Award

Sponsored by the SICOT Congress

The presenting authors of the ten best oral papers present their papers for a second time at the Best Papers Session during the Congress. The presenting author of the best oral presentation selected during this session will be awarded a prize of EUR 500 at the Closing Ceremony. All ten presenting authors will receive a diploma of recognition.

  

SICOT Poster Award

Sponsored by the SICOT Congress

The presenting author of the best poster will be awarded a prize of EUR 500 at the Closing Ceremony. The presenting authors of the ten best posters all receive a diploma of recognition.