Resident-in-Training Travel Scholarship

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Eligibility

• Applicants must be a current PGY-1, 2, 3 or 4 IR or DR resident within the US or Canada. Current PGY-1 residents doing their intern year in Surgery, Internal Medicine, Transitional Year and matched into an IR or DR residency are eligible to apply
• Applicants must be a current SIR Member
• Prior recipients of the SIR Resident-in-Training or SIR Medical Student-in-Training scholarship are not eligible to apply
• Applicants who have served or currently serving as a member of the RFS General Council are not eligible to apply
• Applicants invited/accepted to speak at a general session (not scientific session) or resident/medical student program at SIR 2025 are not eligible to apply

The following required application materials to be submitted within the online application.

• Up-to-date CV
• Letter of recommendation  from a current SIR member
• Answers to the following short essay questions:

1. In 250 words or less, what steps can be taken to make IR even more clinical than it already is?
2. In 250 words or less, an eager medical student approaches you about their upcoming IR elective. What advice would you give to help them shine?
3. In 250 words or less, what is the best way to spread awareness of IR not only to other clinical specialties but to potential patients within your community?
4. In 250 words or less, describe how you see IR in a multi-disciplinary team.
5. In 250 words or less, as a PGY-1, early year IR or DR resident considering a career in IR, what can SIR do to help you progress in the specialty?
6. In 250 words or less, what challenges do you see IR facing in the next 10 years and how to overcome them?