Apply for ESRA Educational and Research Grants!

With the aim of supporting basic scientific and clinical research in the fields of local anaesthetic pharmacology, surgery, obstetrics and pain management, ESRA offers 2 different Grant programmes. ESRA members from all over the world are encouraged to apply.

ESRA Research Grant

The Grant supports scientific projects preferably performed in Europe in order to distinctive goals of ESRA such as

• to encourage specialisation of anaesthesiologists and other physicians in regional anaesthesia or pain management
• to promote, sponsor and encourage research in experimental, epidemiological or clinical settings regarding regional anaesthesia or pain management
• to help anaesthesiologists in under-resourced countries to develop their scientific programmes

The grant should be used for direct costs such as ethics committee approval, patients’ insurance, equipment, materials, research nurses or laboratory assistants, travel costs etc. In total, a maximum of 10.000€ will be reimbursed per application pending presentation of real costs.

Applicants should be ESRA members and should be in at least their third year of anaesthesia specialisation or enrolled in a regional anaesthesia PhD programme. Applications can be forwarded any time of the year to the ESRA Office. The next deadline is 31 December 2023. You will find more information on the ESRA website: https://esraeurope.org/esra-research-grant/

ESRA Educational Grant

The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) offers the ESRA Educational Grant in order to achieve the distinctive goals of ESRA:

• to encourage specialisation of anaesthesiologists and other physicians in regional anaesthesia or pain management
• to promote and sponsor courses and workshops
• to encourage teaching of regional anaesthesia in anaesthesiology training programmes
• to help anaesthesiologists in under resourced countries

Fourteen institutions throughout Europe currently have the expertise and facilities to offer extended training (3-6months) in Regional Anaesthesia and/or Pain Medicine (RAPM) (https://esraeurope.org/esra-approved-training-institutions/). The total of the grant is maximum 3,000€ + 1,000€ travel expenses whether it is for 3 or 6 months.

ESRA members from all over the world are encouraged to apply. Emphasis will be placed on applications from anaesthesiologists coming from countries that lack the financial infrastructures needed to achieve the education in regional anaesthesia. Residents who are still in training are given some preference over senior doctors. However, applicants should be in at least their third year of medical specialisation.

The next applications deadline – 30 June 2023. You can find more information on the ESRA website: https://esraeurope.org/esra-educational-grant/