Call for Applications: Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Prospective Clinical Research Grant in Spine Care
Applications due March 8, 2012
Spine surgeons who are board-certified in neurosurgery and/or orthopaedic surgery are invited to apply for up to $300,000 ($50,000-$100,000 per year for up to three years) in grant support to further the work of individual investigators, investigator networks, single institutions, or consortia of institutions conducting prospective clinical research. Grants will in spine care in any of the following study areas:
spinal deformity—adult deformity outcomes, spondylolisthesis, pediatric scoliosis, pediatric kyphosis, and early onset scoliosis;
spine trauma—epidemiology, process and outcomes of spinal injuries, surgical treatment of acute spinal cord injury);
degenerative spinal disorders—prospective outcomes for surgical and non-surgical treatments of lumbar, cervical, and thoracic degenerative spinal disorders;
spinal oncology (epidemiology, process and outcomes of primary and metastatic spinal tumors);and
non-surgical interventions for the treatment of spine injuries and disorders, including diagnostic, public health and rehabilitative methodologies.
Grants will be awarded to qualified recipients based on satisfaction of published eligibility and application requirements, and independent peer review. Peer review teams of spine surgeons and spine care investigators will be assembled by OREF and directed by OREF’s Advisory Committee on Clinical Research in Spine Care in accordance with OREF peer review standards and procedures, comprising neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons who are appointed solely by OREF. Completed applications are due to OREF by March 8, 2012, funding to begin May 1, 2012.
These grants are made possible by support from Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc. As is the case for all OREF donors, Medtronic has no influence on disbursement or management of funds; the composition OREF staff or its board or committees; content of program communications; any aspect of grant administration, application review or selection of funded proposals/recipients; conduct of program activities; or dissemination of findings from funded projects.
For more information please contact:
Jean McGuire, V.P., Grants (847) 384-4348
Mary Marino, Grants Administrator (847) 384-4359
