Live courses bursaries
Every year, EULAR awards bursaries to applicants from European countries and overseas to attend EULAR courses in rheumatology. With these bursaries, EULAR wants to contribute to the personal and professional development of researchers and clinicians in rheumatology.
The amount of the bursary depends on the type and length of the course. Applications will be reviewed by the EULAR scoring committee. Only persons who work predominantly in the field of rheumatology are eligible for course bursaries. Candidates should not be older than 40 years.
Bursary application guidelines
If you are under the age of 40 - Applications for bursaries should include a CV, a list of publications (if any) and letter of motivation stating your interest, reasons for wanting to attend a particular course or event, and why you are the best candidate to be awarded the bursary.Applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Faculty of the courses and where applicable, the EULAR Education Committee for the relevant topic of application (i.e. epidemiology, imaging, investigative rheumatology, or clinical affairs).
Please note: you first have to be duly registered for a course/event in order to apply for a respective bursary.
- 7th EULAR Imaging Course 2025
7th EULAR Imaging Course 2025
The 7th EULAR Imaging Course is taking place in Valencia, Spain, from 20 March 2025 to 21 March 2025.
Thanks to its capacity to analyse tissue lesions at different sites with high accuracy, imaging represents an increasingly important area of Rheumatology. The EULAR Imaging Course focuses on different traditional and modern imaging tools, offering a comprehensive educational event on the applications, use and limitations of imaging techniques in rheumatology. This course is highly interactive, and it is based on a combination of lectures (50%) and workshops (50%).
This 1.5 day course targets trainees, residents, fellows, but also young and experienced rheumatologists who want to improve their knowledge and expertise in the field of imaging in rheumatology.- 11th EULAR Course on Epidemiology 2025 - Observational Studies
11th EULAR Course on Epidemiology 2025 - Observational Studies
The 11th EULAR Course on Epidemiology - Observational Studies is taking place in Valencia, Spain, from 20 March 2025 to 21 March 2025.
The main goal of the course is to increase the interest, knowledge and skills of your researchers in epidemiology and outcome measures, and stimulate critical thinking in the design and reading of research studies.
This 1.5 day course targets young rheumatologists, HPR and researchers.- 5th EULAR Postgraduate Course for Health Professionals in Rheumatology 2025
5th EULAR Postgraduate Course for Health Professionals in Rheumatology 2025
The 5th EULAR Postgraduate Course for Health Professionals in Rheumatology 2025 is taking place in Valencia, Spain, from 21 March 2025 to 22 March 2025.
The course will focus on knowledge and skills most relevant for HPR's daily practice.
This 1.5 day course for Health Professionals in Rheumatology on the basic management of common rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, taught by selected faculty of European experts in a very interactive and cordial environment.- 8th EULAR Course on Immunology 2025
8th EULAR Course on Immunology 2025
The 8th EULAR Course on Immunology is taking place in Valencia, Spain, from 21 March 2025 to 22 March 2025.
It will cover two major immunology topics from basic knowledge to hot issues in the field, and on the design, interpretation and analysis of basic or translational research projects. The course is designed to facilitate problem- and case-oriented learning to enhance the interactions among participants and between participants and the faculty.
This 1.5 day course targets young rheumatologists or rheumatology trainees, internal medicine specialists or basic science researchers working in the field of rheumatology.- 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Basic 2025
32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Basic 2025
- The 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Basic 2025 is taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from Saturday, 7 June 2025 to Monday, 9 June 2025.The course will focus on learning ultrasound physics, image acquisition, normal sonoanatomy, the standardised examination techniques and ultrasound findings in basic pathology.The basic course is recommended for participants with little or no experience in MSUS. Completion of the EULAR Online Introductory Ultrasound Course is highly recommended before participating in a EULAR basic-level course, however it is not a mandatory requirement for course participation.
- 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Intermediate 2025
32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Intermediate 2025
The 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Intermediate 2025 is taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from Saturday, 7 June 2025 to Monday, 9 June 2025.
The course will focus on a wide spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal pathologies.
It is designed for participants with previous performance of 60 standardised MSUS examinations of each joint region: shoulder, elbow, wrist & hand, hip, knee and ankle & foot.
- 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Advanced 2025
32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Advanced 2025
The 32nd EULAR Sonography Course | MSUS Advanced 2025 is taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from Saturday, 7 June 2025 to Monday, 9 June 2025.
The course will focus on advanced technological aspects, research, complex anatomic areas and difficult pathologies, paediatric rheumatic diseases, overuse and sport related disorders, and non-musculoskeletal organs involved in rheumatic diseases such as skin, nail, lung, salivary glands, vessels, and nerves. It is designed for participants with previous performance of a minimum of 200 pathological MSUS examinations and attendance to a basic and intermediate MSUS course (either a EULAR MSUS course or a EULAR scientifically endorsed course) is required before participating in a EULAR advanced-level course.
- 14th EULAR Course on Capillaroscopy and Microcirculation in RMDs 2025
14th EULAR Course on Capillaroscopy and Microcirculation in RMDs 2025
The 14th EULAR Course on Capillaroscopy and Microcirculation in RMDs 2025 is taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from Saturday, 7 June 2025 to Monday, 9 June 2025.
The early diagnosis of Connective Tissue Diseases has been one of the most important achievement in Rheumatology and imaging advanced technology has helped and more and more to reach this result.
The aim of the course is to provide all participants with an update on the power of the safe and non-invasive nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) technique in the field of rheumatic diseases, in particular for the early diagnosis of the scleroderma spectrum disorders, its predictability and prognostic value, as well as its role as a tool for the therapeutic follow up.
- 6th EULAR Course on Synovial Biopsy 2025
6th EULAR Course on Synovial Biopsy 2025
The 6th EULAR Course on Synovial Biopsy 2025 is taking place in Barcelona, Spain.
The course will be based on the format of a half day interactive lectures and a full day practical biopsy session on cadavers.
This course consists of complementary teaching units, aiming at engaging different specialists such as sonographers, clinical rheumatologists, pathologists, and translational scientists. The most adequate procedures to prepare synovial samples for several types of analysis, including single cell studies, will be addressed.
- 5th EULAR Autumn Course Days 2025: A Postgraduate Course for Rheumatologists
5th EULAR Autumn Course Days 2025: A Postgraduate Course for Rheumatologists
- More information will be added shortly.