MaGiC – a Scholarship Programme for Medical Students Interested in Vascular Surgery
The MaGIC campaign (“More Junior Doctors in Vascular Surgery”) was launched by the DGG to encourage medical students to consider our exciting speciality.
Apply to take part and enjoy the following benefits: As part of the MaGIC campaign, we put together a dedicated conference programme for you at every DGG annual conference and at the tri-national conferences, covering current topics in training and further education, career opportunities and scientific skills, as well as practical hands-on and suturing courses. We also cordially invite you to the conference events organised by the ‘Young Forum’ representatives of junior doctors. With the MaGiC campaign, you have free admission to the entire conference and all scientific sessions; in this way, we aim to inspire you to embrace vascular surgery as an innovative, exciting and research-intensive discipline.
Participants in the MaGiC campaign will receive a travel allowance of up to €225 for the congress, as well as three nights’ accommodation at the “MaGiC Hotel” (booking via the DGG).
You also have the opportunity to play an active role in our programme: at the annual conference, we are organising the MaGiC Award session, in which students present their research, dissertation and diploma projects in a short, informal talk and thereby apply for the MaGiC Award. To do so, in addition to your application for the MaGiC campaign, please submit your MaGiC abstract via the conference’s abstract platform. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026; click here to submit: 42nd DGG | Abstract Submission.
The deadline for your application for a place in the MaGiC campaign is also 30 June 2026.
Eligibility
Medical students from universities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg are eligible to apply. At the time of application, one of the following criteria must be met:
- PhD students: Active work on a dissertation focusing on vascular surgery or vascular medicine.
- Students in their clinical year (PJ): Completion of a three-month rotation in vascular surgery, regardless of whether it is a compulsory or elective rotation.
- Clinical trainees: Students completing a clinical training placement in vascular surgery.
Application documents
- Letter of motivation: Please explain your interest in vascular surgery and your expectations of the MAGiC campaign.
- Letter of recommendation for PhD students: Statement from the primary supervisor of the dissertation
- Letter of recommendation for final-year medical students, clinical trainees or interns: Statement from the head of the relevant vascular surgery clinic or department
- Declaration of participation in the MAGiC Award: Please let us know if you are also submitting an abstract here for the MAGiC Award competition.
- Declaration of consent to participate in the long-term scientific monitoring of the MaGiC campaign
Please send your documents, preferably as a single PDF file, by email to
DGG e.V.
Robert-Koch-Platz 9
10115 Berlin
Email: dgg(at)gefaesschirurgie.de
MaGiC Campaign at a Glance:
- Special seminar programme
- Main programme: Young Vascular Surgery sessions
- Free participation in all sessions of the congress
- Financial support for travel expenses up to a maximum of €225.00.
- Coverage of costs for three hotel nights for the entire duration of the congress (booking via the DGG e.V.)
- MaGiC session with your projects
- MaGiC Award for the best MaGiC abstract
We look forward to exciting and varied days with you and hope to welcome you as a colleague soon! If you have any questions or requests, please feel free to contact the DGG e.V. Berlin office, Babette Ammann, at any time.
See you in Karlsruhe!
The following students received the Terumo Aortic MaGiC Award at the 11th Tri-National Conference of the D-A-CH Societies for Vascular Surgery in Lucerne in 2025:
- 1st place: David Weiss (Essen)
- 2nd place: Qvarnaki Suppiyar (Düsseldorf)
- 3rd place: Sophia Luise Kollien (Münster)
