ESCRS launch Fellowship

The ESCRS has launched an annual Fellowship to commemorate the immense contribution made by the late Peter Barry to European and global ophthalmology, and to the ESCRS. The Fellowship of €50,000 is to allow a trainee to work abroad at a centre of excellence for clinical experience or research in the field of cataract and refractive surgery, anywhere in the world, for 1 year. Applicants must be a European trainee ophthalmologist, 35 years of age or under on the closing date for applications and have been an ESCRS member for 3 years by the time of starting the Fellowship. The Fellowship will be awarded at the ESCRS Annual Congress in Lisbon in September 2017, to start in 2018.

To apply, please submit the following:

• A detailed up-to-date CV
• A letter of intent of 1-2 pages, outlining which

centre you wish to attend and why

• A letter of recommendation from your current

Head of Department

• A letter from your potential host institution,

indicating that they will accept you if successful

Closing date for applications: 30 April 2017

Applications and queries should be sent to

Danielle Maher at: danielle.maher@escrs.org