Letter to all EFAS members

Dear EFAS member,

We hope that this mail finds you well, and you are having a great summer!

The EFAS Research Committee is constructing a new Research platform on the EFAS website that aims to facilitate scientific work for EFAS members across the continent.

On this platform we will offer information about research fellowships, PhD programs, and potential research collaboration projects within EFAS member countries. We already recruited several institutions / sites that are willing to collaborate but mainly from Central and Southwest Europe, and we therefore specifically encourage Scandinavia and Eastern Europe countries but again all other countries to contribute.

To help us with this initiative, we would like to ask you to answer the questions below.

(Please be assured that this does not indicate any formal commitment at your end. Once we have collected this information, we will contact individual institutions / sites to firm up participation)

• Do you know any institution that offers research fellowships in your country?
  • Can you inform us about locations and contact persons (email addresses)?
• Do you know any institution that offers PhD programs in your country and is willing to accept EFAS members?
  •       Can you inform us about locations and contact persons (email addresses)?
• Do you know any institution that offers high quality statistical support accessible to EFAS members in your country?
  • Can you inform us about locations and contact persons (email addresses)?
• Do you know any institution that offers cadaveric lab facilities accessible to EFAS members in your country?
  • Can you inform us about locations and contact persons (email addresses)?
• Do you know any institution that offers biomechanical lab facilities accessible to EFAS members? in your country
  • Can you inform us about locations and contact persons (email addresses)?
• Are there any housing and funding options available?

Please send your suggestions to EFAS secretary (efassecretary@mcocongres.co). It is important to well define the subject of your email: Research Platform.

If you are unable to assist and know anyone that can, please forward this email to them or share their name and hospital / unit location with us.

Looking forward to your responses and future collaborations between EFAS and your society.

Sincerely yours,

The EFAS Research Committee

Fabian Krause, Mario Herrera, Matthias Walcher, Devendra Mahadevan, Frederick Michels