At the time the grant application is submitted, the applicant must be a:
- Medical Student Member of the American College of Surgeons(ACS) enrolled in a medical school located in the state of Virginia for at least 1 year prior to application.
or
- Resident Member of the American College of Surgeons and the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons(VA-ACS) who, at the time of application, has completed at least 1 year of residency in an accredited surgical training program (any specialty) in the state of Virginia.
- The VA-ACS encourages diversity of applicants and institutions; only in exceptional circumstances will more than one scholarship be granted in a single year to applicants from the same institution.
- A faculty member co-author of the study accepted for presentation must be a member of the ACS and the VA-ACS.