Eligibility Criteria

Applicant should have completed medical postgraduation in Orthopedics with D.Ortho/ MS/ DNB or equivalent qualification from a recognized institute.
Applicants must be a Life member of Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) to apply for this fellowship.
Applicant can apply for a maximum of three IOA fellowships at a time.
Any member who has availed an IOA foreign fellowship in the past, is not eligible to apply again.
There is no age limit for applicants.

Minimum Education

The IOA AOA Exchange Fellowship program is jointly offered by Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) and Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA).
The Australian Orthopaedic Association provides 2 fellowships for IOA members every year. Reciprocating to that effort, IOA would also give two travelling fellowships to AOA members also.
The registration, accommodation and local hospitality will be provided by the host nation.
Under this program, IOA fellows will go to Australia for one year and AOA fellows will come to India for one year (One year gap).
There is no age limit for applicants.
Both the fellows will be provided economy class airfare by the IOA.

Last date for applications is 31st October every year
After uploading the online application link, all attachments must be scanned in PDF format and sent as a Zip File to IOA’s official email id.
Communication only via e-mail will be entertained.
Any wrong information furnished will automatically disqualify the application.
The result will be uploaded on the IOA website in December month.
A member will be selected for only one foreign fellowship. Any member who has availed an IOA foreign fellowship in the past, is not eligible to apply again.

Attachment 1: Curriculum Vitae
Attachment 2: Passport page containing the photograph
Attachment 3: Degrees (D.Ortho/ MS/ DNB/ Other)
Attachment 4: First page of all publications in IJO / Indexed Orthopaedic Journals (for more than one label as 4a, 4b, 4c,……)
Attachment 5: Certificates of paper presentation in State, National and International Conferences (label as 5a, 5b, 5c…..)
Attachment 6: Certificates of awards
Attachment 7: Certificates of Fellowships