APAO International Fellowship Program 2025–26 (Recommendation Deadline: June 30, 2025)
We are pleased to announce that applications for the APAO International Fellowship Program (IFP) 2025–26 are now open. Launched in 2014, the IFP aims to support promising young ophthalmologists across the Asia-Pacific region in furthering their education and professional development at APAO-accredited training centers.
We are also delighted to share that the program has expanded to include its 16th accredited training center—the Joint Shantou International Eye Center (China). With this addition, the program now offers clinical, research, and observership fellowships of 3 or 12 months at 16 accredited centers across 9 countries/territories. For details, please visit: https://apaophth.org/training-centers/.
Program Objectives:
• Help promising young ophthalmologists from the region, especially those from developing nations, to improve their clinical skills, surgical exposure, research experience, and to broaden their perspectives of ophthalmology.
• Support the fellows to put into practice the knowledge and skills they acquired back to their native countries and participate in blindness prevention programs whenever appropriate.
• Spread education and professionalism to all parts of the world and promote international collaboration between eye care organizations.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants must meet all of the following:
1. From an APAO member country/territory (https://apaophth.org/members/national/);
2. Have completed basic residency training in ophthalmology; advantages will be given to those having completed a subspecialty training program;
3. Published at least 1 original scientific article in an indexed peer-reviewed journal;
4. Fulfill the special requirements of their preferred APAO International Training Centres (https://apaophth.org/training-centers/);
5. Be under the age of 40.
Preference will be given to applicants who have already secured a fellowship position at APAO International Training Centre.
Fellowship Support:
Successful candidates will receive up to US$1,000 for airfare and a monthly allowance of US$200 for the duration of the fellowship.