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24 source-led travelling fellowship profiles. Society-funded and multi-centre travelling fellowships in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
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Short, often society-funded programmes that rotate the fellow through one or more centres to learn techniques and build international networks.
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Upcoming cycleHôpital Necker–Enfants Malades / EURAPS
Paris · France
Necker is a listed host, not a guaranteed or independently funded position.
Named in official programme listingEric Arnaud
Deadline passedThe Plastic Surgery Foundation (ASPS/PSF) / Operation Smile
Operation Smile partner hospitals · Global — multiple countries
A scholarship placing surgeons on short-term Operation Smile surgical programmes, with attendance at Operation Smile medical conferences and Plastic Surgery The Meeting.
Intake not confirmedDeutsche Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC)
Berlin · Germany
Annual DGPRÄC travel scholarship that lets qualified Associate Members visit an international plastic surgery centre to broaden their surgical experience. Awardees are honoured at the DGPRÄC annual congress and must write an article for the journal 'Plastische Chirurgie'.
Upcoming cycleAmerican Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
Beverly, Massachusetts · United States
A society travelling fellowship that brings one international plastic surgeon to North America for an observership with AAPS member hosts. The page describes general plastic surgery rather than a subspecialty.
Deadline passedAmerican Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)
North America (host institutions across the United States) · United States
A hand surgery society fellowship that sends an early-career surgeon from a low- or middle-income country to train with two AAHS member surgeons in North America. The listed host institutions include hand centres in Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and elsewhere; the timeline on the page is from an earlier cycle.
Upcoming cycleUniversity Hospitals of Geneva (Hôpital Cantonal) — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service
Geneva · Switzerland
University Hospitals of Geneva (Hôpital Cantonal) is named in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host department for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a funded one- or three-month study visit for European plastic surgery trainees. The directory gives no programme content of its own, so this is a society-listing entry rather than a published fellowship curriculum.
Upcoming cycleMünchen Klinik Bogenhausen — Department of Plastic Surgery
Munich · Germany
München Klinik Bogenhausen is named in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host department for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a funded one- or three-month study visit for European plastic surgery trainees. The directory gives no programme content of its own, so this is a society-listing entry rather than a published fellowship curriculum.
Upcoming cycleMedical University of Vienna — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Vienna · Austria
Medical University of Vienna is named in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host department for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a funded one- or three-month study visit for European plastic surgery trainees. The directory gives no programme content of its own, so this is a society-listing entry rather than a published fellowship curriculum.
Upcoming cycleUniversity of Zagreb School of Medicine — Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Zagreb · Croatia
University of Zagreb School of Medicine is named in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host department for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a funded one- or three-month study visit for European plastic surgery trainees. The directory gives no programme content of its own, so this is a society-listing entry rather than a published fellowship curriculum.
Upcoming cycleUniversity Hospital Zurich — Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Zurich · Switzerland
University Hospital Zurich is named in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host department for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a funded one- or three-month study visit for European plastic surgery trainees. The directory gives no programme content of its own, so this is a society-listing entry rather than a published fellowship curriculum.
Deadline passedJapanese Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (JSRM)
Tokyo (society office); visits abroad · Japan
The Japanese Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery's 8th International Traveling Fellow scheme sends four young microsurgeons to the 14th World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery congress in Istanbul in June 2027 and to institutions in the host and neighbouring countries. Interviews are planned for 25–27 November 2026 during the 53rd JSRM annual meeting in Kyoto; fellows report back at the annual meeting and in the society journal.
Deadline passedRhinoplasty Society of Europe (RSE) approved training centres
Multiple host centres · Europe — multiple countries
A society-run rhinoplasty fellowship in which RSE members visit approved training centres in several countries, earning credits for each rhinoplasty attended and for structured teaching. Plastic surgeons, ENT and maxillofacial surgeons are eligible.
Intake not confirmedAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
Mundelein, Illinois · United States
A society travelling fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery, named for Marko Godina, in which a chosen candidate visits several microsurgical centres. The page lists the host centres neither by name nor by number.
Upcoming cycleBritish Society for Surgery of the Hand
National or international hand surgery centres · United Kingdom
BSSH bursaries covering travel and accommodation for members visiting hand surgery centres in the UK or abroad.
Deadline passedFederation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Hand centre in another FESSH member country · Europe — multiple countries
A FESSH award supporting trainee and established hand surgeons to visit a recognised hand centre in another European country.
Deadline passedThe Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand (with the British Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Hong Kong · Hong Kong
A society-run travelling fellowship between the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. The 2026 fellow visits UK hand units in the week before the BSSH Scientific Meeting in Edinburgh, presents a paper relevant to hand surgery or microsurgery, and reports back in the HKSSH newsletter and annual congress.
Rolling · availability unconfirmedEuropean Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS)
Host department of an ESOPRS full member · Europe — multiple countries
Study grants (mini-fellowships) for candidate members of ESOPRS to be hosted by a full member of the Society for a defined period of at least two weeks, with 1000 Euro provided by the Society for each colleague accepted.
Upcoming cycleTampere University Hospital — Department of Plastic Surgery
Tampere · Finland
The Department of Plastic Surgery at Tampere University Hospital is listed in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a one- or three-month funded visit for European plastic surgery trainees; this is a distinct route from the hospital's own salaried microsurgery and hand fellowships already in the directory.
Upcoming cycleTöölö Hospital — Dept. of Plastic Surgery
Helsinki · Finland
The Dept. of Plastic Surgery at Töölö Hospital, Helsinki, is listed in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a one- or three-month funded visit for European plastic surgery trainees.
Upcoming cycleSahlgrenska University Hospital — Department of Plastic Surgery
Gothenburg · Sweden
Sahlgrenska University Hospital's Department of Plastic Surgery in Gothenburg is listed in the EURAPS Institutions directory as a host for the EURAPS Residents Scholarship, a one- or three-month funded visit to a European plastic surgery department; the university lists craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, breast reconstruction and gender affirmation surgery among its profile areas.
Deadline passedBritish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (hosted by Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore)
Coimbatore, India (host centre) · United Kingdom
A BAPRAS-administered fellowship at Ganga Hospital for UK trainees interested in microsurgery or trauma reconstruction. BAPRAS specifies 4–6 weeks for its published 2026 award; the undated Ganga overview describes 6–8 weeks. Confirm the duration with BAPRAS rather than treating these as separate awards. The 7 June 2026 application deadline has passed.
Department Chairman / fellowship-enquiry contactProf. S Raja SabapathyUpcoming cycleBritish Society for Surgery of the Hand
UK-based fellow visiting centres in the UK or abroad · United Kingdom
A biennial BSSH award funding a senior hand surgeon's visits to centres of excellence to develop clinical, scientific or educational interests.
Deadline passedSocietà Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva-rigenerativa ed Estetica (SICPRE)
Rome · Italy
Annual SICPRE scholarships funding a stay of at least one month at a high-quality public or private plastic surgery unit in Italy or abroad, chosen by the applicant and approved by a five-member committee. Recent winners have used them for breast reconstruction training at IEO Milan and microsurgery abroad.
Deadline passedSocietà Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva-rigenerativa ed Estetica (SICPRE)
Rome · Italy
SICPRE scholarships for newly qualified plastic surgeons to spend at least one month at a qualifying reconstructive or aesthetic plastic surgery unit in Italy or abroad. Applicants propose the host and programme in a letter and short video.
