American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine/Genzyme Osteoarthritis Grants
AOSSM, in partnership with Genzyme Biosurgery, is pleased to announce a new research grant program to fund investigations related to Early Osteoarthritis and/or Prevention of OA Progression. This grant program reflects growing recognition of the importance of osteoarthritis within sports medicine and orthopaedics. The program is an outgrowth of the Society’s conference on post-joint injury OA held in December 2008 and it underscores Genzyme’s long standing commitment to osteoarthritis research and therapy.
Two separate grants will be offered. One will provide $50,000 per year renewable, subject to annual progress review, for three years ($150,000 total) to support a clinical research study. The second will be a one-time award of $50,000 to support a lab/basic science project to separate investigators over successive three years. Proposed studies need not relate specifically to sports injuries and should also have broad applicability to OA in the general population. Projects involving viscosupplementation will not be considered for either grant. Applications will be reviewed for their potential impact on the field, the quality of study approach, and ability of investigator and site(s) to conduct and complete the proposed research.
The Principal Investigator on all applications must be an AOSSM member who has completed his or her training. It is expected that grantees will submit the results from their funded study to AOSSM for podium presentation and to AJSM for publication. The submission deadline for both the clinical and basic science grants is August 1st, 2010. Award notices will be made on or after October 15th with a start date of January 1, 2011. Inquires can be directed to Bart Mann, AOSSM Director of Research, bart@aossm.org
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