Medical Mission Scholarships

Medical Mission Scholarships

Provided by the ASCA Foundation


The ASCA Foundation is pleased to offer a scholarship program for nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs interested in medical mission opportunities through One World Surgery.


The ASCA Foundation has partnered with One World Surgery, a U.S.-based nonprofit, to support its mission of providing access to high-quality surgical care globally.

During One World Surgery’s weeklong Medical Missions, clinical participants, nonclinical participants and family members come together to perform life-changing surgeries. Currently, all medical mission trips take place at the Holy Family Surgery Center (HFSC) in Honduras. This world-class surgery center, which One World Surgery funds and operates, is located on the 2,000-acre ranch of the children’s home Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), approximately one hour northeast of Tegucigalpa.

Scholarship Details

The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage nurses and surgical/scrub techs to participate in medical mission opportunities through the ASCA Foundation’s nonprofit partner and scholarship administrator, One World Surgery. Scholarships will be awarded in amounts to cover the program fee associated with participating in the medical mission and one coach round-trip airfare. Program fees cover food and lodging, ground transport in Honduras, and emergency medical and evacuation insurance. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for covering the cost of any other travel-related expenses (i.e. baggage, recommended immunizations, passport application or renewal).

Scholarship Eligibility

  • Member of ASCA
  • Not eligible for program fee assistance through your employer
  • At least 1 year of paid experience as a perioperative nurse, recovery/post anesthesia care nurse, circulating nurse, surgical technologist, scrub technician or surgical first assist
  • Currently licensed or certified and working in the field
  • Opening for your profession/role on requested trip dates

Learn More & Apply

To learn more and obtain the scholarship application, visit One World Surgery's Medical Mission page.


Download Scholarship Application Form


Learn more about One World Surgery’s mission in this ASC Focus October 2017 interview with the organization’s executive director, Claire Cunningham.

Questions? Contact Maria Doria, One World Surgery Medical Missions Coordinator, at maria.doria@oneworldsurgery.org or 847-267-3539.