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American College of Surgeons launches National Surgeon Scientist Program
New funding opportunity for early-career faculty members will provide surgeons with grant support to make cancer-related basic and translational scientific research integral to their careers
CHICAGO (April 27, 2021): The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has introduced its National Surgeon Scientist Program (NSSP) to provide competitive funding opportunities for faculty members within their first one to five years of appointment and whose research focus is in a cancer-related disease and is basic or translational science research.
The program was developed to give surgeons an important assist in making scientific research integral to their careers. “There are many factors that make it difficult for a surgeon to become a scientist. The training paradigm for surgeons is intense, long, and doesn’t leave much time to pursue scientific research. Furthermore, hospital revenues are based on clinical