Grant & award Programs

Requests for Applications (RFAs) for OREF grant opportunities will be released following the schedule(s) below. Please note that dates are subject to change due to availability of funds.

Changes and exceptions to the schedule(s) below will be noted on this page, so please check back often. To be notified of all grant opportunities as their application period opens, sign up for email.

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2023 Round 4 - Programs Opening 3/15/2023 

Grant Program	Grant Amount	RFA Release Date	LOI Deadline	Application Deadline
OREF Skeletal Metastases and Pathological Fracture Research Grant In collaboration with the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society	$25,000	3/15/2023	n/a	6/15/2023
OREF Musculoskeletal Research Grant/Acute Injury In Collaboration with the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)	$22,500	3/15/2023	n/a	6/15/2023
OREF Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant	$20,000	3/15/2023	n/a	6/15/2023
OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant	$20,000	3/15/2023	4/17/2023	6/15/2023
Resident Research Project Grant	$5,000	3/15/2023	4/17/2023	6/15/2023

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Award Programs Opening 3/15/2023 

Award Program	Award Amount	RFA Release Date	LOI Deadline	Application Deadline
OREF Clincial Research Award	$20,000	3/15/2023	N/A	7/1/2023
Shimomura/OREF/ SICOT Travel Awards	$1,500	3/15/2023	N/A	10/20/2023

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2023 Round 3 - Programs Opening 11/15/2022 

Grant Program	Grant Amount	RFA Release Date	LOI Deadline	Application Deadline
OREF/AAOS Clinical Gaps Injectable Orthobiologics of Knee OA Research Grant	$50,000	11/15/2022	n/a	2/21/2023
OREF/AANA Foundation Multimodal Musculoskeletal Perioperative Pain Management Research Grant (2 grants available)	$50,000	11/15/2022	n/a	2/21/2023
OREF Osteoarthritis Research Grant	$50,000	11/15/2022	12/15/2022	2/21/2023
OREF/MTF Biologics Research Grant	$100,000	11/15/2022	n/a	2/21/2023

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2023 Round 2 - Programs Opening 9/15/2022 

Grant Program	Grant Amount	RFA Release Date	LOI Deadline	Application Deadline
OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant	$50,000	9/15/2022	n/a	12/15/2022
OREF/ASES/Rockwood Clinical Shoulder Research Grant	$50,000	9/15/2022	n/a	12/15/2022
Resident Research Project Grant - Round 1 (4 grants available)	$5,000	9/15/2022	10/17/2022	12/15/2022

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2023 Round 1 - Programs Opening 7/18/2022 

Grant Program	Grant Amount	RFA Release Date	LOI Deadline	Application Deadline
Career Development Grant	$300,000	7/18/2022	8/15/2022	10/17/2022
Prospective Clinical Research Grant	$150,000	7/18/2022	8/15/2022	10/17/2022
New Investigator Grant (2 grants available)	$50,000	7/18/2022	8/15/2022	10/24/2022

Additional grants will be listed as RFA dates are confirmed. Bookmark this page or sign up for email updates to be notified as grants become available and deadlines approach. Please note: Any changes to RFA release dates will be reflected on this webpage.

Review Process

Research grant and award recipients are selected through OREF's independent, peer-review process, which is modeled on the process used by the National Institutes of Health. Applications undergo a rigorous review process where each application receives two reviews. Applications are matched to peer reviewers who are experts in the same field as the applicant.

Who can Apply?

OREF invites applications for funding for qualified, clinically relevant orthopaedic research projects. Specific eligibility requirements for each grant are listed in the grant descriptions.

OREF strongly encourages the submission of well-crafted basic, translational and clinical studies. Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims and be obvious from the title and the study design. All proposed projects should generate results that have a practical application.