Investigator-Initiated Grants for Orthopaedic Research

$5,000 grant

• Provides funding to residents who are interested in research.
• Covers research expenses, but not salary or travel.
• Work should clearly be achievable by the resident as a free-standing project even when it is a part of a larger work.
• Both laboratory and clinical projects (e.g. outcome studies) are suitable, but in either case clinical relevance must be explicitly and clearly described.
• The resident will learn to write a competitive research proposal and will develop a relationship with a mentor who has research experience and mentored others.

• Domestic non-profit, public and private institutions of higher education, such as hospitals, medical schools, universities and colleges.
• The applicant (PI) must be an orthopaedic surgery resident in an ACGME-Accredited orthopaedic program in the United States.
• Resident Research Project grants now have 2 deadlines per year. Please choose the deadline that most closely aligns with your research rotation. Residents will be allowed to submit one application per year.

The application deadline has passed.

$50,000 grant

• Advances the scientific training of the next generation of orthopaedic physician-scientists by providing seed and start-up funding for promising research projects.
• Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims and be obvious from the title and study design.
• NOTE: Letters of Intent—The first step in applying for this grant is to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI). To access the LOI submission instructions, click the button below and log in to proposalCENTRAL. If you do not have pC login credentials, click on the create an account link to setup your credentials. Next, click the Apply Now button (top-right) for the grant you wish to submit. The full RFA and LOI instructions can be found as downloadable documents in step 2, "download templates and instructions." 

• Residents
• Fellows
• Orthopaedic surgeons having completed formal training within the last four years

The LOI Deadline has passed.

$20,000 grant

• Prepares residents for a career with research as a major component.
• Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aim and be obvious from the title and the study design.
• Work should clearly be achievable by the resident as a free-standing project even when it is a part of a larger work, and it should potentially lead to publication with the resident as an author.

• Applications may be submitted by domestic non-profit, public and private institutions of higher education, such as hospitals, medical schools, universities, and colleges.
• The resident applicant (PI) must be an orthopaedic surgery resident or fellow in an approved orthopaedic program in the United States who intends to pursue a career with research as a major component.
• The resident is required to have a minimum of three (3) months dedicated research time, with six (6) months dedicated research time preferred, within the one (1) year grant period. The resident’s time commitment must be consistent with the resident’s role on the project and must be justified.
• The applicant must have a senior mentor who has sufficient funds, either intramural or extramural, to support the project.

The next RFA date for this grant is TBD.

$5,000 grant

• Provides funding to residents who are interested in research.
• Covers research expenses, but not salary or travel.
• Work should clearly be achievable by the resident as a free-standing project even when it is a part of a larger work.
• Both laboratory and clinical projects (e.g. outcome studies) are suitable, but in either case clinical relevance must be explicitly and clearly described.
• The resident will learn to write a competitive research proposal and will develop a relationship with a mentor who has research experience and mentored others.

• Domestic non-profit, public and private institutions of higher education, such as hospitals, medical schools, universities and colleges.
• The applicant (PI) must be an orthopaedic surgery resident in an ACGME-Accredited orthopaedic program in the United States.
• Resident Research Project grants now have 3 deadlines per year. Please choose the deadline that most closely aligns with your research rotation. Residents will be allowed to submit one application per year.

To Access the Request for Application, you will need a proposalCENTRAL account. If you don't already have one, go to proposalCENTRAL by clicking the button below, then click the "Create an Account" link, which is located in the top right corner of the page.

All orthopaedic topics will be considered; applicants with research proposals related to sports, shoulder and elbow, spine and pediatrics are encouraged.

The next RFA date for this grant is TBD.