ILDS Dermatology Grants: Most grant guides tell you how to write a strong application. For this one, the application is the second problem. The first is getting your national society to put your name forward instead of somebody else’s. The one-slot rule The International League of Dermatological Societies runs its grants through its Foundation, and

WPA Fellowships and Training Schemes: The World Psychiatric Association runs four different things people call fellowships, and they have almost nothing in common. One pays for a congress trip. One sends you abroad to observe. One is a prize you cannot apply for. One welcomes medical students who have not graduated yet. The gate: your

World Physiotherapy Congress Bursaries: If you are a physiotherapist in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria or anywhere else World Physiotherapy counts as lower-middle income, read this now rather than later. The application window opens this month. What is on offer World Physiotherapy holds its congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, at Expo Guadalajara, as a three-day event in

ICO-WGA Three-Month Glaucoma Fellowship: A three-month glaucoma fellowship abroad, run by the International Council of Ophthalmology with the World Glaucoma Association. Before anything else, read the region rule, because it decides whether the rest of this page applies to you. The region rule, and the fellow who does not fit it ICO’s own fellowship page

ACS-COSECSA Women Scholars Program: This scholarship serves only senior female surgical trainees in COSECSA’s member countries in East, Central and Southern Africa. If you are a surgeon in Pakistan or elsewhere in Asia, the last section of this post points you to what you can apply for instead. What the award covers, and why the