What Am I Giving To?

20forTwenty Fund - Medical Students, Residents, and Young Surgeons

AAST annual meeting scholarships (registration, four nights hotel, and $200 stipend) for medical students, residents, and young surgeons, 20 annually. 

General Fund - Early Career Investigators, International Invesitgators
  • Research Scholarships: $50,000 research scholarships for early surgeon investigators in trauma/surgical critical care and emergency general surgery, up to 4 annually.
  • Partner-Allied Scholarships: AAST partners with numerous organizations to impact the advancement of trauma care beyond our organization. Programs like the Health Policy Scholarship and Visiting Professorship Scholarship with the American College of Surgeons. For more information on these, please visit our scholarship page (add link)
  • International Academic Mentor Scholarship
  • Associate Member Mentoring Scholarship - Currently fully funded by a generous donation by Past President David and Jill Spain.
  • DEI Essay Contest
Always Remember Fund - Active Duty Military
  • AAST annual meeting scholarships (registration, four nights hotel, and $200 stipend)  for uniformed medical students, residents, and surgeons, 3 annually.
  • AAST Military Essay Contest

 

Start Your Investment in the Future of Trauma Research Here.

Starting November 1, AAST will begin collecting donations for Giving Tuesday! All donations earmarked for Giving Tuesday will be donated to the 20forTwenty Fund to pay it forward by sponsoring the next generation of trauma surgeons attending the AAST Annual Meeting. Are you donating to the committee contest? Simply process your donation and AAST Staff will make sure it is updated in your roster for your committee:

 

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