Travel Grant for Surgical Residents/Trainees in COSECSA nations

Upasuaji International offers a yearly travel grant for surgical residents. The 2024 application is now closed and the grant has been awarded. Check back in August 2025 for information on our 2025 grant.

The grant is designed to financially assist trainees in COSECSA nations to attend scientific conferences where they will present their original research.



Keep checking for upcoming grants and scholarships including travel grant for international (outside continent) conference and research grants.

KABELELE SIPALO, MBBS

2023 Travel Grant Winner

Neurosurgery resident, Zambia College of Medicine and Surgery (ZACOMS), University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia

Presented at Global Neurosurgery Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 2024

BRIAN KASAGGA, MBChB

2024 Travel Grant Winner

General Surgery Resident, Makerere University College of Medicine, Kampala Uganda

Presenting at COSECSA 2025 Zimbabwe