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Grant applications are now available for career development, prospective clinical, pain management, mentored clinician scientist, and resident research. Grants from $5,000 to $225,000 are available to eligible applicants. For more information, please visit www.oref.org/grants.

Grants Requiring LOI, due June 4, 2020
Letters of Intent (LOI) must be completed as required. All properly submitted LOI will be reviewed by the Research Committee. If your LOI is selected to advance, you will be invited to complete a full proposal. LOI are due through proposalCENTRAL by 10:59 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 4, 2020.

• Career Development Grant provides $225,000 in funding to encourage investigators to commit to scientific research. Research may be basic, translational, clinical and/or health services.
• Prospective Clinical Grant provides $150,000 in funding for research that promotes clinical research and provides funding for promising prospective studies (studies that occur over the course of time and typically track the outcomes of a group over that time) in areas of high clinical importance in orthopaedic surgery.

Additional funding opportunities, due July 30, 2020

• OREF Multimodal Musculoskeletal Perioperative Pain Management Grant In Collaboration with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation provides $55,000 in funding for research on the broad area of perioperative musculoskeletal pain management.
• OREF Mentored Clinician-Scientist Grant provides $20,000 in funding to promote the development of new clinician scientists who have demonstrated success as both a clinician and a researcher. It also allows investigators to spend dedicated time in research for a period of up to five years to develop a long and productive career in academic surgery.
• Resident Research Project Grant—RD3 provides $5,000 in funding to residents who are interested in research. These grants are offered several times throughout the year, but you may submit only one application per grant year. Please apply during the time frame that most closely aligns with your research rotation in the labs.

For more information, visit the Grant Programs Page.