Funder: AO Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Collaboration approval request) | March 2027 (Preproposal) | July 2027 (Invited full proposal)
Funding Amounts: Up to CHF 25,000 per year for a maximum of two years
Summary: Seed funding for early-career investigators pursuing craniomaxillofacial research, particularly translational approaches to facial bone reconstruction.
Key Information: Principal investigators must be younger than 40 and meet an eligible early-career criterion; medical device development is excluded.
Description
AO CMF, a clinical division of the AO Foundation, provides seed funding for researchers in the early stages of their careers. The AO CMF Research and Development Commission welcomes a wide range of research fields, including unconventional and novel projects. It particularly favors basic, preclinical, and clinical research addressing trauma and reconstruction in craniomaxillofacial surgery, and encourages translational approaches involving bone constructs and their impact on facial bone reconstruction.
Funded work includes mandibular fracture healing, tissue-engineered grafts, bone regeneration and vascularization, surgical planning, and standardized treatment outcomes. The portfolio also includes medical image segmentation, augmented reality navigation, and surgical training tools. Small projects, including data analyses, systematic reviews with meta-analyses, and manuscript preparation, are encouraged. The call is not focused on product development and does not fund medical device development.
