Each year Pain School International offers a limited number of partial Scholarship opportunities to some excellent board certified physicians living and practicing in developing countries. The goal of the program is to improve chronic pain management in the physician’s home country.
Applications for the 2025-26 Comprehensive Pain Education Program are NOW OPEN.
2025-26 Comprehensive Pain Education Program Dates
Module 1: October 2-5, 2025
Module 2: November 13-16, 2025
Module 3: March 5-8, 2026
Module 4: June 5 -7, 2026
Dates are subject to change.
How to apply
Please upload the following using the form on the right-hand side of this page:
- Your CV
- Board/Specialty certification
- A Motivation letter explaining why and how this course would contribute to a meaningful change in chronic pain management in your country, and why applicant needs the funds to participate and make a change
- Two Letters of Recommendation from your peers
- Your contact details
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Important dates and deadlines
Application deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
Notification deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025
Terms and Conditions
- Scholarship covers up to 75% of the fees of the Comprehensive Pain Education
- Airfare and accommodation are the responsibility of the participant
- Course location: Budapest, Hungary
- Applicant must be a board certified physician
- Scholarship must be used in the given year
- Scholarship cannot be transferred to another person, deferred or redeemed for cash
- Participant must attend all sessions
- Participant agrees to write a report 1 year after course completion, outlining meaningful changes that have been achieved in the physician`s home country
- Low-income and lower-middle-income economies as listed by The World Bank will have priority*
*Click here to see list of low-income and lower-middle-income economies.