Six opportunities are available from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. See all opportunities here in ProposalCentral; click on the opportunity title below to see individual proposal details.

Please note that some opportunities listed below require a Letter of Intent.

OREF Musculoskeletal Research Grant/Acute Injury In Collaboration with the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
Application due: June 15, 2023

This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focused on a broad area of musculoskeletal research focused on faster recovery through the regeneration and repair of soft tissue,
nerves and muscle following acute injury. Major research areas under this RFA may include, but are not limited to the following topics:

• Capability to enable faster recovery timelines after acute soft tissue injury.
• Capability to diagnose and restore function following peripheral nerve injuries.
• Capability to treat, repair, and generate functional muscle following acute injury.

Areas of research focus may include translational or clinical research.

Mentored Clinician-Scientist Grant
Application due: June 15, 2023

The objective of this grant is to promote the development of new clinician-scientists who have demonstrated success as both a clinician and a researcher. This will allow the 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 Clinician Scientist Training Grant
LOI due: April 17, 2023
Application due: June 15, 2023

The objective of the OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant is to prepare residents for a career with research as a major component. Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims and be obvious from the title and the study design.

The 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. Both laboratory and clinical projects (e.g., outcome studies) are suitable, but in either case clinical relevance must be explicitly and clearly described.

OREF/Shimomura International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology (SICOT) - Travel Award
Application due: October 20, 2023

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and SICOT solicit proposals for travel awards in the amount of $1,500 to defray the cost of attending the SICOT 43rd World Congress in Cairo, Egypt on November 21 – 23, 2023. Applicants must have a current membership in SICOT.

MSTS Clinical Research Grant
Application due: June 15, 2023

This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focused on skeletal metastases. With advances in targeted therapies and personalized medicine, patients with advanced cancers and skeletal metastases live longer. The incidence of pathological fractures is ever increasing. There are unmet needs for new knowledge, new effective treatments, and improved outcomes concerning skeletal metastases from other organs.

Major research areas under this RFA may include, but are not limited to the following topics:

• Metastatic cancer-induced bone loss
• Molecular or biomechanical mechanisms of skeletal metastases
• Pathophysiology of pathological fractures
• Managements and clinical outcomes of impending and established pathological fractures secondary to cancer metastases to bone

Areas of research focus may include translational or clinical research.

Resident Research Project Grant
LOI due: April 17, 2023
Application due: June 15, 2023

The objective of the OREF Resident Research Project Grant is to provide funding to residents who are interested in research. Grants of $5,000 for one year will be considered for orthopaedic surgery residents in approved orthopaedic programs to cover research expenses, but not salary or travel. The 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 has mentored others.