NYSVS Scholarships
Research Scholarship - Deadline: March 15, 2026
Eligibility: Vascular fellow, resident, or medical student committed to a vascular surgery project with a sponsor/mentor who is a NYSVS member)
Application Components:
- Introductory Statement (<250 words)
- Letter of Support and oversight from mentors who should be a member of the society
- Title and Abstract (<250 words)
- Grant Proposal (<5 pages total) a. Specific Aim b. Background c. Preliminary Data d. Project
- Literature Citation List (exempt from page limit)
- Budget with Justification** (1 page)
The grant will be awarded at the 2026 Spring Meeting. An interim report is expected by the 2025 Fall Meeting of NYSVS. A full, more extensive report, will be given in the following Spring Meeting.
**The funds from these awards are intended to directly fund the research contained within the proposal. No indirect institutional funding is available through this grant mechanism.
*** Applicants are not eligible for the award if they are funded by similar seed grants from other societies (i.e. SVS, ACS, AAS, EVS etc.) for the same project. The absence of dual/redundant funding should be addressed in the Introductory Letter.
Online Scholarship Application
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2024 NYSVS Research Awardee
On behalf of the New York Society for Vascular Surgery Executive Council, we are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 NYSVS Research Award!

Ethan Chervonski New York, NY Ethan is a Medical Student a New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Histopathological Characterization and Comparison of Carotid and Femoral Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques.
- Keerthi Harish, MS3, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Mentor: Karan Garg, MD
- Kira Murphy, Westchester Medical Center
- James Kaan, Research fellow, Stony Brook Medicine
- Mentor: Apostolos Tassiopoulos