Rowan Nicks Fellowships and Scholarships

Applications for the 2014 Rowan Nicks International and Pacific Islands Scholarships, Rowan Nicks Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) Exchange Fellowship, and the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland Fellowship close at 5pm Monday 6 May, 2013 AEST.

George 'Rowan' Nicks OBE, FRACS, AO
Rowan Nicks International Scholarship
Rowan Nicks Pacific Islands Scholarship
Rowan Nicks Australia and New Zealand Exchange Fellowship
Rowan Nicks United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Fellowship
Past Rowan Nicks Scholars and Fellows
Contact

George 'Rowan' Nicks OBE, FRACS, AO

Rowan Nicks, OBE, FRACS, AO (pictured) was one of the most respected and loved elder Fellows of the College. He has been a major benefactor of the College since 1987, when he established the Rowan Nicks Scholarships. Between 1991 and 2011, 51 international scholars from 21 countries have been awarded the Rowan Nicks Scholarship to undertake training attachments in one or more Australian, New Zealand and Indian hospitals.

The aim of each of the scholarships is to "teach the teacher to teach others" and all scholars must come with a sense of responsibility to the needs of their home base. The College is establishing a database of where scholars might be placed in Australia or New Zealand, and seeks expressions of interest from departments of surgery or heads of units who feel they can offer a milieu in which young surgeons can be nurtured.

Rowan Nicks International Scholarship and Rowan Nicks Pacific Islands Scholarship

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons invites suitable applicants for the 2014 Rowan Nicks Scholarships and Fellowships. These are the most prestigious of the College's International Awards and are directed at surgeons who are destined to become leaders in their home countries.

The Scholarships and Fellowships provide opportunities for surgeons to develop their management, leadership, teaching and clinical skills through clinical attachments in selected hospitals in Australia, New Zealand or South-East Asia.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants for the Rowan Nicks International and Pacific Islands Scholarships must:

• commit to return to their home country on completion of their Scholarship;
• meet the English Language Requirement for medical registration in Australia or New Zealand (equivalent to an IELTS score of 7.0 in every category);
• hold a Master of Medicine in Surgery, or his/her country's post-graduate qualification in surgery. However, consideration will be given to applicants who have completed local general post-graduate surgical training, where appropriate to the needs of their home country.
•  be under 45 years of age at the closing date for applications.

Applicants for the Pacific Islands Scholarship must be a citizen of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu;

Applicants for the International Scholarship must* be a citizen of: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia**, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.

*Applicants from other countries outside the above list considering applying for the 2014 scholarship must contact the Secretariat before the closing date to confirm whether they are eligible to apply.

**With preference given to Indonesian applicants from outside the major capital cities of Jakarta and Surabaya who will return to practice in regional areas.

Selection Criteria

• The Committee will consider the potential of the applicant to become a surgical leader in the country of origin, and/or to supply a much-needed service in a particular surgical discipline.
• The Committee must be convinced that the applicant is of high calibre in surgical ability, ethical integrity and qualities of leadership.
• Selection will primarily be based on merit, with applicants providing an essential service in remote areas, without opportunities for institutional support or educational facilities, being given earnest consideration.

Value: Up to $36,000 for a 12 month attachment (or pro-rata), plus one return economy airfare from home country.

Tenure: 3 - 12 months.

Applications for the 2014 Scholarship

Rowan Nicks Pacific Islands Scholarship 2014 Application form (PDF 247 KB)

Rowan Nicks International Scholarship 2014 Application form (PDF 253 KB)

Closing date: 5pm Monday 6 May, 2013, AEST.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 30 October 2013.

Rowan Nicks Australia and New Zealand Exchange Fellowship

The Rowan Nicks Australian and New Zealand Exchange Fellowship is intended to promote international surgical interchange at the levels of practice and research, raise and maintain the profile of surgery in Australia and New Zealand and increase interaction between Australian and New Zealand surgical communities.

The Fellowship provides funding to assist a New Zealander to work in an Australian unit judged by the College to be of national excellence for a period of up to one year and an Australian to work in a New Zealand unit using the same criteria.

Applicants must have gained Fellowship of the RACS within the previous ten years on the closing date for applications.

Selection Criteria

The Committee will

• consider the potential of the applicant to become a surgical leader and ability to provide a particular service that may be deficient in their chosen surgical discipline.
• assess the applicants in the areas of surgical ability, ethical integrity, scholarship and leadership.

The Fellowship is not available for the purpose of extending a candidate's current position in Australia or New Zealand.

Value: Up to $75,000 for a 12 month attachment (or pro-rata), depending on the funding situation of the candidate and provided sufficient funds are available, plus one return economy airfare between Australia and New Zealand.

Tenure: 3 - 12 months

Applications for the 2014 Fellowship

Rowan Nicks Australia and New Zealand Exchange Fellowship 2014 Application form [PDF 144 KB]

Closing date: 5pm Monday 6 May, 2013, AEST.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 30 October 2013.

Rowan Nicks United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Fellowship

• The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Fellowship is offered to a surgeon from the UK or the Republic of Ireland to take up the Fellowship in Australia or New Zealand.

The fellowship program aims to:

• promote international surgical interchange at the levels of practice and research
• increase interaction between the surgical communities of Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Value: Up to $75,000 for a 12 month attachment (or pro-rata), depending on the funding situation of the candidate and provided sufficient funds are available, plus one return economy airfare from home country.

Tenure: 3 - 12 months

Applications for the 2014 Fellowship

Rowan Nicks United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Fellowship 2014 Application form [PDF 146 KB]

Closing date: 5pm Monday 6 May, 2013, AEST.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 30 October 2013.

Past Scholars and Fellows

Meet the Rowan Nicks scholars.

Contact

Rowan Nicks Committee Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1211
Fax: +61 3 9276 7431
Email: international.scholarships@surgeons.org