Important Dates
Registration Opens:
December 2, 2024 at 9:00am CT
Hotel Cut-off Date:
March 6, 2025
Early Bird Registration Ends:
March 6, 2025
Scientific Assembly:
April 6-10, 2025
International Scholarship Program
Applications are now closed. Winners will be notified of their acceptance or declination by November 30, 2024.
The International Scholarship Program allows AAEM to invite and offer partial travel funding for Scientific Assembly to selected international emergency physicians and emergency medicine residents/registrars.
The goal of this program is to support the mission and vision of AAEM and the objectives of the AAEM International Committee, including development of liaisons and fostering of opportunities for exchange of information, education, and ideas with international emergency medicine societies and organizations.
The scholarship award recipients will each receive $1,000 (USD) to attend Scientific Assembly in person and a complimentary conference registration. Two recipients will be selected. The recipients will receive the funds in cash onsite at Scientific Assembly. The 31st Annual Scientific Assembly (AAEM25) will take place on April 6-10, 2025, in Miami, Florida.
Please review the application criteria and process below.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant:
- Must be a physician faculty or resident/registrar.
- Must be conversant in English.
- Must be an active participant in emergency medicine via clinical practice, teaching, research, or administration.
- Must enthusiastically promote the development and evolution of the specialty of emergency medicine within their home country.
- Should be an established leader of emergency medicine within their home country or have a strong potential to become a leader within this specialty.
- Must indicate an economic disadvantage within the letter of intent essay such that the applicant would not be able to attend the Scientific Assembly without financial assistance.
- Must be able to utilize the opportunities for the exchange of information, education, and ideas offered at the Scientific Assembly to advance the specialty of emergency medicine in their own country.
- Must submit the application and supporting materials prior to the deadline.
- Must be committed to a sustained relationship with AAEM and the International Committee.
- International AAEM members will receive priority consideration; non-members who are awarded scholarships will be encouraged to become AAEM members. Join or renew as an AAEM International Member.
- Priority consideration will be given to application from low- and middle-income countries in which there has not be an award granted in the previous three years.
Applicants provide the following information, along with their CV and an essay:
Applicant Name, Address, City, Country, Email
Mobile Phone
- If you utilize WhatsApp, please indicate in your response. Example: (414) 123-4567 (Also on WhatsApp)
Which of these best describes your training level?
- Non-U.S. Based Attending/Consultant
- Non-U.S. Based Resident/Registrar
Title/Position
Department
Institution/Hospital
Do you work to aid the development of emergency medicine? Please check all that apply and supply details in the application essay.
- Residency/Fellowship Teaching
- National Society
- National Society Leadership
- Ministry of Health
- Non-governmental organization
- Administration
- Research
- Other….
Additional funding sources other than from AAEM
Please provide information to indicate an economic disadvantage such that the applicant would not be able to attend the Scientific Assembly without financial assistance. Please also list any additional sources of funding the applicant would use to support travel to the US: (i.e. other scholarships, medical education travel reimbursement from institution, personal savings, etc.).
Upload Curriculum Vitae or Background Summary
Upload Essay
Attach an Essay (limit: 500 words) detailing:
- Your future plans in emergency medicine. What are your goals as a physician?
- Your training and work in emergency medicine
- Your anticipated focus and take-aways from AAEM’s Scientific Assembly. Why do you want to attend?
2024
Dr. Ezhilkugan Ganessane – India
2023
Dr. Nai Chi Wynn – Myanmar
Dr. Indranil Das – India
Dr. Rajani Giri – Nepal
2022
Dr. Yassin Ahmed – Sudan
Dr. Ankit Kumar Sahu – India
2021
Dr. Kwame Ekremet – Ghana
Dr. Esmail Dawood Sangey – Tanzania
2020
Dr. Carlos E. Orellana-Jimenez – San Salvador
Dr. Wesam Mamdouh Abd El-Rahim Ibrahim – Egypt
2019
Dr. Nino Butskhrikidze – Georgia
Dr. Paul Sedem Glover – Ghana
2018
Dr. Lourdes Rachelle Faikha Colinet – Haiti
Dr. Rosa Tercero Rodezno – Honduras
2017
Dr. Grzegorz Waligora – Poland
Dr. Myat Noe – Myanmar
Dr. Myint Than Htike – Myanmar
2016
Dr. Dorota Rutkowska – Poland
Dr. Janusz Springer – Poland