FESSH offers financial support to international courses related to hand surgery. If you are organizing a course, please read the criteria which courses can apply.

Course content shall

  • Be of added value but not in competition with the FESSH courses
  • Concern super-specialization; course on a specific topic: for instance nerve course, arthroscopy course, microsurgery and replantation course
  • Include a practical component e.g. cadlab and/or workshop

Organization shall have

  • Criteria in accordance with FESSH patronage criteria
  • A spread across Europe FESSH strives for
  • A proven high quality (at least one course should have been organized and patronized by FESSH)
  • A part of faculty decided by the Education Committee in accordance with the Executive Committee to ensure diversity and inclusiveness
  • A name that includes FESSH

Funding

  • FESSH allocates an annual budget for funding courses each year
  • FESSH support is provided for one year and is subject to regular review
  • Organisations can (re)apply each year to ensure competition
  • FESSH support up to 50% of the full registration fee is provided to a certain number of delegates and not directly to course organisers. The number of supported delegates depends on the budget and registration fee rates
  • Travel and accommodation of faculty are paid by the organization itself
  • FESSH support is not provided for courses organized by industry

Application by course organisers

  • Course organisers need to submit an application to have their course listed and offered for FESSH support
  • Application is made through the online application form:
  • Applications shall be sent through the online application form by 28 February 2026
  • Scoring of applications and recommendation to FESSH Executive Committee is done by FESSH Education Committee
  • Approval of courses is made at the FESSH Executive Committee meeting
  • Notifications will be sent before end April 2026
  • Courses approved by FESSH will be listed on FESSH website and advertised through FESSH marketing as well

Templates to upload through application form

 

Online application form

Funded courses

19th Zürich Workshops on Handflaps and 13th Workshop on Tendon Repair  – supported by FESSH
26-28 January 2026 in Zürich, Switzerland
Event website: https://handflaps.org/
FESSH support for registration fees up to €750

3rd International Wrist Course – FESSH/Wiener Handkurse – supported by FESSH
11-13 February 2026 | Vienna, Austria
Event website: https://www.wienerhandkurse.at/wrist-course-fessh-wiener-handkurse-cooperation.html
FESSH support for registration fees up to €750

FESSH Practical Course on Upper Limb Trauma and Replantation – From Bone to Skin  – supported by FESSH
9-11 March 2026 – Naples, Italy
Event website: https://asszisztencia.hu/microhand/2026/index.php
FESSH support for registration fee up to €600

FESSH-ESSER Basic Nerve Course – supported by FESSH
12-13 March 2026 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event website: https://essermasterclass.com/the-nerve-course-2025/
FESSH support for registration fees up to €750

11th Seminar on tendon & nerve transfers of the upper limb on fresh frozen cadaveric specimens – supported by FESSH
19-21 March 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Event website: www.globalevents.gr
FESSH support for registration fees up to €500

Workshops on Hand Flaps
27-29 January 2025 in Zürich, Switzerland
Event website
FESSH support to registration fees up to

  • CHF 300 FESSH support to Tendon Repair Workshop held on 29 January 2025
  • CHF 600 FESSH support to Handflaps Workshop held on 27-28 January
  • CHF 900 FESSH support to Handflaps & Tendon Repair Workshop on 27-29 January 2025

FESSH Practical course on upper limb trauma and replantation – from bone to skin
10-12 March 2025 in Naples, Italy
Event website
FESSH support to registration fees up to €600

II International Course of Hand to Elbow Ultrasound-Guided Surgery and Endoscopic Procedures – supported by FESSH
12-13 June 2025 in Bilbao, Spain
Event website:  https://ultrasoundguidedsurgery.org/
FESSH support for registration fees up to €600

Basic Skills in Upper Limb Spasticity – supported by FESSH
23-25 October 2025 in Budapest, Hungary
Event website: https://www.asszisztencia.hu/spastic/2025/basic/
FESSH support for registration fees up to €1000

FESSH-ESSER Basic Nerve Course
21-22 November 2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Event website
FESSH support to registration fees up to €750